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    What music do you like to gym on?

    Posts: 15
    edited September 2024 in Fitness and Exercise
    What music do you like to gym on? Share yours here...

    My number 1 favorite is:

    Cascada - Everytime we touch
    This cd has a really nice beat in almost all songs, and got some inspiration words in some as well.

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    • Posts: 324 Member
      My favorite song to run to is "For Whom The Bell Tolls" by Metallica. Also, "Runnin' Down A Dream" by Tom Petty.
    • Posts: 1,806 Member
      Just about anything by Godsmack.
    • Posts: 691 Member
      this is funny for me as I'm a die hard country fan...but not a lot of songs in country are good for running ....some are....but not many
      my running mix include

      creed
      slip knot
      Linkin Park
      Carrie Underwood

      I'm still building my list so this is a great thread to try out some new music!! THANKS!!!
    • Posts: 5
      jeremy camp, david crowder band, kutless, toby mac
    • Posts: 138 Member
      Some of the new stuff out there in the pop world is GREAT for running:

      I Like It- Enrique Englasias (sp?) ft. Pit Bill
      Dynamite- Taio Cruz

      And some other fun ones:

      Suddenly I See- KT Tunstall
      For Christ's Sake- Paper or Plastic
      Point of Extinction- Motion City Soundtrack

      xoxo
      Maggie
    • Posts: 188
      Reggae Dancehall - especially Damian Marley!
    • Posts: 537 Member
      Salt & Peppa - Push It
    • Posts: 1,850 Member
      Believe it or not.... although i generally hate contemporary Christian music, a friend loaned me the TobyMac CD entitled "Tonight." nearly every song is not only a great workout beat, but also musically complex and catchy. I love it, and it's quickly becoming a most played album on my iPod :)
    • Posts: 2
      my favorites are Coldplay, Silversun Pick-ups, Modest Mouse, and Black Eyed Peas! I switch my playlist up often b/c I get bored easily! It helps a lot!
    • Posts: 89
      I like to do fast music with a good upbeat as well. This is a good song. I usually listen to hip hop when I work out. Hope you have a good time on your weight loss journey. :smile:
    • Posts: 150 Member
      I am a reggea fan myself.
    • Posts: 10
      Jason Mraz!!
    • Posts: 67
      I really like Tom Petty and Bob Marley songs. Feel good music.
    • Posts: 1,850 Member
      Jason Mraz!!

      to work out?????? maybe doing yoga! lol. :) love you BFF!
    • Posts: 10
      Yes ma'am! He has some really upbeat music.. :) Love you toooo!!!!!
    • Posts: 234 Member
      lots of differant rock music:
      skillet
      slipknot
      breaking benjamin
      rob zombie
      otep
      disturbed
      five finger death punch
      sick puppy

      just to name a few
      i have a big selection of songs :)
    • Posts: 91 Member
      Black eyed peas
    • Posts: 170
      What gets me going that extra mile is "Fighter" by Christina Aguilera. But if I want something to keep my energy up its 80's for me. Lots of Michael Jackson and occasionally 70's Rock.
    • Posts: 6
      I work out in the backyard pool right now, and I've got a playlist cued up with alternating songs - one for running, one for the general aerobics crunches/pullups/jumping/kicks kind of things.

      Generally, I find that just about anything can work - 4/4 is called common time for a reason, so it's just a matter of keeping the beat. Still, some are better than others for pushing you to go harder, like:

      Black Sabbath, Paranoid - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kz_6jagv_D4 - I have no idea what Ozzy's even saying, but the bass line and the drum just get my legs pumping like I'm running away from a lion and trying to get to the car.

      Snow Patrol, It's Beginning to Get to Me - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKwyeHOv3Wk

      Gypsy Kings, Volare - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNgSeJzLJFc - It starts off slow, but if you think about it, a lot of flamenco involves moving your legs rapidly - pretty good for running!

      Regina Spektor, Fidelity - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wigqKfLWjvM - I realize this one seems odd, but listen to the little plinking melody that goes throughout. If you follow that, you'll stay on-rhythm and can easily scale it up.

      DDR, Captain Jack - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUvg7Empjfg - This is a dance tune which uses military cadence as its backbone. You can either keep the beat steady or use it for intervals when it speeds up.
    • Posts: 91
      I usually listen to MotionTraxx (motiontraxx.com) on the treadmill--I LOVE the free playlists. It's not the kind of music I would ever listen to outside of the gym--I'm not a big club/house music fan--but the driving beat is really great for keeping me going.

      When I'm not listening to that, though, some of my favorites are:
      Metallica (especially "Wherever I May Roam"...that's my running theme song :-)
      Linkin Park
      Cello Fury (local Pittsburgh group--three cellos and a drummer. Sounds weird, but it is so great.)
      80s rock
    • Posts: 389 Member
      I mix up my playlists but the next to last song is always Monster by Skillet

      It is a rocking tune that has like a minute at the end that I can sprint to and then play a slow song to cool down afterwards..
    • Posts: 2,408 Member
      Anything hard rock or metal such as metallica, five finger death punch, disturbed, marilyn manson etc etc, the harder and louder the more it keeps me going
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