Lateralus: April 2 2025

Today when my wife got home, her car was parked outside the garage. I took that as a sign. It had been a while since I've done a heavy bag workout. So I decided to take the opportunity of the empty garage and do a few rounds. I'm a little bit out of practice and my shoulders and hands kind of suffered a little bit. It was a fun little workout though.

I finished the day with just over 7,000 steps. I also had about seven flights of stairs. I still consider this a bit of a success though. I had 57 active minutes, which is a really good workout.

Continuing with the theme: Each night I post the song that was playing as I ended the workout and use that as the title for the post for that day. Today's song is Lateralus by Tool. I just recently started really getting into this song. I really love how it starts off slow and builds up, which is a common theme and a lot of Tool songs. I haven't gotten into a lot of the interpretations about this song, but to me it seems to be about evolution and specifically about a person evolving, which is another common theme in tools songs. The version I was listening to at the time was a cover by a band called Brass Against. They do covers featuring brass instruments. It doesn't sound like it would work, but it does.

Despite being a cerebrally appealing song, it is also a really good workout song. The climaxes within the song are really good for pushing through a difficult part of your workout. The lyrics at the end even urge you to keep going. Coupled with the crescendo of the music, it's really inspirational. I think I've read somewhere that a lot of their beat are mathematically structured to sync up at certain parts of tye song. It's pretty awesome.

Well, that's it for today. Tomorrow's goals are 45 active minutes and two meals logged.

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