What are you listening to?

~ Evanescence - The Only One ~

 

Mm, we'll need to quantify "bonus points". How many additional points exactly? An additional 10? An additional 50?

 

Rick Beato is incredibly interesting to listen to. His YouTube channel is simply superb. Here he explores one of my favourite songs, 'Weak & Powerless', by A Perfect Circle.

~ A Perfect Circle - Weak & Powerless ~

~ Rick's breakdown of Weak & Powerless ~

On a side, in addition to mainstream music apps such as Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora, Tidal, Soundcloud, & Google Play providing the capability to read & isolate multiple layers, I would love musicians to offer multi-track recordings, or the stems of their songs & albums. This would allow those willing to pay a slight premium the ability to isolate any one, or any combination of tracks: lead vocals, backup vocals, bass, drums, guitars et cetera.

I'm almost certain there would be a business model for it. I see no reason why there wouldn't be. I know I would be happy to pay more for the ability to isolate parts, or for the ability to form alternative combinations of parts.

 

I'll pole dance to it, risquély, in a duck mask & speedos, & upload it to YouTube for 130,010.

 

After having gathered the intel & analysed the data, to this equation I must add yellow flippers.

XXL yellow flippers, not only for apt visual effect, but for creating puzzling onomatopoetic sounds, such as whooshing & KER-FLAP KER-FLAP's.

 

~ Portishead - Wandering Star ~

 

~ Sarah Fimm - Be Like Water ~

 

~ Failure - Stuck On You ~

 

Mm, to distance myself from potentially awkward, bumptiously phallic, unintended connotations, by "XXL flippers" I'm referring to fin or blade length, not foot pocket size. The extra extra long, dare I say, super floppy floppy blades distinguishing free-diving fins from short bodyboarding fins, so to add an element of magnificent clumsiness to the pole dance thang.

The longer the more clumsy. The more clumsy the better.

To be clear, I'm really not sure if the above removes the awkwardness, amplifies the awkwardness, or made an unawkward situation awkward.

Regardless, I feel as though it had to be said. I really, really don't want to be thought of as one of those guys who just loves informing the world of his "shoe size".

NSFW Onlyfans, for gender equity reasons.

… Just kidding.

 

~ Chris Cornell - Moonchild & Sweet Euphoria ~

Side note, on paper Moonchild shouldn't be an excellent song to workout to, yet it is.

 

You're welcome, Red. I hope you like it!

If at all helpful, when I'm struggling to find the motivation or enthusiasm to workout, whether at home or the gym, I do one of two things;

a) I reframe my apathy as my motivation. Which is to say I do my best to identify & isolate my apathy, mould it into a shape or colour, & then place it into a corner as a sort of contender.

I then imagine that every step I take while working out, or every repetition functions as a defensive counterpunch to my apathy's existence. The heavier the apathy, the more weight I place behind my metaphorical counterpunch (the more weight I place on the barbell or dumbbell, or the more resistance I place on the rowing machine).

This way you're never left looking for, or without stimulus to counter apathy with, but rather using apathy itself as the stimulus.

Alternatively, if you're inclinded to meditate, b) it is possible to apply meditation techniques during your workout.

For example, analogise apathy as a sort of dark & heavy mist, which at first glance seems ominous, solid, & monolithic, though offers no resistance when you simply decide, or become curious enough to walk through it.