Any ideas for good, fast-paced workout songs?

AlexiCristina
AlexiCristina Posts: 8 Member
in Motivation and Support
I have a special workout mix on my iPod with everything from Eminem to Aerosmith, but I've listened to all the songs so many times that I'm getting bored. It's getting difficult to stay on the treadmill for extended periods of time without new and exciting songs. What songs keep you pumped at the gym?
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  • Jalvare4
    Jalvare4 Posts: 22 Member
    If you have internet on your phone, you should add a app called pandora. It is free internet radio and all you have to do is type in your favorite artists and it will play their music and music similar to that. I was in the same position as you and then I got into a new genre which is electronic and the majority of the music pumped me up.
  • LittleLinder
    LittleLinder Posts: 8 Member
    Pump Up The Jam
    100% Pure Love
    Get Ready For This
    Beat It - Michael Jackson
    The Way You Make Me feel - Michael Jackson
    Billy Jean
    Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground) MJ
    White Liar - Amanda Lambert
    sin Wagon - Dixie Chicks
  • lynn_glenmont
    lynn_glenmont Posts: 10,093 Member
    I second the Pandora recommendation. I run it over the Internet on my television and dance when it's too late or the weather is too bad to go out for a walk, or just run it when I'm doing chores around the house to keep a bounce in my step. You can create different stations from different songs or artists, and you can mix up genres on one station if you want, and as you tell it thumbs up or down for the songs it plays, it figures out what you want. Or you can just select from genre-specific stations, or listen to stations that other users have created. I have several different stations with songs that get me moving, from pop and rock oldies to dance music to syntho-pop to up-tempo swing, jazz, and big band.

    Because the app is choosing the songs, based on your previous preferences, you're likely to hear new music you haven't heard before, at least at first. You could add those to your iPod. If a station you've created gets too predictable, you can always try adding new "seed" songs or paring back the list of songs you've thumbed up, or just go create a new station from one of the less familiar songs you've liked.

    Some songs that get me on my feet (most of these are so old that maybe they'll be new to you ;-)

    Tainted Love - Soft Cell
    Jump in the Line - Harry Belafonte
    Rock this Town - Stray Cats
    Is She Really Going Out with Him? - Joe Jackson
    Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
    Call Me - Blondie
    I Ran - Flock of Seagulls
    Little Red Corvette - Prince
  • BonnieandClyde29
    BonnieandClyde29 Posts: 1,026 Member
    1. Flux Pavillion- I can't stop
    2. Skrillex- First of the year (the video is more entertaining!!!)
    3. Avicii- Levels
    4. Daddy Yankee- Lo que paso, paso
    5. Kanye West- Stronger
    6. Khia- Can't wang wit it
    7. Flyleaf- All around me
    8. Ellie Goulding- Anything could happen
    9. Zedd- Clarity
    10. Coheed and Cambria- Welcome
    11. Don Omar- Ayer La vi
    12. Petey Pablo- Freak a leek
    13. Daddy Yankee- Gasolina
    14. Don Omar- Hasta Abajo
    15. Bon Jovi- It's my life
    16. The Sugarhill gang- Jump on it
    17. Khia- look back it
    18. Missy Elliot- Lose control
    19. Drake- Make me proud
    20. Ciara- My goodies
    21. Imagine Dragons- Radioactive
    22. Daddy Yankee- Rompe


    That's just a couple!!! lol if you want more just message me my music variety is very eclectic !!!
  • acpgee
    acpgee Posts: 7,963 Member
    Road Runner, Government Center - Modern Lovers
    Nancy Boy - Placebo
    Common People, Disco 2000 - Pulp
  • michable
    michable Posts: 312 Member
    Some songs that get me running faster:
    - Lonely Boy (The Black Keys)
    - Footloose (Kenny Loggins)
    - Unbelievers (Vampire Weekend)
    - The dog days are over (Florence and the Machine)
    - Itchin' on a photograph (Group Love)
    - Ways to go (Group Love)
    - Counting the Beat (The Swingers)
    - It's nice to be alive (Ball Park Music)
    - No hope (The Vaccines)
    - Stay Useless (Cloud Nothings)

