Exercise music?
 

So, I could really use some help! I need some new fun music to listen to when I work out. The same old music isn't cutting it anymore. Any suggestions as to what keeps you motivated or what you are listening to?? I'll listen to just about anything!

dance hall, 80's and early 90's rock with some newer stuff thrown in, some angry punk and just a smidge of the Purple Rain soundtrack...this is my usual that keeps me going.

BTW: welcome to the board!

honestly? I don't listen to a lot of top 40 stuff EXCEPT when I'm working out. Anything that's got a good beat to it and something really catchy seems to help out. My ipod is currently dead so I'll tell you a few things on my jogging playlist
a LOT of rihanna...lol
Gwen Stefani
Miley Cyrus
Britney Spears
Justin Timberlake

none of the stuff that I would play while driving ;)

Here's my current workout mix:

Kanye West – Stronger
Mika – Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)
Wreckx-n-Effect – Rump Shaker – (ZOOM ZOOM ZOOM)
Ok Go – Here It Goes Again (if those guys can dance on the treadmills, I can at the very least walk on them briskly)
Missy Elliot - Shake Your Pom Pom (hilarious)
Robert Randolph & the Family Band - Aint Nothing Wrong With That (funky and stompy!)
Fefe Dobson - Watch Me Move
Show Me The Money - Petey Pabloe
Where Are We Running - Lenny Kravitz
TeddyBears – Cobrastyle
M.C. Luscious – Boom I Got Your Boyfriend
Lacuna Coil – Closer (has kind of a slow beginning, but gets good)
Good Charlotte – I Don’t Wanna Be in Love
Grandmaster T - Too Much Booty in the Pants (very inspiring to work out to)
All Time Low – Dear Maria, Count Me In
Shakira – Hips Don’t Lie
Le Tiger – Deceptacon (grrr angry grrl bandz roxxorz)
Kiki Dee Band - I Got the Music in Me
Erick Morillo - I like to Move It
The Killers – When You Were Young
Beyonce - Get Me Bodied
Metro Station – Shake It
We the Kings – Check Yes Juliet (love this song, the lyrics actually say “lace up your shoes” and “run, baby, run”)
The Spice Girls - Spice Up Your Life
DJ Laz & Pitbull - Move Shake Drop (naughty!)
The Cheeky Girls – The Cheeky Song (just hilarious)
Baha Men - Move It Like This
Shakira - Wherever, Whenever
Will.i.am – I Got it From My Momma
Jennifer Lopez - Let's Get Loud
Can't Stop Moving - Sonny Jim
The Killers – Somebody Told Me
Paramore – Crushcrushcrush
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Higher Ground
Fort Minor – Remember the Name

oooh you know what song is great? Evil by Interpol. It has slow parts but for the most part it makes me want to get up off my butt

Fergie - The duchess CD is AWESOME!
Sarah Bareillis
Michael Jackson - Thriller remix
Madonna
Beyonce
I like all the top 40 stuff, anything peppy, dance mixes and salsa too. I spin, so it has to be uptempo and motivating!

Haha, it appears that I'm the odd one out... I like to listen to Drum n Bass and goa-like stuff when I'm working out. I find that it really makes me want to be active. Just listening to a song when I'm quietly sitting behind my computer makes me bounce the room around sometimes. Some band names are Pendulum, Infected Mushroom, Noisia, Freestylers, Kim And Buran.

Bass Hunter

I Love To Workout To! Danity Kane! And Justin Timberlake! And Anything That Can Get Me! Going!! :dancer:

Caligirl: Thanks for the welcome!

Glory-thanks, im going to download some of the songs!!!

leighish-never heard that interpol song, going to check it out


Haha, yeah I listen to top 40 when im working out and in the car..lol

FAMILY FORCE 5.

Seriously...

They'll keep you pumpin'.

Mmm, for working out nothing beats some NYC glam pop for me... in other words, Scissor Sisters! Filthy/Gorgeous is of course supreme, and so is I Don't Feel Like Dancing.

Other fave work-out songs:
Flavor of the Weak - American Hi-Fi (we all have our guilty pop-punk pleasures, mmk? This is mine.)
Neighborhood #3 (Power Out) and Rebellion (Lies) - Arcade Fire (upbeat indie with strings and bells!)
C'est la Vie - B*Witched (okay, another guilty pleasure... it's my childhood!)
Wait - The Beatles ('nuff said)
California Girls - The Beach Boys (again, 'nuff said.)
Loser - Beck ('90s slacker alternative rock can motivate you? Whoa!)
Rasputin - Boney M (fun and funky disco.)
Never, Never Gonna Give You Up; The Distance; Never There; Love You Madly - all by CAKE (favorite band EVER.)
Just Can't Get Enough - Depeche Mode (wayyyy dancey. '80s synth gold.)
Light My Fire - The Doors
Hungry Like the Wolf - Duran Duran (Oh yeah. Ohh yeah.)
Inside Out - Eve 6 (Good beat, great lyrics.)
Pardon Me and Privilege - Incubus (These are the angry type of motivational.)
Somebody to Love - Jefferson Airplane
Ooh La - The Kooks (Happy modern indie, great vocals.)
Love Me or Hate Me - Lady Sovereign (Ahahaha. Hilarious! A rapping briton!)
Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) - Looking Glass
Paper Planes - M.I.A. (It's chill AND fun to work out to!)
Un coup d'eouil dans le métro - MC Solaar (Y'know, if you're into French rap.)
You Get What You Give - New Radicals (Classic '90s teenage attitude.)
(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding
Start Me Up - The Rolling Stones
Car Wash - Rose Royce
Wow, I Can Get Sexual Too - Say Anything (not for the faint of heart...)
Summer Breeze - Seals & Crofts
Say You'll Be There - Spice Girls (Another taste of my childhood!)
Saw Red - Sublime and Gwen Stefani (ANY ska will do, but this is a favorite of mine.)
Turning Japanese - The Vapors (upbeat and lyrics that are irresistible to sing along to!)

