Now that the weather is nice, it's time for me to start exercising outside! (Or at all... ) I'm looking for some good pump-up music to add to my workout playlist. Mostly I'll just be walking, hoping to work up to running for more than 30 seconds.

I'm totally a fan of cheesily inspirational music (that new Selena Gomez song, anyone?), but I'll try anything! Got any suggestions?

I'm a metal fan and a lot of it is very up-tempo (Lordi in particular comes to mind). I also love techno (Scooter, Sash, Groove Coverage, Eiffel 65, Aqua, Shakira, etc.)

I found I think at Sam's club - the biggest looser workout mix....I is pretty good. I really like most of the songs, and there are 2 disks one with all songs 128 beats per min, and the other disc is 125-130 bpm, its about 2 hours of music. I just mix and match to create my playlists

Good Luck

Fabrice Potec churns out excellent megamixes for free on his website

http://www.fabricepotec.com/index2.php?p=megamix

Yearmix 2010 is my latest obsession, it's so great for cardio and dancing around the house in your skivvies.

I LOVE GirlTalk for my workouts. He's kind of a ... super extreme DJ? He will definitely pump you up. I don't think I can post links yet, but if you google "Girl Talk," the second link is the website with the whole album - it's a free download!

It's kind of hard to describe the music - he samples literally hundreds of songs and does some mashups (really creatively ... you'll hear current hits but he might have the music from Simon and Garfunkel or the Beatles playing underneath). Check it out!

Good luck!

Krampus: Is there a way to download those megamixes?

Yep, click the speaker icon on the right hand side. That should take you to an index page, and you can save the mp3 to your hard drive from there. They are all hosted legally on his website. My favorites are the Yearmixes and "History of Italo Disco" megamixes.

BTW Ferumbras I love metal too! We should talk.

Krampus: Anytime! And thanks for the tip.

i love the music thats talks about hot chicks! becuase i hope to be one, one day so its like extra motivations with pump so heres my list:

Most is rock but a lillte of techno involved:

Emphatic-bounce
My darkest days-move your body
Rhiannah-S&M
Muse-supermassive black hole
My darkest days- porn star dancing
danko jones- full of regret
johnathan tyler-gyspy woman
genesis-i cant dance
haddaway- what is love
limp bizkit- shotgun (this song represents my backwoods neighboorhood lol)
Hollywood undead- california
ok go- get over it
ok go- your so damn hot
puddle of mud-space ship
seasons after- getting even
skillet- monster
skillet-hero
taddy porter- big enough

ok seriously this isn't even half lol i'm like the music queen but this music is definite pump you up music! i notice when i'm listening to these songs i'll go even faster on my crosstrainer!

I love rock so I'm going to name a few of my favorites:

Arctic Monkyes - I Bet That You Look Good On The Dance Floor
Foo Fighters - The Pretender
Kaiser Chiefs - Everyday I Love You Less And Less
Keane - Again and Again
The Killers - Sam's Town
Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire
Maroon 5 - Harder to Breath
Them Crooked Vultures - No One Loves Me & Neither Do I

Just to name a few!

Some songs I've been loving to work out to lately (I love that Selena Gomez song too!):

Give Me Everything by Pitbull, Ne-Yo, etc.
One Voice by Natasha Betingfield
Anything by Katy Perry
Super Bass by Nicki Minaj
Roll Up by Wiz Khalifa
Be Good To Yourself by Journey
Better Than Revenge by Taylor Swift
Just A Girl by No Doubt
Miss Murder by AFI
Bad Girlfriend by Theory of a Deadman

I'm right there with you, I LOVE Selena Gomez's music! Here are my faves on my playlist-
1. Shake It Up- Selena Gomez
2. Off The Chain- Selena Gomez
3. Round & Round (Dave Audé Radio Remix)- Selena Gomez
4. Teenage Dream (Kaskade Club Remix)- Katy Perry
5. E.T.- Katy Perry
6. Let it Rock- Kevin Rudolf
7. Womanizer- Britney Spears
8. Till the World Ends- Britney Spears
9. Lose my Breath- Destiny's Child
10. Tik Tok- Kesha

MidnightRaven I was just going to post the exact same suggestion! Absolutely nothing gets me going the way Girl Talk does. Especially the first two albums.

I try listening to other things when I work out (outside of working out I am not one to listen to the same album every day), but I always come back. What's sad is that I know every track by heart. When I started I used to anticipate the tempo and used it as a guide for interval training. haha

I don't have time to post all my pump you up music. But a favorite of mine is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1F3q4FlYF8 this remix of pitbull's give me everything tonight.

and this is something awesome you can use to convert any youtube video into songs and download on yer pc. http://www.loudtronix.com/ It's pretty amazing for unreleased songs or music out of print etc. Oh and FREE!

Thanks, all! I'm going to check all these suggestions out!

I'm glad I'm not the only one who likes Selena Gomez!

I didn't know Biggest Loser had mixes with a certain bpm; that's a really good idea. I have a running playlist with like maybe 5 songs that have the right beat for me to run REALLY slowly to.