    Also, pop punk bands like Blink 182, Greenday, The Living End - always fast-paced

    For me, it is a combination of beats per minute and emotional connection to the song that gets me moving faster. If you are the same, these songs may not do it for you.
  • heatherterp
    heatherterp Posts: 239
    bump
  • Tashia_HH
    Tashia_HH Posts: 99 Member
    Work ***** - Britnet Spears really gets me going. Plus just about anything from Missy Elliot
  • Tashia_HH
    Tashia_HH Posts: 99 Member
    1. Flux Pavillion- I can't stop
    2. Skrillex- First of the year (the video is more entertaining!!!)
    3. Avicii- Levels
    4. Daddy Yankee- Lo que paso, paso
    5. Kanye West- Stronger
    6. Khia- Can't wang wit it
    7. Flyleaf- All around me
    8. Ellie Goulding- Anything could happen
    9. Zedd- Clarity
    10. Coheed and Cambria- Welcome
    11. Don Omar- Ayer La vi
    12. Petey Pablo- Freak a leek
    13. Daddy Yankee- Gasolina
    14. Don Omar- Hasta Abajo
    15. Bon Jovi- It's my life
    16. The Sugarhill gang- Jump on it
    17. Khia- look back it
    18. Missy Elliot- Lose control
    19. Drake- Make me proud
    20. Ciara- My goodies
    21. Imagine Dragons- Radioactive
    22. Daddy Yankee- Rompe


    That's just a couple!!! lol if you want more just message me my music variety is very eclectic !!!

    You have some good ones I don't have
  • rduhlir
    rduhlir Posts: 3,550 Member
    Pump Up The Jam
    100% Pure Love
    Get Ready For This
    Beat It - Michael Jackson
    The Way You Make Me feel - Michael Jackson
    Billy Jean
    Shake Your Body (Down To The Ground) MJ
    White Liar - Amanda Lambert
    sin Wagon - Dixie Chicks

    I hate you. Now I have Space Jams stuck in my head.
  • Reza151
    Reza151 Posts: 517 Member
    1. Flux Pavillion- I can't stop
    2. Skrillex- First of the year (the video is more entertaining!!!)
    3. Avicii- Levels
    4. Daddy Yankee- Lo que paso, paso
    5. Kanye West- Stronger
    6. Khia- Can't wang wit it
    7. Flyleaf- All around me
    8. Ellie Goulding- Anything could happen
    9. Zedd- Clarity
    10. Coheed and Cambria- Welcome
    11. Don Omar- Ayer La vi
    12. Petey Pablo- Freak a leek
    13. Daddy Yankee- Gasolina
    14. Don Omar- Hasta Abajo
    15. Bon Jovi- It's my life
    16. The Sugarhill gang- Jump on it
    17. Khia- look back it
    18. Missy Elliot- Lose control
    19. Drake- Make me proud
    20. Ciara- My goodies
    21. Imagine Dragons- Radioactive
    22. Daddy Yankee- Rompe


    That's just a couple!!! lol if you want more just message me my music variety is very eclectic !!!