That oughtta be enough to keep you moving! All very eclectic. I don't like to get bored with my music. :P

it depends what mood i'm in, but usually i'll pick either some uplifting trance (armin van buuren, tiesto, ferry corsten, above & beyond, etc) or some cheesy pop songs that always get me bopping no matter where i am (rhianna, mika, black eyed peas, pat benetar, kylie minogue, no doubt, etc.)

nikewomen.com has a good playlist that changes every month. In addition google "fitpod" they have playlists you can download. They are indexed by beats per minute so you can match it with the workout intensity.

Ah...say anything... Yeah that would be a good song to add.

Ok, I don´t know if you like latin music but it has a great beat and may be good for a change.. I love reggeaton (to workout).. maybe you can download one to see if you like it..

Ella Me Levanto - Daddy Yankee
Dile - Don Omar
Noche de Entierro - Daddy yankee
Bailando - Reggeaton Boys (my favorite!!!!)
Rakata - Wisin y Yandell
Sabor a Melao - Daddy Yankee
Dejame Tocarte - Rakim y Ken-Y

We have really similar tastes (Bony M - Rasputin, hee!) I'm going to check out a few of your selections I'm not familiar with. I love the Kooks but I don't know Ooh La for example.

OK, MadelinRose, I just needed to tell you that I love your playlist. C'est La Vie? I have the single! :lol: New Radicals? Love it. Oh, the '90s...

OK, here's mine:

Sk8er Boi - Avril Lavigne (Yeah, that's right... ;))
Lose Yourself - Eminem
Sour Cherry - The Kills
Hey Driver - Lucky Boys Confusion
Girl Like That - Matchbox Twenty
I Want To Save You - Something Corporate (oh, high school...)
I'd Do Anything - Simple Plan
Take On Me - A-Ha
Dip It Low - Christina Milian
Laffy Taffy - D4L
So Beautiful - Dashboard Confessional
The Places You Have Come To Fear the Most - Dashboard Confessional (Um, 2 Dashboard songs?)
What Was I Thinkin' - Dierks Bentley
Ain't Going Down - Garth Brooks
I Don't Want To Be - Gavin DeGraw
Io - Gianna Nannini
Head Over Heels - The Go-Gos
Holiday - Green Day
Curbside Prophet - Jason Mraz
3x5 - John Mayer
Wake Up Call - Maroon 5
Somebody's Angel - Meg Allison
Love Is a Battlefield - Pat Benatar (I've got some serious '80s music going on here)
Such Great Heights - The Postal Service
Mood Rings - Relient K
I Don't Feel Like Dancin' - Scissor Sisters
Something Like That - Tim McGraw
Real Good Man - Time McGraw (and quite a bit of country, too...)

Awesome! I definitely have a bunch of new music now.

Glory87, I downloaded Mika-big girl and I can't stop listening to it!!!

ooh, leighish is right, interpol is good stuff.

when i'm on the elliptical i have to listen to music that's intense and fast and makes me want to dance because it makes me move faster...here's some of my playlist:

michael jackson - p.y.t.
justice - d.a.n.c.e.
daft punk - robot rock; harder, better, faster, stronger
chris brown - wall to wall
kings of leon - taper jean girl
m.i.a - galang
q and not u - wonderful people

basically anything dance-y and upbeat.

Hey Ladies,

I love all the songs mentioned (or at least the ones that I know).. and I'd like to add:

Disturbia - Rihanna
Can't Hold Us Down - Christina Aguilera
1, 2 Step feat. Missy Elliott - Ciara
Fill Me In - Craig David
Wha Chu Like? - Da Brat & Tyrese
Come to Me - Diddy
Cosmic Girl - Jamiroquai
Hate On Me - Jill Scott
Take It or Leave It - Josh Hoge
The New Workout Plan - Kanye West
Work - Kelly Rowland
No matter What They Say - Lil' Kim
Lapdance - NERD
She Wants to Move - NERD
Bombs Over Baghdad - Outkast
Get Busy - Sean Paul
U Don't Know Me - T.I.
I Wanna Be Bad - Willa Ford

Anything upbeat by M.I.A or Beyonce

Here is a sample of whats in my playlist, I havent updated it in awhile but Im sure you can get the point of what I listen to...

Survivor- Destinys Child
The whole entire soundtrack to the movie "Never Back Down"
Any kind of techno song-very uplifting and makes me wanna move
Black Eyed Peas-pump it
Chris Brown tracks
Gwen Stefani- holla back girl & rich girl
Jay Z-dirt off ya shoulders
Katy Perry- I kissed a girl

..and so on and so forth. I just usually type in "remix" when trying to find songs and I usually find songs that are very dancy and make me wanna bust a move haha

This is going to sound funny but the new New Kids On The Block cd kept me jamming today!