Dance Game Ergonomics #2
Played a bunch of StepManiaX on the 38" stock bars last night. I started my session on the adjustable bars set to 36" (middle setting). Arms gave up really quickly and felt like they were less flexible overall compared to playing on 38" stock bars. Felt like my session was being cut short because I couldn't hold myself up on the bars, which felt wrong because when I play Pump all of my "holding myself up" comes from my legs themselves, and not my arms. Similar to doing actual cardio exercise outside of dance games. I gave into the tilt mid-session after realizing my arms were getting worked like crazy and my legs weren't getting worked and swapped out the adjustable bars for the 38" stock bars. I think I am a 38" stock bar gamer permanently after playing too much Pump. 🤣 I would go as far to say that as long as the bar is not an extreme amount relative to your overall height, having a high bar is not a disadvantage, and is in fact actually a...