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Favorite Workout Songs/Good Workout Music?

Listeninguponyou
Listeninguponyou Posts: 507 Member
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I like to use music to motivate me to exercise longer and daily. I have a long weight loss journey ahead of me and want to make the ultimate playlist to workout to!
I know this has probably been asked before, but please help me out!
I'll take any genre and from any time period of music!
Thanks. :smile:
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  • CindyMarcuzAdams
    CindyMarcuzAdams Posts: 4,007 Member
    Have you ever heard of Cross Canadian Ragweed. They are a texas dirt band . A cross between rock and country. They seem to have this beat that makes me walk a little faster and a little farther.
    Check them out

    Cindy
  • I_Will_Be_The_Swan
    I_Will_Be_The_Swan Posts: 132
    The Teddybears are an electro-rap group that are absolutely fantastic for a workout.
  • Keeta83
    Keeta83 Posts: 423 Member
    Anything off of Avicii's album True...it all makes me want to move!!
  • catcow888
    catcow888 Posts: 37
    Anything upbeat works a treat!
    Some of my favourites:

    The Wombats - Lets Dance To The Joy Division https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayuooyWPEUc
    Arctic Monkeys - Snap Out Of It https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHoSRT2fNME
    MGMT - Time To Pretend https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9dSYgd5Elk
    Empire Of The Sun - Alive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPKAwJKGSDc
    Emile Sande - Next To Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nwdjQmc_N8
    The Kooks - You Don't Love Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSLiwzMNIZI

    But any songs from the above artists are good! Pretty much every Wombat song is upbeat :)
  • SwedishSarah
    SwedishSarah Posts: 4,350 Member
    For me, it depends on the workout I'm doing. When I workout hard (I do circuit training and boxing) I prefer rap/pop type music to keep me going. Any song that makes me feel confident, I can work hard. Good luck! :)

    Here are a few songs that I enjoy listening to:

    Stronger- Kanye West
    Run- Flo Rida
    Whine Up- Kat Deluna (feat. Elephant Man)
    Calabria 2008- Enur
    Promiscuous- Nelly Furtado & Timbaland
    Get Buck In Here- DJ Felli Fel (feat. Akon, Lil Jon, Ludacris & Diddy)
    Smack That- Akon
    Cruise- Florida Georgia LIne (feat. Nelly)
    Timber- Pitbull (feat. Ke$ha)
    The Way I Are- Timbaland (feat. Keri Hilson & D.O.E)
    Beware (Jay-Z Remix)- Punjabi MC
  • kendall916
    kendall916 Posts: 4,222 Member
    It's Time- Imagine Dragons
    Titanium - David Guetta
    Happy- Pharrell Williams
    If I Had a Heard - Fever Ray
    The Walker- Fitz & The Tantrums
  • likehemingway
    likehemingway Posts: 37 Member
    One of my favorite songs to listen to when i go running is Lady Gaga "Do What U Want", I also like old Britney Spears and really anything with a high tempo.
  • Calliope610
    Calliope610 Posts: 3,783 Member
    RockMyRun.com has great playlists! And a downloadable app to live stream music. Check it out!
  • demonsheep
    demonsheep Posts: 69 Member
    I love listening to video game soundtracks when I work out, or drum and bass. Currently I've been listening to the soundtrack for resogun and it's great!
  • Ashley6278
    Ashley6278 Posts: 46
    My favorite songs I love to workout to are 3 doors down-its not my time, comeback kid-wake the dead, fireflight-unbreakable, puddle of mudd- blurry, breaking Benjamin-cold, rhcp- by the way,paramore-decode, ugh the list can go on and on lol, but its personal preference and what your feeling that day, sometimes I like some pop or hip hop..good music does help you workout longer and harder!
  • Listeninguponyou
    Listeninguponyou Posts: 507 Member
    Thanks for the suggestions so far everyone! I haven't heard off all of them so I'm going to look them up!! :happy:
  • Listeninguponyou
    Listeninguponyou Posts: 507 Member
    RockMyRun.com has great playlists! And a downloadable app to live stream music. Check it out!

    I'll go look at that! :)
  • jessicagrieshaber
    jessicagrieshaber Posts: 167 Member
    I work out to a whole bunch of different kinds of music. For example:

    Axel F - Crazy Frog
    Get Buck In Here - DJ Felli Fel
    More - Usher
    The One - Mary J Blige
    Hear Me Comin' - Young Joc
    American Idiot - Green Day
    All The Small Things - Blink 182
    ****ing Problems - A$AP Rocky
    Wop - J Dash (the BEST)
    Timber - Pitbull

    And then some others that you might not have heard of, that I like just because I can jam and sing (in my head) to them lol.

