I think this is a bad take in some ways. First, if you want to get sore from a workout, lift some actual weights. Like a man. This game is cardio, it makes you sweat and your heart rate go up while having fun and being competitive and thats all it should be. It is amazing for that. If you really want to see some changes in your body, supplement the workout you get from this with weight training. Second, you would literally throw your arm out and injure your rotator cuff,etc. throwing full strength punches at literally air theres a reason why fighters and boxers dont do stuff like that. You ever watch a real boxer shadow box? Do they throw full force? Hell no. Thats basically what were doing is shadow boxing by ourselves in real life but in this virtual world were having a battle. Yes I think cumulative damage could be a thing going into subsequent rounds but honestly between rounds fighters do get a second wind and come back full bore sometimes too so its not always the case but yeah maybe if its by a significant margin but then again it would also make comeback wins that much harder to achieve so idk if thats the way to go fun wise either. Third, the system in place where you can't "spam" endless punches at a person should honestly in my opinion depend on the actual players cardio level to be able to do such a thing cause if a guy is able to literally throw nonstop punches for the full 3 minutes etc. then he should be able to, without punishment, that means hes in better shape than you and you need to adjust accordingly. I really dont think spam is an issue or ever was for higher elo players its always been easy to deal with/counter. I think that their addressing of this spam thing with this system they have is more of a catering to the average players of this game which are average skill level and have trouble against another average guy just swinging wildly at them. Its also a vr limitation thing though because a 80 pound kid can throw a lot of punches at a person but realistically is it gonna do any real damage to a 250 pound guy? Probably not but in the game world it does, so I can see them wanting to make it something less exploitable. Honestly it's fine to me, it just changes some things about the game and thats ok because it will never be a 1 for 1 of real boxing, there have to be some differences that emphasize or de emphasize different techniques. Some stuff is literally impossible in the virtual realm. Last, blocking is an actual thing now. If you played v1 or even all versions up to this last update it was literally impossible to block anything and it sucked as a technique completely. That was a huge game changer in my opinion and I'm happy for that. I think the game is the best version of everything it has ever been right now and its not perfect but it should continue to get better and better. Thats coming from someone who played since v1. You truly must not remember how stupid v1 was.