Workout music

skcin · #1 03-13-2007, 03:51 PM

So what does everbody listen to when they're exercising/running/working out/biking/whatever? I used to just read or watch TV while I was on the elliptical, but since I got the mp3 & made a "workout" playlist, I've noticed that I burn far more calories listening to music.

My pick tunes vary in tempo & intensity so I can vary my workout effort. Here are a few good ones:

World Turning
The Ledge
I Can't Wait
When The Sun Goes Down
Running Through the Garden
Ain't No Other Man - Aguilera
Rock Your Body - Timberlake
Molly's Lips - Nirvana
Best Of You - Foo Fighters (awesome!)
Otherside - RHCP
No Bad News - Patty Griffin
American Girl - Petty
Hardest Button to Button - White Stripes
I Want You To Want Me - Cheap Trick
Since U Been Gone - Kelly Clarkson
Delirious Love - Neil Diamond
Barracuda - Heart
Violet - Hole
Separate Ways - Journey
Somebody Told Me - The Killers
Change of Heart - Cyndi
Nightrain - GNR
We Got The Beat - Go Go's

amber · #2 03-13-2007, 03:58 PM

Yeah, isn't that weird? I can't hardly workout while doing anything other than listening to music. Watching TV or reading totally slogs me down. It's the beats, man, it's the beats.
Lots of your songs are in my regular rotation, but it isn't the same every time b/c my ishuffle is on shuffle. But there has to be GYOW and CHAIN, because both are fast, and seem to speed up at the end parts with the guitar, and so I need those parts for Inspired Sprinting.
I just have to have fast songs, basically.

DrummerDeanna · #3 03-13-2007, 03:58 PM

I just have my mp3 player on random...but I have to skip any slow songs.

I do have a workout playlist...some of the songs on there:

Whenever Wherever - Shakira
Hips Don't Lie - Shakira
Baby Got Back

The whole Say You Will album
Matchbox 20s Mad Season
Relax - Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Some Wham!
Walking on Sunshine

There's more...but I have to go on the air now...

JazmenFlowers · #4 03-13-2007, 05:13 PM

I have a mix that I listen to. it's 30 minutes long and is a remix of all the hits from late 2006/early 2007 all seamlessly flowed together. it's perfect for me.

if anyone wants, I can try to upload it.

otherwise, I put my iPod on shuffle or watch TV.

DrummerDeanna · #5 03-13-2007, 05:15 PM

^^

Do you get tired of the same 30 minute mix though? That's why I just hit random and go - I got tired of my "workout" playlist...I really have to keep things different or I get bored...

JazmenFlowers · #6 03-13-2007, 05:19 PM

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Originally Posted by DrummerDeanna

^^

Do you get tired of the same 30 minute mix though? That's why I just hit random and go - I got tired of my "workout" playlist...I really have to keep things different or I get bored...

not really. it's got lots of Xtina and Justin...who could tire of them?

I do change it up every now and then.

JazmenFlowers · #7 03-13-2007, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by buckymcnix

would you upload it jazzy?
i can say honestly i have never been big on eithr of them but mostly that is out of ignorance . . . so i would like to hear some of their stuff picked by a fan.

well, if you are looking for something to hook you...then I'll select some stuff that I think are appropriate for that. the remixes may not really give you an insight into how awesome Xtina (and Justin) are.

skcin · #8 03-14-2007, 10:15 AM

Oh, that's not all that's on my workout playlist, just a few of my favorites that are there - and I always shuffle.

I hate to get bored.

GardenStateGirlie · #9 03-14-2007, 10:41 AM

random stuff that usually comes up that i like to work out to...

brazilian girls - don't stop
editors - munich
uniting nations - out of touch (yes, a cover of hall & oates)
orbital - dancing in heaven
ben folds five - song for the dumped
neneh cherry - buffalo stance
way out west - stealth
charlotte church - crazy chick
sophie ellis bexter - murder on the dancefloor
berlin - the metro
miss jane - it's a fine day
dubstar - stars
télépopmusik - breathe
esthero - we r in need of a musical revolution
new order - bizzare love triangle
the postal service - such great heights
fergie - glamorous
goldfrapp - ooh la la
hooverphonic - battersea
kylie minogue - come into my world
madonna - jump

etc. etc. etc.

GardenStateGirlie · #10 03-14-2007, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by skcin

I hate to get bored.

me too. but with an ipod mini, it's hard not too. i constantly restore factory settings every week and change up what's on there. i have waaay more than 4gb in the library

mikeschmike · #11 03-14-2007, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by skcin

Oh, that's not all that's on my workout playlist, just a few of my favorites that are there - and I always shuffle.

I hate to get bored.

Early Madonna always seems to get my ass moving. There's also an Etta James live album called "Etta Rocks the House" that is on fi-yah!

JazmenFlowers · #12 03-14-2007, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by mikeschmike

There's also an Etta James live album called "Etta Rocks the House" that is on fi-yah!

sweet.

I've got one Etta live album, but this looks like more earlyish Etta. I needs this.

michaelD · #13 03-14-2007, 11:36 AM

I have a playlist in my iPod called "Kick up off your ass"
58 songs 4 hours... Mix it up daily...

Some of the Songs:
Sold Me Down the River- The Alarm
Hell In A Bucket- Grateful Dead
Buffalo Soldier- Bob Marley
Rain When I Die- Alice In Chains

I can edit or add to it whenever....