Cross-training works.

[luckylefty]

I used to do DDR 4-6 times a week. I've only played 2 or 3 times in the past year, and that was not on my home machine, so I couldn't track my progress. I played a bunch today, and despite being out of practice, set new records on 4 songs

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[oneagain]

Indeed, it is:)

[42itous]

That doesn't surprise me -- I've had the same experience with fine motor skills (my drawing skills improved during years when I did almost no drawing but a LOT of sewing).

I keep thinking I need to do more DDR. By which I mean, more than the total of five minutes' experience I've had with the game.

[nurrynur]

You should both come over to my place and play DDR! :)

(by which I mean luckylefty and you, not you and Kyle, although Kyle is also invited! ;)

[whipartist]

Have you played Dance Central?

[luckylefty]

I tried Dance Central once. There's a learning curve of learning the names of all the moves. At the easy level where I was starting out, it was interesting, but not as fun as DDR, and not yet addictive. I could imagine liking it a lot once I got to a level where it was both challenging and a workout, the way DDR is. It's tempting me to buy an XBox just for that game, but I've resisted temptation so far....

[whipartist]

I find it to be incredibly addictive, except that I hate most of the music. I bought the XBox just for it.

There's a rumor that Ubisoft is doing Dance on Broadway for the Kinect. If so, I'll be the first one in line.

[lauradi7]

Several of us at Tai Chi this morning were developing an idea to use the up & down arrows from a DDR mat as up and down arrows on a computer, or in general as a foot mouse. Would this be workable?