Songs that motivate you..... post 'em

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  • vanillafrosting
    vanillafrosting Posts: 21 Member
    Any song sung by Gwen Stefani or Aimee Echo* motivates me. I'm a singer so when one of their songs comes on my iPod I think about what those ladies look like on stage and how I want those rockin' bodies. Makes me push harder!







    *bonus points for anyone who knows who Aimee Echo is and loves her music. You MUST friend me. :)

    AGREE! I saw No Doubt in concert 2 summers ago and Gwen Stefani has one of the most AMAZING bodies ever. TOTAL MOTIVATION!
  • vanillafrosting
    vanillafrosting Posts: 21 Member
    Also i love Lynard Skynards freebird,

    If I leave here tomorrow
    Would you still remember me?
    For I must be traveling on, now
    'Cause there's too many places I've got to see
    But, if I stayed here with you, girl
    Things just couldn't be the same
    'Cause I'm as free as a bird now
    And this bird you can not change
    And this bird you can not change
    And this bird you can not change
    Lord knows, I can't change

    Bye, bye, baby it's been a sweet love
    Though this feeling I can't change
    But please don't take it so badly
    'Cause Lord knows I'm to blame
    But, if I stayed here with you girl
    Things just couldn't be the same
    'Cause I'm as free as a bird now
    And this bird you can not change
    And the bird you can not change
    And this bird you can not change
    Lord knows, I can't change
    Lord help me, I can't change

    Lord I can't change
    Won't you fly, free bird, yeah

    That was my high school graduation song :-)
  • Hard Rock and Roll and Texas Blues
  • I_get_fit
    I_get_fit Posts: 145 Member
    Songs that motivate me aren't about the lyrics as much as the beat and the way they make me feel... Here's my current favorite:


    Little lion man - Mumford and sons

    Sexy and I know it - LMFAO

    Levels- Avicii

    Use Somebody - Kings of Leon

    Good Feeling - Flo Rida

    I would do anything for you - Foster the people.

    Dog days are over - Florence + the machine

    Ghosts n stuff - Deadmau5
  • tobirhae
    tobirhae Posts: 108 Member
    The Middle by Jimmy Eat World


    Hey, don't write yourself off yet
    It's only in your head you feel left out or looked down on.
    Just try your best, try everything you can.
    And don't you worry what they tell themselves when you're away.

    It just takes some time, little girl you're in the middle of the ride.
    Everything (everything) will be just fine, everything (everything) will be alright (alright).

    Hey, you know they're all the same.
    You know you're doing better on your own, so don't buy in.
    Live right now.
    Yeah, just be yourself.
    It doesn't matter if it's good enough for someone else.

    It just takes some time, little girl you're in the middle of the ride.
    Everything (everything) will be just fine, everything (everything) will be alright (alright).
    It just takes some time, little girl you're in the middle of the ride.
    Everything (everything) will be just fine, everything (everything) will be alright (alright).

    Hey, don't write yourself off yet.
    It's only in your head you feel left out or looked down on.
    Just do your best, do everything you can.
    And don't you worry what the bitter hearts are gonna say.

    It just takes some time, little girl you're in the middle of the ride.
    Everything (everything) will be just fine, everything (everything) will be alright (alright).
    It just takes some time, little girl you're in the middle of the ride.
    Everything (everything) will be just fine, everything (everything) will be alright (alright).

    It really motivates me and is great to work out to.

    This song came on my iPod when I was on mile 4 of my first 10 mile race and it totally motivated me to keep going. It was awesome! And perfect timing.
  • Lorie66
    Lorie66 Posts: 66
    *****cat dolls....great with dance workouts..
  • rockchalkgrove
    rockchalkgrove Posts: 44 Member
    Mine changes a lot, but right now it's "MOVES LIKE JAGGER"!!
  • galegetsthin
    galegetsthin Posts: 1,340 Member
    My favorite two while at the gym are (and have been for a few years)

    Hit me up - Gia Farrell
    BOB - outkast
  • AUNique24
    AUNique24 Posts: 52 Member
    "My Life" by Robin Thicke :-)
  • Anything Linkin Park or LMFAO
  • "Better Now" by Collective Soul. Good dancin' song!
  • MunchkinHawk12
    MunchkinHawk12 Posts: 434 Member
    Anything Lady Gaga! Poker Face, Born This Way, Fashion of His Love, Marry The Night...all awesome!!!
  • Top 5 Favorites Right Now

