Critical Theory via Stationary Bicycling

Being the perpetual absentee gym-nast (an interesting twist on the mainstream wording, and is simply defined as a person who goes to the gym), I have decided to cram a month and a half's worth of sessions into 3 hours of unprecedented sweating and flexing of my almost retiring gluteus maximus.

Thank God for lifetime memberships.

I had my survival pack ready containing my wallet, bulk of keys, water, hanky, and my trusty iPod, and slung its straps on the left bar handle of the stationary cycle.

As my feet pounded away to start the imaginary journey to the other end of physical utopia, words, nay, critical theory began piping from my earbuds.

To the Apple team that invented Podcasts, I owe thee the 5 pounds I lost last week.

This was the main difficulty I always pointed out during exercising: It's pretty damn boring. You're doing nothing but mindlessly lift/ push/ pull/ dance to almost anything.

In addition, it's ultimately gross. Imagine sweating, and hearing everyone else sweating. To quote a teammate, "Ma-ugly!"

Basically, podcasts are free (yes, FREE) audio books piped through iTunes, Apple's proprietary software. However, there are other pod-catcher softwares, which you can readily get at sites like tucows.net or podcastalley.com.

With the myriad of possible media wherein one can learn, it seems inescapable that one will learn some notion or concept of anything per day. Imagine the constant evolution/de-evolution of the constructs of the printed word, sounds, visuals, bytes, or any other fashionable manner of conducting information.

Oftentimes information can be tweaked beyond the point at which it would normally exhibit a change in form, but without actually triggering the change in content. Hearing topics ranging from critical discussions on Stanley Kubrick films such as 2001: Space Odyssey and Lolita to hot topics in astronomy and physics, to building a definition for narrative illustration, considering it as an artform, not a genre, and its corresponding methods of analysis is quite the treat.

On the other hand, considering this situation, I don't think meaning is lost nor changed, as these are designed to entertain via the straightforward spewing out of "data" (apologies for the cold-hearted term, but it is just that) due to its informative and "I'm going to be such a smart-ass after hearing this" nature.

However, listening to Prison Break while you're on the bike is entirely something else. As I currently have the hots for Wentworth Miller, it doesn't absolutely help that your sweat glands are further thrust into overdrive with his sultry, sultry voice. =D