What pumps you up?
12 post(s),
11 voice(s)
Voices: scout200, ipsafictura, ThriveFit, wedzir, gwood67, Bleeblahblork, Simi_FIT, FattyBoomBoom, IrishEyes, gwen529, and meggie128
| Oct 26, 2010 12:04pm |
Studies have shown that combining music and exercise gives your body a boost. What jams pump you up when you’re working out? -Scout |
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Oct 26, 2010 12:28pm
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Haha, This American Life and The Savage Love Podcast, along with a bunch of other NPR shows I’m kind of weird in this regard, I get INCREDIBLY bored doing cardio if I’m just listening to music, I need something that gets my brain more engaged. I have noticed I work out harder when I’m listening to something funny, so maybe humor and exercise gives a boost too? When I did listen to music, it was mostly angry punk rock. |
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Oct 26, 2010 12:46pm
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I must have music to work out. I post a playlist over at the blog every month. My tastes change all the time, just depends on what I am doing. HIIT cardio needs to be pretty hard energy, but weights have a different pace so I tend to like different stuff on weight days. |
| Oct 27, 2010 12:21am |
I do have an Iphone full of all kind of LessMills BodyCombat/BodyAttack and RPM music. All of it upbeat and a lot of it pretty heavy. When I train outside I mostly use the music, when I’m in the gym I usually don’t because of the fact that they have music on in the gym and just at a level that I would have to put my iphone on a deafening volume |
| Oct 27, 2010 7:46am |
@ ipsafictura, I never really thought about that before (getting your brain engaged). I’ll have to apply that and see if it works for me! Thanks for the suggestion. |
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Nov 4, 2010 6:21pm
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I have different playlists on my iPod specifically for what I’m doing. Weight-lifting is hard techno: |
| Nov 4, 2010 8:42pm |
Music gives me a drive that I don’t think I would have by myself sometimes. Second would be a gym partner. Someone to help push you, and you can push them. |
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Nov 5, 2010 4:51pm
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I’ve listened to music which is at the gym so far but it really makes me angry that it’s the same each time. So I decided to use my own and that’s what I should have had before! |
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Nov 6, 2010 5:56am
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This is odd. |
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Nov 6, 2010 1:08pm
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For running, I like to use Motion Traxx, available free on iTunes and probably other places too – they have a variety of music mixes at different speeds specifically for working out . It’s routine enough that my mind can focus on my running form instead of the music itself, but the beat is consistent and strong enough to keep me moving at a good regular pace. I haven’t tried it for the eliptical yet since all of my cardio is still done outside – I guess that it would work well, but I like to vary my speed so I use a playlist with lots of rock and a little rap. (Ok, a bit of pop thrown in too…) Weight lifting – metal. |
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Nov 6, 2010 1:55pm
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Lately, I’ve been relying heavily on Queens of the Stone Age and Deftones. Tool is a mainstay. A few go-to songs that will slingshot me back if I’m flagging: Shipping Up To Boston by the Dropkick Murphys Just Like You Imagined by NIN Sonne by Rammstein ipsa, I have worked out to the Savage Love Podcast. It didn’t work for me as I daydream too much when I’m doing cardio. I need to be able to drift out without missing anything. Still, that is funny |
| Nov 7, 2010 2:50pm |
Its funny because I never listen to the music that I run to except when I’m running. I listen to K$sha when I run, normally I cant stand her music, but something about the beats and her funny voice just make running a little more fun. Oh same thing goes for some katy perry songs.. normally cant stand them, but they work in the gym. |