    1. Based on some of the songs on your list, I'd say you would love Zumba ;-D

    2. I added a Steam Powered Giraffe (steampunk band) station to Pandora yesterday. Pandora responded with Radioactive by Imagine Dragons. And now I'm like DOWNLOAD ALL THE SONGS!
  • bettyclv
    bettyclv Posts: 31 Member
    Also try turbo jam cardio party the music and moves keep me motivated and the time goes by so fast it so much fun and motivating
  • xonicolette
    xonicolette Posts: 151 Member
    Try this app called Fit Radio. Its like pandora but all workout music and mixes. I love it. Also I agree that Work B**ch by Britney Spears is my new favorite to workout to!
  • jacknifetoaswan
    jacknifetoaswan Posts: 2 Member
    The Grudge - Tool
    Fall Children - AFI
    Passive - A Perfect Circle
    Brodels - 311
    Make a Sound - Autopilot Off
    Time Will Change Your Heart - Blindside
    Everything Zen - Bush
    Faster than the World - H2O
    I Alone - Live
    Battery - Metallica
    Disciple - Nine Inch Nails
    Walk - Pantera
    Anything from Pennywise, Skindred, or older Taproot.
    Diesel Power - The Prodigy
    Honest Man - The Gracious Few
  • sabified
    sabified Posts: 1,035 Member
    Bump for ideas!
  • Reza151
    Reza151 Posts: 517 Member
    Most songs by Queen. Exhibit A:

    Dont Stop Me Now
    Hammer to Fall
    Love Kills
    Headlong
    Seven Seas of Rhye (spelling?)

    90s:
    Lady Marmalade
    Toxic by Britney Spears
    Circus by Britney Spears
    The Call by Backstreet Boys
    Survivor by Destiny's Child

    Classic Rock:
    Wake Me Up Before You Go
    Rock Me Amadeus by Falco
    Billy Idol: Dancing with Myself, Rebel Yell, White Wedding
    David Bowie: Dance Magic,
    Carryon Wayward Son by Kansas
    Ramones: Blitzkrieg Bop

    Istanbul (not Constantinople) by They Might Be Giants (they covered it. I can't remember who did the original)

    Spanish, french, zumba (I was a Spanish major and Zumba has helped fill up this list):
    ANYTHING by Chino y Nacho (Reggaeton and merengue duo), notably: Vagabundo del Amor, Nina Bonita, Lo que no sabes tu, Voy a Caer en La Tentación
    Me Vale by Maná
    Oye by Mara
    La Luz Del Flow
    Zumba Mami
    Que Te Pica
    Pégate más by Dyland & Lenny
    Most stuff by Don Omar (reggaeton) : Dile, Diva Virtual, Danza Kuduro, Hasta que Salga el Sol
    Yerbatero by Juanes
    International Love by Pitbull
    Ella y Yo by Aventura
    Shakira: Sera Sera (spanish version of Hips Dont Lie by Shakira), Rabiosa, Suerte (spanish version of Whenever, Wherever), Waka Waka, Addicted to You
    Escuchas Crecer una Flor by Francis Cabrel
    Pour un Flirt Avec Toi
    Radio Song by Superbus
    Daddy Yankee: Limbo, Gasolina, Me Enteré, Ven Conmigo

    Modern stuff:
    My Songs Know What You Did in The Dark by Fallout Boy
    Can't Hold Us by Macklemore and the other dude (Ryan Lewis?)
    Jai Ho
    Beyonce: Beautiful Liar, End of Time, Get Me Bodied
    Mika: Blame it on the Girls, Elle Me Dit, Grace Kelly, Popular Song
    Hella Decale

    Musicals:
    Les Miserables: Do You Hear the People Sing (a weird choice but the lyrics are motivating). Look Down from Les Miserables
    Rocky Horror: Planet Schmanet Janet, Time Warp, Hot Patootie, Sweet Transvestite
    Moulin Rouge:Because we can can by Fatboy Slim(?), Hindi Sad Diamonds, Meet Me in the Red Room
    Burlesque: Show me how you burlesque, Express, The Beautiful People
  • AshleyMeggg
    AshleyMeggg Posts: 148 Member
    My favorite is Power by Kanye West.
  • adiggs2777
    adiggs2777 Posts: 111 Member
    I really like electronica for when I work out - , EDM, drum and bass, happy hardcore anything with a high BPM count for when I am doing cardio. I really like She's My Pusher by the Crystal Method (or any Crystal Method), Swamp Thing by Junkie XL, Fluke, Bassnectar.. but whatever it is, it must be fast.

