What do I do on the exercise bike?

I do ride the exercise bike, obviously.

I sit on the exercise bike with a broken display in my parents’ house, prepare myself for the coming hardship, and turn on the Japanese-dubbed Culinary Class Wars. Repeating what I hear from the show (shadowing), cycling for about twenty minutes makes my back start sweating.

It’s not that tough a workout, yet I can sense this tightness of my thighs afterwards.

Those twenty minutes can easily slip away if I look at my phone or something, yet this time for those minutes, I get my heart pumping, break a sweat, and learn some Japanese phrases.

Minimal workout routine, done.

2026-02-18 | Essay