Tunes for workouts
 

What music keeps you motivated to keep moving when your legs are dead or you feel like you can't keep going?

Or just makes the time pass more pleasantly.... I'm not picky, i just need to mix up my usual choices.http://www.cosgan.de/images/smilie/sportlich/d045.gif

I need music with a strong beat, and like you I need it mixed, I can't work out to the same thing every day. One of my favourite workout songs is Go With The Flow by Queens Of The Stone Age. Magic :D

I love anmie themes so, dh goes to http://gendou.com/ to find new songs for me. I also love techno so he gets me a lot of that as well as stuff that has a definite beat so I can slow the movements down and do suqats,leg press etc..

I find that a lot of songs by Roxette are great to work out to (unless you can't stand the band, that is). There is a beat, the lyrics are catch and easy to follow so you can sing along in your head.

That being said, most of the time I exercise without music. :)

I'm another one that has to have a strong beat and a steady hard-thumping bass line. I generally use my IPod while treadmilling and find a good, comfy tempo for me is about 120 - 150 beats per minute.

That's also the tempo I use when I do my "hip-hop-back-up-dancer" thing.

I'll generally put together a playlist running 30-45 minutes and just let it run.

Were you looking for actual song suggestions? If you like disco/funk/70s&80s, I can make some suggestions.

actual songs would be great.

Thanks!

I just put together a playlist. It's 30.8 minutes long. It's kind of an eclectic collection of tunes, but what they all have in common is a hard-driving beat. Some of the tunes may be a bit hard to get (Deee-Lite is out of print, I think -- I have it on an old compilation CD).

• Groove is in the Heart -- Deee-Lite
  
• I'm Too Sexy -- Right Said Fred
  
• I Feel for You -- Chaka Khan
  
• I Wanna Be Your Lover -- Prince
  
• Now That We Found Love -- Heavy D and the Boyz (the Third World version works, too)
  
• Another One Bites the Dust -- Queen
  
• Big Time -- Peter Gabriel

I think I'll use this list for tomorrow's workout!

On my ipod I have....
 

Just to name a few:

Brickhouse -Commadores
Toxic-Britany Spears
Fighter-Christina Agulara
Who Let the Dogs Out -Baha Men?
Tainted Love-Soft Cell
Crazy Love - Biance
Lovely Day -Bill Whithers
Matchless-Aaron Shuste
King of Pain-Police
Little Miss Can't Be Wrong-Spin Doctors
Criminal-Fiona Apple

I just watch TV. time flies by. When i listen to music i find the song always seem's longer then i remembered. :)

i enjoy watching tv when im at the gym as well, but im trying to move my workouts outside... so i need some musical accompaniment.

Thanks for the great songs so far! I keep going to Itunes to hear clips so I can decide if i want to buy the song.

I watch TV and listen to my iPod at the same time! I put on the TV captions and so I have double distraction.

I have over 100 songs so far in my workout playlist. Here are some of my current faves:
Peek-A-Boo - Siouxsie & The Banshees
Unwritten - Natasha Beddingfield
I Don't Want to Work - Todd Rundgren
Watch Me Shine - Vanessa Carelton
Why Can't I Be You - The Cure
Goody Two Shoes - Adam Ant
Pink - Stupid Girls
I Need Some Action - Terror Fabuouls

Missy Elliott-Pass that Dutch is so good to move to (Don't stop get it till your clothes get wet)
Black Eyed Peas- Pump it
Prince- Black Sweat
Britney Spears- Overprotected
Sean Paul- Temperature
Usher- Yeah

I realized i never added my own picks

1. Dresden Dolls Coin Operated Boy
2. No Doubt- Just about any song from the Tragic Kingdom Album
3. Most any song by The Who

That's all i have off the top of my head, because my ipod is at home, but i'll update later.

Moby - great work-out music

okay....here's a few off my list:

Knock on wood by Ami Stewart
Check on it by Beyonce
River Deep Mountain High by Celine Dion
Its raining Men by the Weather Girls
Tainted Love by Soft Cell
Shackles by Mary Mary
Gloria by Laura Branigan
Lonely by Akon (warmup/warm down)
I will Survive by Glora Gaynor
Crazy in Love by Beyonce
Heaven must have sent you by the Pointer Sisters

Can you tell I like good 70's DISCO?...:D

I like classical songs that have been remixed as techno! :dizzy:

I like Shakira's faster songs... I love "whenever, wherever" and her new song "hips don't lie" is impossible NOT to dance to :)

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thought i would jump in here and put in my two cents worth.. even though i am kinda dating myself i workout out better if i listen to 60s and 70s music!

Has anyone tried listening to the excersie music podcasts? i just found it on itunes and i downloaded one for free. I'll check it out tommorow.

The CD Fired up is a great workout cd.

Proud by Heather Small, not a fast song but a good one for warmup. It is the song from the Biggest Loser Show.
Pretty Woman
Locomotion
Our Lips are Sealed
Beat of My Heart
White Wedding
Twisting The Night Away
Dancing With Myself
Lets Do the Twist
It's Raining Men
Take It Back
Ruby
Hit the Road Jack
I Will Survive
Runaway
Spirit in the Sky
YMCA
Knock 3 Times
Help Me Rhonda

Pon de Replay by Rihanna
Push It by Salt an Peppa

where is this on iTunes??? i came across some techno mixes, but nothing that looked that great (they looked better for a party or if i was really drunk and wanted to dance).

exermusic i think was the name. It was ok but it was also a techno mix type thing, not exactly what i was looking for.

I like to mix it up alot.
I listen to anything and everything with a good beat. Hip hop , reggae, R&B, alternative, Whatever motivates me to move.

Example:
Dontcha - The kittycat Dolls
Pitbull - Toma
Sean Paul - Temperature
Black Eyed Peas - My humps
Nina Sky - Move your body
Ying yang twins - Shake
Elephant Man - Jook Gal
Ciara - 1,2 step
Field Mob - So what
Nelly - Flap your wings
Mariah Carey - Shake it off
Jennifer Lopez - Get right
Gwen Stefani - Rich Girl
Destiny's Child - Lose my Breath
Amerie - 1 thing
Kanye West - Workout Plan
Justin Timberlake - Signs

Hope this helps.

Karma, great list, I like a lot of your choices and some good ideas. I also like anything by Missy Elliott for running, really gets me going. And Pump it by BEP.

I have a playlist of dancing ditties on my computer which I boogie to at night by the shimmering glow of a glitterlamp.

My advice would be to exercise to the music you love. You might be flagging but then one of your all time favourites comes on and it keeps you going a few more minutes. Works for me, anyway :)

I love trance, pop and disco - some of my favourites include (cheese alert):

• So Good - Rachel Stevens (125 bpm)
• Lady - Modjo (126 bpm)
• Can't Get You Out of my Head - Kylie Minogue (126 bpm)
• Boogie Wonderland - Earth Wind and Fire (129 bpm)
• Another Chance - Roger Sanchez (130 bpm)
• Dance Yourself Dizzy - Liquid Gold (131 bpm)
• Atomic - Blondie (135 bpm)
• Just Around The Hill - Sash! (136 bpm)

There's a nifty website that lets you find out the bpm for tracks: http://www.all8.com/tools/bpm.htm