Per research directed and conducted by the University of Victoria Behavioral Research Lab in mid to late 2022 (with resources and VR products supplied by Supernatural) from a study measuring single bout energy expenditure in a study population large enough to provide statistically significant research outcomes. Study Published in JMIR: Serious Games, https://games.jmir.org/2024/1/e53999/ (Craig, T. V., Rhodes, R. E., & Sui, W. (2024). Examining and comparing the energy expenditure of 2 modes of the virtual reality fitness game "Supernatural": Indirect calorimetry study. JMIR Serious Games, 12(e53999). doi: 10.2196/53999).


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  1. “Exercise Equivalent,” “Workout Equivalent,” “Aerobic equivalent,” or “Cardio Equivalent” in this case means any other measured activity with a similar energy expenditure to observed Supernatural workouts, based on metabolic equivalents (“METs”) (+/- .2 METs). “Comparable” means the same, but with a range of +/- .5 METs. Other measured activities referenced from the Compendium of Physical Activity (Ainsworth BE, Haskell WL, Herrmann SD, et al. 2011 Compendium of Physical Activities. Medicine and science in sports and exercise. 2011;43(8):1575-1581. doi:https://doi.org/10.1249/mss.0b013e31821ece12).
  2. On average, SN Flow at a medium intensity (sometimes styled as “M” intensity) shows an equivalent energy expenditure to Running at a 5 mph pace, per The Compendium of Physical Activity (Ainsworth BE, Haskell WL, Herrmann SD, et al. 2011 Compendium of Physical Activities. Medicine and science in sports and exercise. 2011;43(8):1575-1581. doi:https://doi.org/10.1249/mss.0b013e31821ece12).
  3. On average, SN Boxing at a medium intensity (sometimes styled as “M” intensity) shows an equivalent energy expenditure to Boxing, Sparring, per The Compendium of Physical Activity (Ainsworth BE, Haskell WL, Herrmann SD, et al. 2011 Compendium of Physical Activities. Medicine and science in sports and exercise. 2011;43(8):1575-1581. doi:https://doi.org/10.1249/mss.0b013e31821ece12).
  4. Based on activity performed at a general pace, per The Compendium of Physical Activity (Ainsworth BE, Haskell WL, Herrmann SD, et al. 2011 Compendium of Physical Activities. Medicine and science in sports and exercise. 2011;43(8):1575-1581. doi:https://doi.org/10.1249/mss.0b013e31821ece12).
  5. Comparison based on physical activities with similar energy expenditure (~8 METs) as reported in the The Compendium of Physical Activity (2011) (Ainsworth BE, Haskell WL, Herrmann SD, et al. 2011 Compendium of Physical Activities. Medicine and science in sports and exercise. 2011;43(8):1575-1581).
  6. Calculation based on weight of an “average person” - in this case 185 lbs was used for the calculation (slightly lower than the average US male weight of 198 lbs and slightly higher than the average weight of an American female 171 lbs) - between the years 2015-2016 according to a CDC National health and Nutrition Examination Survey of 47,233 Americans over the age of 20 between the years 1999 and 2016 -https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhanes/about_nhanes.htm.
  7. Per US Department of Health & Human Services guidelines on recommended US adult weekly physical activity levels and physical activity intensity guidelines, “vigorous” intensity defined as >6 METs. https://health.gov/sites/default/files/2019-09/Physical_Activity_Guidelines_2nd_edition.pdf.
  8. A standard reference for measurement of energy expenditure during physical activity is The Compendium of Physical Activity (Ainsworth BE, Haskell WL, Herrmann SD, et al. 2011 Compendium of Physical Activities. Medicine and science in sports and exercise. 2011;43(8):1575-1581. doi:https://doi.org/10.1249/mss.0b013e31821ece12).
  9. On average SN users measured 8.2 METs during 20 min Flow session and 7.6 METs during 15 min Boxing session.
  10. Single bout based on the “average” Supernatural workout (pulled from all aggregated historical workout data prior to launch of this study), resulting in Supernatural's average intensity as a medium (sometimes styled as "M" intensity for both Supernatural Flow and Supernatural Boxing.) Average workout duration was about 20 min for Flow and about 15 min for Boxing.