    What are you drinking about - Florida Georgia Line
    Slumber - Needtobreathe
    In my head - Richy Nix
    Accidentally In Love - Counting Crows
    Wait So Long - Trampled By Turtles
    Miles David & The Cool - The Gaslight Anthem
    Flying High - DJ Splash
  • meluhneekay
    meluhneekay Posts: 82
    Here's my current workout playlist:

    Be My Lover - Inna
    Birthday Cake (Remix ft. Chris Brown) - Rihanna [explicit lyrics]
    Bouncing Off the Walls Again - Sugarcult
    Burn - Ellie Goulding
    Das Me - Brooke Candy [explicit lyrics]
    Gun - Chvrches
    Lose Control - Missy Elliot
    Sweetness - Jimmy Eat World
    Va Va Voom - Nicki Minaj
    Work Hard, Play Hard - Wiz Khalifa
    Never Gonna Stop - Rob Zombie
    I Follow Rivers (The Magician Remix) - Lykke Li
    I Want You - Savage Garden
  • whovian67
    whovian67 Posts: 608 Member
    Blackeyed Peas and Fergie
  • caracrawford1
    caracrawford1 Posts: 657 Member
    Since living in San Antonio ( I now live in SoCal) I acquired a taste for tejano music and contemporary country. I like "hey bartender" lady antebellum, "Mamas broken heart" Miranda, "This is how We roll" Florida Georgia line, amongst others
  • Dooney_Diva
    Dooney_Diva Posts: 19
    Anything by Avril Lavigne. She really makes me move my butt! Also, her songs are CATCHY! Love sk8er boi
  • Listeninguponyou
    Listeninguponyou Posts: 507 Member
    I think I'm going to load up today and go for a great run tomorrow! Thanks everyone!
  • JoJoJJ2014
    JoJoJJ2014 Posts: 2 Member
    RockMyRun.com has great playlists! And a downloadable app to live stream music. Check it out!
    [/quote

    This looks very interesting. I have downloaded the app and am going to give it a try.:smile: :

    Thanks,
    Jo
  • avril2626
    avril2626 Posts: 699 Member
    bump for later. good stuff here!
  • BoatsnHose
    BoatsnHose Posts: 120 Member
    Anything by Slipknot, Metallica or Killswitch Engage
  • FireStorm1972
    FireStorm1972 Posts: 1,142 Member
    YES !!! Glad someone made this thread I'm always looking for song that get my HR to the 130-150 mark on the treadmill.

    Heres some of my songs (Don't Laugh 8) )

    Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger ( Gotta Love Rocky)
    Mudvayne - Not Falling
    Katey Perry - Hot n Cold
    Lady Gaga - Telephone
    Eminem - Loose Yourself
    Avenged Seven Fold - Hail To The King
    Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal

    Some Five Finger Death Punch if you into the heavy metal.
  • Listeninguponyou
    Listeninguponyou Posts: 507 Member
    YES !!! Glad someone made this thread I'm always looking for song that get my HR to the 130-150 mark on the treadmill.

    Heres some of my songs (Don't Laugh 8) )

    Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger ( Gotta Love Rocky)
    Mudvayne - Not Falling
    Katey Perry - Hot n Cold
    Lady Gaga - Telephone
    Eminem - Loose Yourself
    Avenged Seven Fold - Hail To The King
    Alien Ant Farm - Smooth Criminal

    Some Five Finger Death Punch if you into the heavy metal.

    I think Eye Of The Tiger is one of the most played workout songs ever. I listen to it all the time. Same goes for Eminem. The faster he raps the faster I go!
  • pleasurelittletreasure
    pleasurelittletreasure Posts: 236 Member
    I can't resist adding in a few of my own pieces here!

    Sound of Madness - Shinedown
    Galvanize - The Chemical Brothers
    Chrome - VNV Nation
    Greyhound - Swedish House Mafia
    You & I - Filur
    Becoming the Bull - Atreyu
    Psychosis - Poets of the Fall
    Dare - Gorillaz
    Elevatin - Wired All Wrong
    My Girlfriend's Boyfriend Isn't Me - Autograph (Yes, old, but makes me laugh still!)
    :drinker:
  • auzziecawth66
    auzziecawth66 Posts: 476 Member
    Bump for later
  • JassiBear
    JassiBear Posts: 268 Member
    I would try doing sexy songs.......... For some reason working out and sweating = sexy mood. I like listening to "birthday sex (the remix)" by Jeremih.... its up tempo... I also like Ciara's "Body Party (Remix)"
  • robs_prob
    robs_prob Posts: 4
    Everything by 2Cellos, Kylie Minogue and Gipsy Kings and no workout mix is complete w/o Move Along by the All American Rejects
  • PunkyRachel
    PunkyRachel Posts: 1,959 Member
    Christian Rock/Alternative music. Not the churchy gospel songs, but stuff like Flyleaf, Skillet, Audio Adrenaline, Toby Mac, etc. Its gotta be upbeat and I also find it very motivating.
  • FireStorm1972
    FireStorm1972 Posts: 1,142 Member
    Oh yes one more Ciara's "Work" with Missy Elliot
  • Brownsbacker4evr
    Brownsbacker4evr Posts: 365 Member
    Whenever im not working out, I have a pretty wide variety I like to listen to. Whenever im working out, I tend to keep it more aimed towards fast paced rock/alternative rock/metal

    A couple things i've been jamming to lately that goes good with my workout:

    What a day - Nonpoint (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk4EILfmDzk)
    Not Gonna Die - Skillet (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgmpWkUcpjo)
    Emery - Party Song (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jl-ytRNKTaM)
    Volbeat - A Warriors Call (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu4emT6btH4)
    De Staat - Sweatshop (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg-jPqEt_Co)
    Egypt Central - Taking You Down (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZSmeqrtAsg)
    Egypt Central - White Rabbit (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPmFzQ5dGuU)
    Celldweller - Tough Guy (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1K6KfkAScc)
    Breaking Benjamin - Sugarcoat (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9JDg4TcqNc)
    Puscifer - The Mission (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrQOBcFfEj0&feature=kp)

    Can suggest more if anyone is into the above listed.

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