Runners, What is Your Power Song?

Charlene_1985

I have 3: Danger Zone and Playing With The Boys, both from Top Gun and Tina Turner's Simply The Best.

Alisonswim46

My new favorite! The Greatest by Sia

z4oslo

Since you mention Sia, gotta play move your body and unstoppable
But I have several I like to play, like James Brown; I feel good

I often play by BPM though, so it will be different depending on the pace I will be running at.

BeeerRunner

I have a few...

Eye of the Tiger
Mama Said Knock You Out
The Power
Seek and Destroy
Single Ladies (not that I want to be single, but the beat makes me run fast!! Lol)

cosmonew

I like :follow the leader (jLO) that's my girl (5th harmony) good feeling (Flo rida)

ClubSilencio

Depends on the run but for LSD-outdoors-winter, I go for a tune such as this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQwmQhQjwQw

CrabbyCancerMama

I'm mostly a hip hop person...I like Kanye West Stronger, Mackelmore Can't Hold Us, Will.I.Am Power, Lil Jon Turn Down for What

dewd2

I like hard rock and heavy metal. But for some reason an old rap song from 1982 got stuck in my head the other day and I went and bought the damned album. I blasted it during one of my runs this week and found myself speeding up. It will be on my playlist for my New Years Eve race.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKhi9ITkRgA

WickAndArtoo

StacyOglesbee wrote: »

I'm mostly a hip hop person...I like Kanye West Stronger, Mackelmore Can't Hold Us, Will.I.Am Power, Lil Jon Turn Down for What

@StacyOglesbee I agree with all of these! But Macklemore's Can't Hold Us truly gets me EVERY TIME. Like I'll be done with my run, it will come on and I just have to run a few more minutes lol

kxbrown27

Sheer Terror - Heartburn in G
A Day to Remember - Paranoia
As I Lay Dying - Nothing Left
36 Crazyfists - The Heart and the Shape

mgalovic01

REO Speedwagon- Take it on the run
Triumph- Lay it on the line
Fabulous- Breathe
Lupe Fiasco- Daydreamin

Pam_Shebamm

"The One" - Deuce.

davepete57

Radar Love - Golden Earing
Locomotive Breath - Jethro Tull
Any Zydeco music

AliceDark

I also have a few...

Lose Yourself - Eminem (I start off every 5k I run with this)
Breathe - Prodigy
Rise Up - Cypress Hill
Living Dead Girl - Rob Zombie

Piqueaboo

Enter the Ninja - Die Antwoord
Lose Yourself - Eminem

neldabg

I traded in my running for walking, but when I ran consistently, it was My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up) by Fall Out Boy.

rks581

I like happy hardcore =/ which is 180 bpm electronic music with cheesy lyrics about love and rainbows, and also some trance. Right now my warmup song is 'Bang 9' by Recon, it's fast and loud and gets me going.

Runtastic picked the "Double Rainbow Song" as my power song. For some reason. It might be a good choice, it makes me laugh a lot and that might get more air into my lungs...

cbro70

I like many of the above ones. I normally listen to Korn, LP and Rob Zombie but still think the best is Army cadences. Guess I will never get that out of me. LOL !!!

T1DCarnivoreRunner

I have a couple of playlists put together based on pace (using jog.fm). My race playlist has the faster paced songs that I use less often. The best speed songs on that are Hozier songs (Take Me to Church, Angel of Small Death) and Tupac (Hit 'em Up).

From my slower paced playlist that I use more often: Impossible is Nothing, Iggy Azalea is a good motivational song, though it seems slower paced at some spots. Pump It! by Black Eyed Peas is a nice fast-paced song that I use to start out and really get my blood flowing and heart beating fast. That playlist has a big range of variety, though. "Nothin' But the Tail Lights" to "I Run" and more.

AmyOutOfControl

Sabotage - Beastie Boys
Harder Better Faster Stronger -Daft Punk
Stomp to My Beat -JS16
Timestretch - Bass Nectar

Charlene_1985

I forgot about Lose Yourself!! I'll add that one tonight.

JessicaMcB

Hedley- Anything
Guns N Roses- Welcome to the Jungle
Lou Bega- Tricky, Tricky

7lenny7

Kasabian - Fast Fuse
Talco - Danza dell'autunno rosa (I have no idea how I stumbled upon this song, and I have no idea what the lyrics mean, but it never fails to fire me up.)
Jimmy Eat World - The Middle - this just makes me feel good.
Nirvana - Breed
Kongos - Come With Me Now
Linkin Park - Bleed it Out
My Chemical Romance - Na Na Na
The Offspring - Come Out And Play
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Love Struck Baby

dewd2

I recently picked up Outlaws Greatest Hits and let me tell you this. There is NO WAY you can run slowly while listening to Green Grass and High Tides or Ghost Riders in the Sky. So don't even try.

7lenny7

@dewd2, one of my favorite bands! I'll put those on my playlist for my next run. GG&HT, particularly the live version, would be good for a long run.

DJMayes2016

Iron Maiden - The Red And The Black

Great energetic midtempo metal song that I enjoy doing most if not all exercise to. About 13 and a half minutes long; the perfect length for a running race I entered recently.

TalQureshi

Have any of you heard:
https://youtu.be/C_1MUICsY9o

Great power song to help you get through that last mile

Forty6and2

Panic Attack by Dream Theater and Beast and the Harlot by Ax7.

My best mile ever was done while blind with rage and listening to Beast and the Harlot.

AnvilHead

A few favorites from my workout playlist:

Cheap Trick - Auf Wiedersehen
CCCP - American Soviets
Van Halen - 5150
Beastie Boys - Gratitude
Ministry - New World Order

dknisle1

Well I'm training to be a police officer, there is an album from the artist Forensics. It is a hip hop album released by a current police officer. It's just an extra bit of motivation.

goldenday

My chemical romance
Three cheers for sweet revenge album for when i'm dealing with tough emotions.

George Ezra-
Listen to the man

Sia-
Unstoppable
The greatest
Alive
Cheap thrills

The Warrior song- I first heard in a cross fit class.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTs6a0ORdQU