What music do you listen to whilst working out?

Sweet_Pea4
Sweet_Pea4 Posts: 447 Member
edited November 7 in Fitness and Exercise
Hey all :)

Hope you're all having a good day. Just keen to see what music you all listen to whilst working out and if it differs to what you normally listen too. Could do with some new music/album to listen to whilst working out.

I listen to house/electro usually and whilst working out so it's usually the same.

What about you guys?
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  • tlicttbh
    tlicttbh Posts: 89
    One gym I go to usually plays 1960s and 1970s radio station. The other gym doesn't have any music. I don't have an MP3 player or anything like that. At home I listen to all sorts of different music.
  • ConnorS879
    ConnorS879 Posts: 47 Member
    I like to listen to rap music, even though I'm a pastey whiteboy lol

    I also like dance music aswell and anything upbeat to help you stay energetic
  • JoanneKendrick
    JoanneKendrick Posts: 151 Member
    I listen to the rocky soundtrack music:-) very good. Also pop music that has a good beat.
  • qmamabear
    qmamabear Posts: 43 Member
    I mostly listen to deep house and a lot trap the dirtier the better. I love to do my intervals on the drops! That being said, I can deal with almost anything as long as it has a quick enough beat to keep me going hard. For the past few weeks I've been getting down on this new Spotify playlist: http://open.spotify.com/user/omarpena5/playlist/0uMsU3MeBJWi7x17ODPdGx
  • abadvat
    abadvat Posts: 1,241 Member
    wu tang or heavy metal!
  • jakicooke
    jakicooke Posts: 149 Member
    I tend to listen to the Ministry of Sound running trax albums - great tunes and beats to keep you going!
  • lollyhackett
    lollyhackett Posts: 79 Member
    love listening to Hed Kandi - there are so many different albums out there but the deep house are my favs - those tracks get me so ready to burn of some serious calories!!
  • MisspelledMe
    MisspelledMe Posts: 33 Member
    Usually I listen to a bunch of pop with a good beat. Lately I've been listening to the Welcome to Night Vale podcast, though--it's just enough of a distraction to help me push through those moments I want to quit.
  • linnipopz
    linnipopz Posts: 20 Member
    Hardstyle & Hardcore & Hard Dance.

    Best Motivational Tunes I find! Good to run in time with the beat. But I suppose its each to their own :)
  • 777Gemma888
    777Gemma888 Posts: 9,578 Member
    Hey all :)

    Hope you're all having a good day. Just keen to see what music you all listen to whilst working out and if it differs to what you normally listen too. Could do with some new music/album to listen to whilst working out.

    I listen to house/electro usually and whilst working out so it's usually the same.

    What about you guys?

    I tend to be mood led most of the time. My basics are:

    Psyche-ins (i) and (ii):
    1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwxzo4I3Mvo
    2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unq67cLX2SE
    3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vijq7f0wf6A
    4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNluUICOEIg

    Maire Brennan: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhPWKQD1pxA
    Chloe Agnew: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQYbKvh2czk

    David Guetta: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVzljDmoPVs
    Swedish House Mafia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDboaDrHGbA
    Stromae: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pKrVB5f2W0
    Ida Corr: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19WUwZYM7bM
    Enur ft Natasja: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQ1yVRiwlWM

    Any of my favourite Bocelli/Pavarotti Albums are numbers I enjoy on my last lap. It's either I programme it in, or I'll be belting it out as I run, and embarrass the heck out of my sister[training partner] lol
  • WhiteCollar83
    WhiteCollar83 Posts: 53 Member
    I listen to the rocky soundtrack music:-) very good.

    That might well be the most motivational music it's possible to listen to while working out! Great choice...

    I listen to various 'urban' music while I'm working out. The boxing club I go to plays really loud dance music which is also great to work out to, although i can't stand it at any other time
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,993 Member
    Since I've started working out in '83, it's been whatever's been on the radio. I'm probably one of the rare people that don't use any listening device of any kind when working out. Even when doing cardio.

