What do you listen to /watch while working out?
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I listen to music on Spotify. Usually I just search something and then choose a playlist that some random person put together. Right now I’m listening to a rage against the machine list1
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It may sound weird, but, when I'm on the treadmill, I watch horror movies. With 3 kids and a wife that hates scary movies, it is really the only time I have to watch them.
BTW, stay away from "The Bye Bye Man"...
Not a good movie!2 -
I listen to Post Malone while working out lol. Relaxing yet gets me pumped.1
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OldAssDude wrote: »I can see having music playing while working out.
But if you can watch a show or read, guess what?
You ain't working out.
If you ain't huffing and puffing and sweating, you ain't doing it right.
LOL. I frequently run up to half-marathon distances (at 8-something minute miles/7 to 7.5 mph, so while I'm not winning races, I'm definitely running at a reasonable pace) on my treadmill while reading an ebook. I am "huffing and puffing and sweating" with my HR up around 170, but I'm reading as well.
I know not everyone can read or watch TV on a cardio machine, but I've never had trouble doing it. I just bump up the font size a bit on my iPad and tap to turn pages while it's resting on the treadmill ledge. Netflix is even easier since I don't even have to poke the screen every couple minutes.
If I'm running outside, I just listen to music or an audiobook or the Zombies, Run! app, but inside I like a little more distraction since staring at the wall for almost 2 hours gets tedious. So...book.
My Spotify running playlist is here and it is TERRIBLE. I will listen to anything with sufficient BPM and so it is a bewildering combo of current stuff, 90s favourites, and every catchy thing I heard in a bar in my 20s.1 -
Just finished The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel......loved it! Watch shows on the Elliptical. Listen to books when I run.1
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I mostly road cycle...so usually listening for traffic and watching the scenery.1
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Can;t watch TV. Just could never focus on it. Usually rock or electronic music.1
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Hard and angry old metal....Judas Priest, UFO, Sabbath, Metallica....With some angry guitar from Trower, SR Vaughan and Hendrix.0
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I don't agree with the theory that if you can watch TV etc then you are not working out. Anything you are doing above and beyond sitting around is better than nothing. I get between 10,000 and 20,000+ steps per day. Much of which is on my treadmill in the winter months. Mostly walking. I'm typing this as I walk right now! Granted, I'm not walking all that fast at the moment, but I'm still moving! I surf the web when I'm walking and find Netflix series and movies as well. I try to choose series that have multiple seasons. For two reasons, they are usually pretty good if they make it through more than one season, plus I don't have to search for things to watch as quickly that way. I ONLY watch it while on the treadmill and that sometimes helps me to walk even longer when I get to the good parts I want to keep watching! When I'm running, I can't type and surf, so during those workouts, I'll just watch my Netflix series.1
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OldAssDude wrote: »I can see having music playing while working out.
But if you can watch a show or read, guess what?
You ain't working out.
If you ain't huffing and puffing and sweating, you ain't doing it right.
Check out the gatekeeper over here.1 -
Drake.
Coheed and Cambria
Slipknot
Disturbed
The offspring
Theory of a deadman
Wiz kalifa
Dj khaleed
Jeez
Lil Wayne
Korn
System of a down
Jay Z
Rag n bone man
List goes on.
@jessef593 we've got some music in common
I like it hard and heavy...
Slipknot, Parkway Drive, Trivium, Unearth, As I Lay Dying, Killswitch Engage, Betraying the Martyrs, Hollywood Undead, Atreyu2 -
Outside? Usually nothing. I want to be paying as much attention to my surroundings as possible
On the bike inside: I'll watch anything that can keep my attention. Generally TV shows, bike races, or documentaries. Sometimes Global Cycling Network depending on the day and how many videos that I haven't seen.
In the weight room: The local classical radio station turned up as loud as possible in an attempt to drown out the ambient music.1 -
Shows about people who want to loose weight lol, or kitchen nightmares to disgust me out of being hungry2
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OldAssDude wrote: »I can see having music playing while working out.
But if you can watch a show or read, guess what?
You ain't working out.
