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    What do YOU listen to when you work out?

    Posts: 47
    edited January 26 in Fitness and Exercise
    I'm on a mission to find new music...

    Some of my favorite bands are

    System Of A Down (Which may or may not be obvious by my username)
    Alice In Chains
    All That Remains
    Nirvana
    Marilyn Manson
    John 5 (His "Beat It" cover is great to work out to)
    Bullet For My Valentine
    Children Of Bodom
    Trivium
    Coal Chamber

    I have a few others, but I don't want a TL;DR post.

    Just curious about what you listen to when you're working out.

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    • Posts: 17 Member
      Anything with a fast tempo to keep me pumped! My daughter actually convinced me to try to work out to dubstep and it works!
    • Posts: 78
      I like similar music myself. Rock/metal etc.
      Go listen to Gojira, they're an amazing band and their music is usually pretty fast.
    • Posts: 44 Member
      Nine Inch Nails, especially Downward Spiral or Pretty Hate Machine. Fast (mostly) and heavy. I also like to work out to With Teeth for personal reasons, but you may find that it'll help!
    • Posts: 3,329 Member
      Pandora, and the stations are as follows (I move around a lot, depending on my workout that day).

      Alice in Chains
      Flo Rida
      Rock Hits
      Rhianna
      Today's Country Hits
      Country Pop
      Luke Bryan
      Kenny Chesney
      Def Leppard
      90's Rock Hits
    • Posts: 43 Member
      It depends on what my mood is and what I'm doing :]

      If I'm lifting, then my music tends to be heavier and more metal-y, like Maximum the Hormone.
      If I'm doing cardio, I need something bright and happy to distract myself, like pop music or indiepop like MGMT.
      If I'm circuit training, anything goes!
    • Posts: 478 Member
      Slayer
      Machinehead
      Pantera
      Lamb of God
      In Flames
      Arch Enemy
      Lacuna Coil
      Nine Inch Nails
      Deftones
      Incubus (SCIENCE album)
      Pearl Jam
      Marilyn Manson
      Rob Zombie
      QOTSA
      Foos
      Rammstein
      Maiden!
      Slipknot
      Soulfly
      ...and Kasabian lol
    • Posts: 438 Member
      The new Calvin Harris album is good for the cardio!
    • Posts: 47
      I like similar music myself. Rock/metal etc.
      Go listen to Gojira, they're an amazing band and their music is usually pretty fast.

      Dude, YES.
      Gojira - Vacuity is my strength training song, next to Tyler's Song by Coal Chamber


      Also, when I'm relaxing after a workout, I listen to Gone by Katatonia.. Peaceful.
    • Posts: 900 Member
      Netflix, I workout in my basement so I can put it on in the background.
    • Posts: 90 Member
      Classic country music
    • Posts: 78
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      Dude, YES.
      Gojira - Vacuity is my strength training song, next to Tyler's Song by Coal Chamber


      Also, when I'm relaxing after a workout, I listen to Gone by Katatonia.. Peaceful.
      Also YES.
      Seriously I have so much love for Katatonia it's unreal.
    • Posts: 54
      Deuce. That is all.
      Or country music. But I usually stick to Deuce during my workouts.
    • Posts: 218
      I like hip hop... cause it makes me wanna dance and gets me going lol
    • Posts: 153 Member
      Rock/Metal generally. I think RATM, Disturbed, Thrice, and Rise Against are my favorites for lifting.
    • Posts: 52 Member
      A little bit of everything.
      P!nk
      Black Eyed Peas
      Buckcherry
      Theory of a Deadman

      Or I'll put on Pandora
      80's cardio
      Classic Rock Power Workout
    • Posts: 11
      Metal when I want to motivate myself, for example hatebred, disturbed etc.
    • Posts: 1,151 Member
      Lifting: Hard Rock Strength Training station on Pandora
      Cardio: 80s Cardio Training station on Pandora
    • Posts: 2
      I always use Pandora radios!

      My two favorites are:
      Dubstep and Workout

      Also anything upbeat just gives me more energy!!
    • Posts: 1,403
      the offspring
      cage the elephant
      five finger death punch
    • Posts: 9
      I listen to a mix....

      Kamelot
      Within Temptation
      Entwine
      Delain
      Onmyouza
      Gackt
      Two Steps From Hell
      Maroon 5
      Sick Puppies
      Stratovarious
      Disturbed
      Three Doors Down

      ...just to name a few...lol.
    • Posts: 600 Member
      Totally weird, but I like Gangnam Style...LOL
      I also used to like (and still do) My Sharona and Eye of the Tiger. What can I say, I'm a tad eclectic...I will listen to anything that has a good beat.

      Another good album is from the movie "Mortal Combat"- tons of high-energy techno...

      -Kendra
    • Posts: 50
      "aint no one gonna break my stride ain't no one gonna hold me down oh no! I've got to keep on moving"...
    • Posts: 30
      Lately, the new Fallout Boy Album. LOVE them!
    • Posts: 1,572 Member
      A bit of everything.
      I like to get compilations of fast dance type music because they usually go for an hour or two.
      I'm notorious for skipping tracks on Pandora or my own iPod.
    • Posts: 29
      Lately I've been on a Lana Del Rey binge... As well as lots of indie rock.
    • Posts: 240 Member
      House music. Something fast with a good beat!
    • Posts: 48 Member
      I am all about the music that makes me want to break stuff.... LOL. I have a workout playlist on Spotify that gets me going!

      Disturbed (Down With the Sickness, Stupify)
      Nine Inch Nails (Closer, Head Like a Hole)
      Eminem (Lose Yourself)
      Outkast (B.O.B.)
      Rammstein (Du Hast)
      Drowning Pool (Bodies)
      Metallica (ummm... all of it!)
      Suicidal Tendencies (Institutionalized)
      Fatboy Slim (The Rockafeller Skank) -- I know. It doesn't really go with the rest of them, but I like it.
      House of Pain (Jump Around) -- See above.

      I also have some weird stuff that is motivating to me personally, but you wouldn't like it. So, the above are my recommendations.
    • Posts: 8
      Gojira is one of the most amazing bands I have ever had the pleasure of listening to...Enough said!
    • Posts: 520 Member
      Led Zeppelin always gets me in the zone and gives me tunnel vision.

      Bullet for my Valentine always makes me want to get up and throw *kitten* around-quite useful


      I can't really imagine listening to J. Lo or Flo Rida(rider? meh) while working out. Don't get me wrong, it works great for the middle aged women gyrating their hips in the Zumba room, but I couldn't do it if I tried.
    • Posts: 1,018 Member
      Hip Hop
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