    Stronger - Kanye West

    Jump Around - House of Pain

    Electric Feel - MGMT

    Shadowboxin' - Method Man and Red Man

    The Way You Make Me Feel - Michael Jackson

    Also, I'm embarrassed to admit I start many runs out with Eye of the Tiger. SOOO delightfully cheesy!
  • MunchkinHawk12
    MunchkinHawk12 Posts: 434 Member
    Anything Linkin Park or LMFAO


    Both awesome!
  • pb4053
    pb4053 Posts: 8
    Nelly "the champ" is the newest song im addicted to when i start my runs, it used to be cake "the distance", blink 182 always work as well.
  • tobirhae
    tobirhae Posts: 108 Member
    "Livin' on a Prayer" by Bon Jovi. It's always on my race mixes.
    Also, "Where the Devil Don't Stay" by Drive-By Truckers. It's one of my favorite songs and the beat makes me want to run faster.

    Another song that motivates me that no one would know is by a band called Steve Brown and the Bailers- a blue grass band from Alaska that my brother is in. They wrote a song called "Virginia Rose" after my daughter by the same name was born. Nothing like a song named for your child to get you going. :)
  • Any metal songs motivates and pumps me up, and any white zombie/rob zombie is good too.
  • virruth
    virruth Posts: 171 Member
    katiebythebay: Your picks are mine exactly!!
  • lq022
    lq022 Posts: 232 Member
    Kanye West - The new workout plan & Cant tell me nothing ... love both of em <3
  • OkieinMinny
    OkieinMinny Posts: 834 Member
    Old School:
    It Takes Two - Rob Base and DJ EZ Rock
    Bon Jovi

    New Stuff: Black Eyed peas/LMFAO
  • AJ_MotherRunner
    AJ_MotherRunner Posts: 175 Member
    I change up my playlist constantly but the one that always stays is Lose Yourself by Eminem...

    I am a Michigan gal so I gotta give a shout out to that crazy MoFO Eminem. :happy:
  • ScubyUK
    ScubyUK Posts: 271 Member
    Too many to mention, but these two at the top!

    Into the light - Gareth Emery feat. Mark Frisch

    This light betwen us - Armin van Buuren feat. Christian Burns (amazing lyrics)

    Can you see this light between us
    Keeps me breathing through the storm
    My head above the crowd

    Can you see this light between us
    So come a little bit closer now
    Its in our eyes

    You and me, we’re just believers
    Believing what we hold
    But sometimes we fall to pieces
    In the dusk

    So we should dance like this forever
    We’re safer on the ground
    When a million lights surround you
    And you’re moving to the sound

    Don’t waste another moment
    It’s waiting for you now
    So dive in this new begining
    Let the glowing show you how

    I will take, this light between us
    Keeps me breathing through the storm
    My head above the crowd

    Can you see this light between us
    So come a little bit closer now
    Its in our eyes

    We’ll take a ride out side together
    The streets are lined with gold
    Where the good become the wanted
    not the soul

    Don’t waste another moment
    I’m waiting for you now
    So dive in this new begining
    And let the colour show you how

    I will take, this light between us
    Keeps me breathing through the storm
    My head above the crowd

    Can you see this light between us
    So come a little bit closer now
    Its in our eyes
    Its in our eyes

    So dive in this new begining
    And let the colour show you how

    I will take, this light between us
    Keeps me breathing through the storm
    My head above the crowd

    Can you see this light between us
    So come a little bit closer now
    Its in our eyes
    Its in our eyes
    Its in our eyes
  • firstnamekaren
    firstnamekaren Posts: 274 Member
    I used to take this amazing spin class and the instructor played the BEST music. He'd play songs like "I Do Not Hook Up" by Kelly Clarkson and during the refrain he'd make us all just pedal super fast. Then he'd switch it up to "Drop It Low" by Ester Dean & Chris Brown and make us crank up the resistance and do climbs.

    Whenever I hear BOB by Outkast I automatically start moving on the elliptical to keep up with the beat. That is the best workout song, if you ask me.
  • Rolling in the deep. I'm not sure why though
  • ChevyChick88
    ChevyChick88 Posts: 356 Member
    Vanilla Ice -- Ice, Ice Baby.... Ohhhh yeah! It makes me go faster and work harder. I love my old school stuff!!!
  • mhopp71
    mhopp71 Posts: 46 Member
    You Won't Relent, Glory to God, or Jesus Paid it All
  • Also Girls (Who run the world) by Beyonce
  • tangiesharp
    tangiesharp Posts: 315 Member
    "Sexy *****" David Guetta featuring Akon. Cause I'm turning into one and I love it. LOL!!
  • suetu
    suetu Posts: 2
    The whole of the latest Olly Murs CD - In case you didn't know.

    And loads of 80s stuff - Modern Romance usually get me going'

    And Matchbox Twenty
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