Workout Music

[dwanollah]

I'm bumping this up for all of us on the Weight Loss thread who're singing the praises of our iPods and ellipticals!

I have a bunch of different workout playlists: Disco, Alt., Teen Poo, Club... sometimes no one gets me going like some BSB and Britney, other times, I need some Joy Division and Gary Numan to get me going.

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Yay, I just purchased an iPod today, so all of the suggestions are wonderful! And I love mash-ups, I just recently learned about them after hearing Rapture Riders on Alias the other night. It's a mix of Blondies Rapture and The Doors Riders on The Storm. Awesome!

[niddlemiddle]

I wrote this in the Weighty Issues thread but I'll just repeat here...

I have two lists:
List One: Very pop (please note, this list doesn’t reflect my general music taste)
-Waiting for Tonight—Jennifer Lopez
-Lose My Breath—Destiny’s Child
-Pon de Replay (radio edit)—Rihanna
-All Things (Just Keep Getting Better)—Widelife
-Gotta Get Through This—Daniel Bedingfield
-Thunder—Prince
-Come and Get Your Love—Real McCoy
-Fighter—Christina Aguilera
-Pigeonhed—Battle Flag—Forces of Nature Soundtrack

List Two: World Music; I love it!
Album—
-Tuku Music—Oliver Mtukudzi-- Very happy, upbeat African music
…and because I’m strange…
-Putumayo Kids: Caribbean Playground—It has fun upbeat Caribbean music and it reminds me of vacation (or a dream vacation).

Oh, I also want to add that in Itunes, there is a section called Imix--I just search for "workout music" and you get a bunch of different playlists that people have put together. Most are not my style but some are.

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My Krav Maga instructor, who may otherwise be the perfect human, will not stop playing Rage Against The Machine in class. I have begged and pleaded, and she keeps telling me she'll find something else to play, but it keeps not happening, and four hours a week of Rage is TOO MUCH.

I prefer darkstep and jump-up for working out. Aphrodite's self-titled LP from '99 has been a standby forever.

[carrier76]

I have six workout mix CDs that I made, but I have one favorite, and I can remember the track listing by heart...I may be missing one or two songs, but here's the jist:

1. Gotta Tell You--Samantha Mumba
2. Don't Turn Out the Lights--Enrique Iglesias
3. Manhunt (from the Flashdance soundtrack) (oh yeah, that's right!)
5. I'm a Slave 4 U--Britney
6. I Feel For You--Chaka Khan
7. Strike it Up--Black Box
8. Move This--Technotronic
9. Gonna Make You Sweat--C+C Music Factory
10. Control--Janet Jackson
11. Ready to Go--Republica
12. Canned Heat--Jamiroquai
13. Pleasure Principle--Janet Jackson
14. What Have You Done For Me Lately--Janet Jackson

I may have missed "Brand New Lover" by Dead or Alive and/or "Send Me an Angel" by Real Life, but those might also be on some other mix. Anyway, feel free to copy this mix--you won't be sorry!!!!

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squalorholla said:

I prefer darkstep and jump-up for working out. Aphrodite's self-titled LP from '99 has been a standby forever.

I just downloaded this...I haven't listened to jungle in forever. So far I am really liking "Woman that Rolls."

[dnt]

Am I the only person that worries that the person on the machine next to me can hear my music and is silently judging my taste? The other day, I was on the cross-country ski machine listening to "Hit Me Baby One More Time" and I imagined I saw a disdainful look on the face of the hot guy next to me. I quickly skipped ahead to the LoveSpitLove version of "How Soon Is Now" and when we got in sync with our rhythm, I then felt obligated to scan through the iPod to find other songs I thought he might like.

Just me, then? I'll add it to the list for my next therapy session.

[gingerdangerous]

"Harder Better Faster Stronger" by Daft Punk is one of my newer favorite songs to play at the beginning of a run, makes you want do the very best!
"I'm Not Sick But I'm Not Well" by Lit follows, it's pretty fast and a fun song.
"We Run This" by Missy Elliot HELLS YES, it's the song from the Stick It trailer. It makes my sorry ass feel like a marathon woman, never fails to pump me uppp.

And then there are a bunch of random current music, like "Check Up On It" by Beyonce, "First" by Lindsay Lohan, "Lose My Breath" by Destiny's Child, etc etc.

[Shanmac]

Here's what I've been working out to lately:

"Dare" by Gorillaz (fun!)
"Situation" by Yaz
"Hips Don't Lie" by Shakira
"Call On Me" (Eric Prydz remix, because I'm a nerd and love this song)
"Dangerous (On the Dancefloor) by Busto & Bones
"Move Your Feet" by Junior Senior
"It's Like That" by Run DMC
"Beware of the Boys" by Punjabi MC/Jay Z (don't look at me like that, it's got the fun "Knight Rider" music in it!)
"Take Me Out" by Franz Ferdinand
"Notorious" by Duran Duran

That's all I can think of at the mo'.

I also like working out to upbeat Irish/Celtic music. So much fun!

[gingerdangerous]

Oh man, how could I forget the gold that is Kanye's Workout Plan? Thanks to Kanye's workout plan, I'm the envy of all my friends!