Music to work out to

Anyone got any stories of particular songs or playlists that really motivate you at the gym? I’ve included mine below, but could use some additional suggestions!

*Swing Swing – All American Rejects
*Vertigo – American Hi-Fi
*Boys Of Summer – The Ataris
*21st Century Digital Boy – Bad Religion
*Sorrow – Bad Religion
*Punk Rock Song – Bad Religion
*American Jesus – Bad Religion
*Don’t Leave Me – Blink 182
*The Rock Show – Blink 182
*Girl All The Bad Guys Want – Bowling For Soup
*Are We The Waiting – Green Day
*Wake Me Up When September Ends – Green Day
*21st Century Breakdown – Green Day
*21 Guns – Green Day
*Hate to say I told You so – The Hives
*Main Offender – The Hives
*If You Don’t, Don’t – Jimmy Eat World
*Sweetness – Jimmy Eat World
*Leaving On A Jet Plane – Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
*Pot Luck – OPM
*El Capitan – OPM
*Brighter Side – OPM
*Unda – OPM
*Fish outta water – OPM
*I Was Wrong – Social Distortion
*Fat Lip – Sum 41
*In Too Deep – Sum 41
*Shooting Star – Bad Company
*Feel The Pain – Dinosaur Jr.
*Everlong – Foo Fighters
*The Middle – Jimmy Eat World
*Bad Reputation – Joan Jett
*Carry On My Wayward Son – Kansas
*Pretend We’re Dead – L7
*One Step Closer – Linkin Park
*My Own Worst Enemy – Lit
*Ace Of Spades – Motorhead
*Nine In The Afternoon – Panic At The Disco
*That’s What You Get – Paramore
*Lump – Presidents of the USA
*Testify – Rage Against The Machine
*Today – Smashing Pumpkins
*Chop Suey! – System Of A Down
*Come Out And Play – The Offspring
*So I Need You – 3 Doors Down

…so ok, a lot of the music there is music by people who are mad at their parents, but it has an awesome beat and really helps fend off the monotony I normally associate with a workout…

Any thoughts? What do you guys listen to in the Gym, if anything?

Hey Phreaky – a couple of suggestions:

• Numb/Encore – Jay-Z and Linkin Park – this is an essential workout tune, and never fails to get me pumped up! We used to listen to this before races when I rowed in crew and I can’t help but push a little harder when I hear the opening section
• Slam – Pendulum – some good old drum and bass that gets the heart pumping
• Oxford Comma – Vampire Weekend – A little different to the other two but a lot of fun and has a good beat

I also like to add in a little Kings of Leon and some retro Greenday, Minority and Basket Case are favorites…

Awesome, thanks David!

I’m gonna make a few more playlists so I can alternate as I go along, so I will defo add your suggestions and post up the full PLs I come up with.

I post a monthly playlist to my blog. Here is a link to my most recent one:
http://www.thrivepersonalfitness.com/2010/01/mo…

Most of these songs are present on my iPod at any given time.
Pamela

www.ThrivePersonalFitness.com

Ooooh… there’s some goon ones in among that!

Thanks for the link, too!

For workout music I just set my iphone to pandora, it knows what I like in the workout mix and plays songs that are smiler. No play lists, who has time to change them all the time/who wants to hear the same songs 100 timers. Just create a workout play list with “Rammstein, Disturbed etc..” and go from there :-)

Or if you work out from home like I do, just turn on Hulu and catch up on your show (or a new series you never saw before) while you burn cals.

Great list – nothing like angry music to work out to, a few good ones on that list I need to track down!

A few of my faves, primarily for running, but they work for gym work too:
– “Thrash Unreal” – Against Me!
– “Machinehead” – Bush
– “Song 2” – Blur
– “DOA” – Foo Fighters
– “Famous Last Words” – My Chemical Romance
– “AM Radio” – Everclear
– “You Get What You Give” – The New Radicals
– “Supermassive Black Hole” – Muse

… and too many more to name….

Pamela, I love your “attitude” songs!

Awesome stuff – hazelma, I’m getting an iPhone soon, and at that time, I will hopefully just put everything onto that and use the genius mixes.

In saying that, I am limited to a 2GB player, so my tunes are limited. I like the idea of working at home, but I find that it is better to have the motivation of peers… I’m a fickle gym-o-phile, me! :)

Some dark melodic death metal works for me.

Great list, will have to have a proper read through them all. A small selection of mine:

Benny Benassi – Satisfaction (Isak Original mix)
Houndogs – I Like Girls (Phunk Investigation mix)
Will Smith – Miami
Sunset Stripper – Falling Stars
Shakira – She Wolf

When I’m doing cardio, I listen to Trance music.

