Zivie joins us this month for a topic we're all passionate about: keeping that weight off and that health up to feel better, look better, play better, and live longer. We'll explore our weight loss journeys and talk a ton about how to do it yourself with a game like SMX.

Para Symptoms BGA video that we "helped" make
Official SMX discord server
APC home discord server
Red Note Arcade discord server

Timestamps:

0:00:27 Introducing Zivie and previewing the Manin topic

0:00:58 Housekeeping
-Tournament Update: Red October Updates
-(0:02:00) Announcing a double episode to go with a double song drop
-(0:02:30) Texas local/regional tournament September 24th

Song Drop (Space Boy, Trigger, Rainbow Rave Parade, Para Symptoms)
-(0:03:00) Wild Charts
-(0:13:42) Dual Charts
-(0:16:40) Full Charts (Besides Rainbow Rave Parade)
-(0:21:05) Rainbow Rave Parade Full
-(0:25:03) Hard Charts
-(0:26:30) The Login Update

0:33:45 Main Topic: Losing Weight and Getting fit with StepManiaX
-(0:34:43) Zivie shares his stories with weight loss and dance games
-(0:38:50) The accessiblity and addictiveness of SMX and why that makes it good for fitness
-(0:41:35) Why the quality and consistency of the game makes it better for fitness
-(0:42:49) Eesa's weight loss journeys
-(0:45:50) Competition on the weekly leaderboard and global leaderboard that lures us into exercising
-(0:46:09) Zephyr's weight loss stories
-(0:49:08) ...and then transtions into explaining how the health benefits of this game have helped her with her personal identity
-(0:49:46) Zivie describes the ways that dance games have improved his life
-(0:51:23) Step Revolution's push to make SMX a fitness game and positive role models
-(0:52:43) How to prep for a set: clothes, towels, fans, shoes, fitness gadgets, and more
-(0:56:37) Pros and cons of fitness gatgets and other devices that add inertia to startup but improve our workouts
-(1:02:32) Keeping a workout going past the first hour, and goals to keep you working out
-(1:06:48) Fitness outcomes of bar vs no bar
-(1:08:50) Techniques to keep going when you get bored (score chasing, upscoring, folder grinding)
-(1:13:00) Barriers to getting enough exercise (sleep, food, sore muscles) and overcoming them
-(1:19:50) Zephyr demands everyone brag about their trackable vitals

1:23:45 Show Closeout

The Almost Perfect Cast is not affiliated with StepManiaX or Step Revolution LLC. We just really like playing and talking about this game.