    Also, completely the opposite, I love 80s music.. Duran Duran, Flock of Seagulls, Tears for Fears. Go figure. It's such a nostalgia trip to hear The Thompson Twins while on the elliptical.
  • lseed87
    lseed87 Posts: 1,105 Member
    So many good ones. I have been enjoying Nobody's in love by 2 AM Club
  • FrauHaas2013
    FrauHaas2013 Posts: 615 Member
    Do you know how many heart BPM you want to sustain? You can go here: http://walk.jog.fm/ and enter the # and it will bring up pages of songs that have that beat! Very helpful for me when walking.
  • Mischievous_Rascal
    Mischievous_Rascal Posts: 1,791 Member
    Just download some dubstep - any dubstep, really - and start smashing it at the gym. :)
  • RaeLB
    RaeLB Posts: 1,216 Member
    Young The Giant - My Body

    "My Body tells me no, but I won't quit cause I want more, cause I want more!"

    This is my most motivational song lol
  • roohill
    roohill Posts: 87 Member
    I didn't read any of the replies here... so please no one blast me if this has been suggested.. lol


    Use Pandora station " 80's cardio" its always my go to when Im in need of something different. :)
  • softwind
    softwind Posts: 579 Member
    Young The Giant - My Body

    "My Body tells me no, but I won't quit cause I want more, cause I want more!"

    This is my most motivational song lol


    One of the beers used this song in their commercials, and I saw so many of the dang things when watching the Tour de France that I have to turn it immediately when I hear it.
  • softwind
    softwind Posts: 579 Member
    I use a mix of zumba songs, hard rock, and 80's when i workout. here's a few....

    Disturbed - Meaning of Life
    Duran Duran - Wild Boys
    Olivia Newton John - Twist of Fate
    All That Remains - 2 weeks
    Pitbull - Bon Bon
    Grupo Treo - Pegate
    Disturbed - Stupify
    Rammstein - Du Reich So Gut
    Modern Talking - You're My Heart, You're My Soul
  • Hbazzell
    Hbazzell Posts: 899 Member
    Bastille- "Icarus", "Pompeii"
    Ellie Gooulding- "Lights" remix
    Ben Banasi and Skrillex- "Cinema"
  • grace173
    grace173 Posts: 180 Member
    Swedish house mafia, greyhound or any Swedish house mafia really.
  • borntoblossom1013
    borntoblossom1013 Posts: 1 Member
    Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers - Running Down a Dream
    Beyonce - Love on Top
    Maroon 5 - Once More Night
    Christina Aguilera - Fighter
    Selena Gomez - Come & Get It
    MIA - Bad Girls
    Flo Rida - Right Round
    Kanye West - Stronger
    Kanye West - All of the Lights
    Kanye West - Power
    Rihanna - Jump
    Rihanna - Paradise
    The Transplants - Killfornia
    Lil' Kim - My Niggas
    Metro Station - Shake It
    Seal - Amazing
    Rihanna - Phresh Out the Runway
    Lady Gaga - Aura
    Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Phenomena
    No Doubt - Push and Shove
    Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll
    Gossip - Heavy Cross
    Bush - The Chemicals Between Us
  • lseed87
    lseed87 Posts: 1,105 Member
    nobody's in love - 2am club
  • AndyN87
    AndyN87 Posts: 32 Member
    Well, I see everyone loves their music and is promoting Pandora, but heck, I use Audible to find a book I want to listen to and the time just flies by. Before I know it an hour has gone by, especially when listening to something like Tom Clancy's Threat Vector

    Currently I've picked up some very old classics extremely cheaply and been listening to those. Right now I'm half way through 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.

    There's plenty of selection and there's definitely no problem with repetitiveness. You can find all kinds of deals to either get a cheap starter membership or even two free books, such as audible.com/twit2

    It's worth at least a look.

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