When doing weights and for stretching, I usually listen to Vaya Con Dios, sort of blues/jazz/gypsy music. For those of you who can get Spotify, here is the link: http://open.spotify.com/user/cieron1/playlist/6…

Thanks Patricia! Scgreg….I love She Wolf. I think its going on my playlist next month for the blog.
Pamela

www.ThrivePersonalFitness.com

my current gym playlist includes the following:
(Everybody) Get Up—Roger and Zapp
Tomorrow’s Girls—Don Fagen
Harajuku Girls—Gwen Stefani
I Want You for Myself—George Duke
Spirits in the Material World—The Police
Ready or Not—Herbie Hancock
Love Shack—B-52s
The Real Thing—Gwen Stefani
Stomp—Brothers Johnson
Magnificent—U2
Teahouse on the Tracks—Don Fagen
Young Americans—David Bowie
Little Red Corvette—Prince
Pride (In the Name of Love)—U2
Holy Ghost—The Bar-Kays
Sunlight—Herbie Hancock
Hey, Nineteen—Steely Dan
The Groove Line—Heatwave
and a few assorted Earth, Wind, and Fire tunes

Techno seems to be one of the best types of music for cardio workouts. I’ve found that music in the 128-144 BPM range fits best for my spin and elliptical workouts, which is a climbing cadence of 64-72. There is an Internet radio station at DI.FM that streams a huge number of music channels (techno, country, classical, salsa, etc.) If you use a FREE application like streamripper you can “record” the streams to your PC/Ipod. Many of the techno mixes they stream are 1 hour+ in length.

That’s a great list, thanks for sharing.

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My “standard” elliptical warm-up song is the Blestination remix of “Cruel Summer” – after that, a shuffle of upbeat songs including “I Like To Move It” (not the one from the movie “Madagascar”, but basically the same song) PInk’s “Get The Party Started”, several Green Day songs, and Foo Fighters’ “Learn to Fly”. New Order’s “Blue Monday” is a great one.
For lighter stuff, like a quick walk or exercise bike (I don’t do headphones on a real bike, too dangerous), there’s a very fun group called Slightly Stoopid, which is my favorite band, that keeps me moving. Upbeat reggae works well too if I’m in the mood.
For lifting, it’s got to be hard rock – Godsmack, Staind, Seether, Disturbed, etc.

www.podrunner.com… two huge freakin’ thumbs up!!!

My current cardio playlist:

I Got It From My Mama – will i am
The Way I Are – Timbaland
Do You Want to Be a Superstar? – Blood on the Dancefloor (parental advisory)
Gimme More – Britney Spears
Here I Come – The Roots
Illegal Tender – Louis XIV
Computer Blue – Prince and the Revolution
Sexy Back – Justin Timberlake
The Longest Road (Deadmau5 Remix) – Morgan Page
U Got the Look – Prince
Cry for You – September
That’s Not My Name – The Ting Tings
Goodbye – Kristinia DeBarge
Shake It – Metro Station
The Little Things – Danny Elfman
Hella Good – No Doubt
All For You – Janet Jackson

The ones bolded are my faves. :)

Anything by David Guetta and DJ Tiesto

Morgan Page rules (esp the Hide and Seek remix!), but hey now…let’s not forget Paul Van Dyk, ATB, Armin Van Buuren, and Ferry Corsten.

So, I found an awesome triple CD pack – don’t know if you can get it in the US, but it is awesome! There are three CDs – one for sprint, running and jogging, including a warm-up mix.

The CD is called Ministry of Sound Running Trax, and is a total godsend, as the BPMs are regular, the music is good and it’s not that repetitive, either.

Anything from the chemical brothers works wonders for me.
I used to listen to more aggressive rock stuff but I found that I would power myself out too quickly and not do the exercises cleanly. Nonetheless if you have self discipline:
Foo FIghters – The One
Foo FIgthers – The Pretender
The Strokes – Reptilia (awesome guitar solo)
Kings of Leon – Sex on Fire
The Alpinestars feat. Brian Molko – Carbon Kid

Will check out the ministry of sound tip cheers Phreaky!

Here’s a few from my MP3 player:

Breaking Benjamin (Diary of Jane, Lights Out, Breath, Into the Nothing)
Funeral for a Friend (Streetcar, On a Wire)
Chevelle (Well Enough Alone, I Get It, Paint the Seconds, Straightjacket Fashion)
Rise Against (The Dirt Whispered, Savior, Ready to Fall)
Five Finger Death Punch (Hard to See)
The Exies (Different Than You)

Couple of old, and recent ones here. Its a real mix this one but never fails me!

Kids – Chiddy Bang (feat MGMT)
Till I Collapse – Eminem
Remember the name – Fort minor
Fight music -d12 and eminem
Numb Encore – Dr Dre, Eminem, etc. Jay Z. (This is an amazing “Mash Up” if you like this kinda music)
In this city – Iglu and Hartly
Ohh ahhh – The grits
Where we belong – Lost prophets
Numb Encore (ORIGINAL) – Jay Z – Linkin park