    A.C.E. Certified Group Fitness and Personal Trainer
    IDEA Fitness member
    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
  • Sweet_Pea4
    Sweet_Pea4 Posts: 447 Member
    Thanks for all your replies guys :) feel like I do need something to give me that extra push. Thanks for all the links too :) I have some new music now :)
  • Sweet_Pea4
    Sweet_Pea4 Posts: 447 Member
    Oh and 'linnipopz' you must be bouncing off the ceeling if you're listening to hardstyle. Used to be well into hardstyle before and went to Qbase who *kitten* all over any event I've ever been to. It was absolutely banging lol. Actually met the prophet and deep pack :)
  • AndyPGonzalez
    AndyPGonzalez Posts: 29 Member
    When I go I tend to listen to podcasts. I'm a podcast/audiobook addict
  • karencercone1
    karencercone1 Posts: 29 Member
    Hi I love some pissed off Eminem, Katy Perry, angry Pink, Michael Jackson, anything fast paced..... :)
  • Kalikel
    Kalikel Posts: 9,603 Member
    Sometimes I listen to whatever they play, other times, songs I got on iTunes - mostly 80s songs that were re-mixed for workouts. I have a few hipper songs, too.
  • ASH2038602
    ASH2038602 Posts: 215 Member
    A lot of Pennywise, Dropkick Murphy's, Bloody Irish Boys, Thrice, and Bad Religion.
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    What about you guys?
    A symphony of sweat.

    Moaning, grunting, pain.
    The sound of sweat, iron and bodies falling to the ground.
    The true sound of growth.
  • Marcel182
    Marcel182 Posts: 143 Member
    Either rock or electronic music.

    When I work with weights, I usually go for heavy music : metal or dirty dubstep.
    When I do cardio (running, biking...) I usually go for faster paced music : techno, pop, punk.
  • linnipopz
    linnipopz Posts: 20 Member
    Oh and 'linnipopz' you must be bouncing off the ceeling if you're listening to hardstyle. Used to be well into hardstyle before and went to Qbase who *kitten* all over any event I've ever been to. It was absolutely banging lol. Actually met the prophet and deep pack :)

    Woohoo!! Its so motivational! Well I find it is. Defo jumping off the ceiling lol Especially when a good old tune comes on!
    Im off to Decibel next weekend!! Cant wait!!

    xx
  • JeriAnne84
    JeriAnne84 Posts: 543 Member
    Death Metal. Unless I'm doing a work out DVD, then the porn music they use on those.
  • ValGogo
    ValGogo Posts: 2,168 Member
    love listening to Hed Kandi - there are so many different albums out there but the deep house are my favs - those tracks get me so ready to burn of some serious calories!!

    You had me at Deep House. Gotta check out this Hed Kandi....
  • katew221
    katew221 Posts: 82 Member
    People always make fun of me, but I listen to audiobooks... :laugh:

    Currently sweating my way through 'The Hunger Games' and before that 'Oh Dear Sylvia' by Dawn French.
  • abigail659
    abigail659 Posts: 63 Member
    I use pandora and usually choose the "Workout" station or "Zumba" station. There is something about Zumba music that gets me going... even when I'm dragging. Wish I could listen to that right now!
  • dreamer12151
    dreamer12151 Posts: 1,031 Member
    Depends on my moods, I'm a "rock chick" & have been for years (Up the Irons! \m/) But 2 of my faves to run to are Overseer (the DJ, NOT the band!) and Crystal Method.

    However, since I started training for the duathlon, they did not allow headphones, so I had to get used to nothing. it's actually gotten to the point where I prefer nothing, and I'm a certified "music-holic"! This week is a limbo week for me (Sunday I start the next round of training for the next du!) so I put on music the other day on my bike ride & it was almost weird for me.
  • ValGogo
    ValGogo Posts: 2,168 Member
    A lot of Pennywise, Dropkick Murphy's, Bloody Irish Boys, Thrice, and Bad Religion.

    Dropkick and Bad Religion.....WOOOOORRRRDDD!
  • isthisolivia
    isthisolivia Posts: 37 Member
    For running: Podcasts and lots of them.
    This American Life, Dinner Party Download, The Moth, Nerdist, Radiolab, StarTalk Radio with Neil deGrasse Tyson, WTF with Marc Maron, Stuff You Missed in History Class, RISK, Curious City, The History of Rome, BBC World War One, Welcome to Night Vale.... You name it, then i'll probably want to listen to it.

    For HIIT, im usually doing that between running so i take off my headphones and listen to the birds or whatever along with the beep of my tabata timer.

    For home/weights/mat workouts: playlist on my spotify of everything from Bowie to GZA to Speedy Ortiz to Handsome Family to Wire.
  • happyjack1976
    happyjack1976 Posts: 74 Member
    I love squatting to "Low" by FloRida. LOL
  • Mexicanbigfoot
    Mexicanbigfoot Posts: 520 Member
    I like to watch TV while I work out.

    At the current, most of my cardio is done on the treadmill. I'm lucky enough to have a home gym so I can watch what I want :smile:
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