If you ain't huffing and puffing and sweating, you ain't doing it right.
That's cute. Good to know that your inability to pay attention to things other than your workout applies to all of us. I can't imagine that the cyclists racing the Volta a Catalunya this week, Paris-Nice a few weeks ago, or Milan–San Remo last week were working out as it were. I mean they were paying way more attention to what was going on around them than I'm sure you do when you work out and they had race radios on!
Professional bike racing? Definitely not doing it right.2 -
I really like podcasts1
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JessInspired wrote: »I listen to Post Malone while working out lol. Relaxing yet gets me pumped.
I love post Malone !!
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OldAssDude wrote: »I can see having music playing while working out.
But if you can watch a show or read, guess what?
You ain't working out.
If you ain't huffing and puffing and sweating, you ain't doing it right.
LOL. I frequently run up to half-marathon distances (at 8-something minute miles/7 to 7.5 mph, so while I'm not winning races, I'm definitely running at a reasonable pace) on my treadmill while reading an ebook. I am "huffing and puffing and sweating" with my HR up around 170, but I'm reading as well.
I know not everyone can read or watch TV on a cardio machine, but I've never had trouble doing it. I just bump up the font size a bit on my iPad and tap to turn pages while it's resting on the treadmill ledge. Netflix is even easier since I don't even have to poke the screen every couple minutes.
If I'm running outside, I just listen to music or an audiobook or the Zombies, Run! app, but inside I like a little more distraction since staring at the wall for almost 2 hours gets tedious. So...book.
My Spotify running playlist is here and it is TERRIBLE. I will listen to anything with sufficient BPM and so it is a bewildering combo of current stuff, 90s favourites, and every catchy thing I heard in a bar in my 20s.OldAssDude wrote: »I can see having music playing while working out.
But if you can watch a show or read, guess what?
You ain't working out.
If you ain't huffing and puffing and sweating, you ain't doing it right.
LOL. I frequently run up to half-marathon distances (at 8-something minute miles/7 to 7.5 mph, so while I'm not winning races, I'm definitely running at a reasonable pace) on my treadmill while reading an ebook. I am "huffing and puffing and sweating" with my HR up around 170, but I'm reading as well.
I know not everyone can read or watch TV on a cardio machine, but I've never had trouble doing it. I just bump up the font size a bit on my iPad and tap to turn pages while it's resting on the treadmill ledge. Netflix is even easier since I don't even have to poke the screen every couple minutes.
If I'm running outside, I just listen to music or an audiobook or the Zombies, Run! app, but inside I like a little more distraction since staring at the wall for almost 2 hours gets tedious. So...book.
My Spotify running playlist is here and it is TERRIBLE. I will listen to anything with sufficient BPM and so it is a bewildering combo of current stuff, 90s favourites, and every catchy thing I heard in a bar in my 20s.OldAssDude wrote: »I can see having music playing while working out.
But if you can watch a show or read, guess what?
You ain't working out.
If you ain't huffing and puffing and sweating, you ain't doing it right.
LOL. I frequently run up to half-marathon distances (at 8-something minute miles/7 to 7.5 mph, so while I'm not winning races, I'm definitely running at a reasonable pace) on my treadmill while reading an ebook. I am "huffing and puffing and sweating" with my HR up around 170, but I'm reading as well.
I know not everyone can read or watch TV on a cardio machine, but I've never had trouble doing it. I just bump up the font size a bit on my iPad and tap to turn pages while it's resting on the treadmill ledge. Netflix is even easier since I don't even have to poke the screen every couple minutes.
If I'm running outside, I just listen to music or an audiobook or the Zombies, Run! app, but inside I like a little more distraction since staring at the wall for almost 2 hours gets tedious. So...book.
My Spotify running playlist is here and it is TERRIBLE. I will listen to anything with sufficient BPM and so it is a bewildering combo of current stuff, 90s favourites, and every catchy thing I heard in a bar in my 20s.
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Podcast: “groove electric” or “pod runner”. Same artist. Absolutely perfect if you like to tune out and just work your body for a bit.0
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This is a little embarrassing but I put spotify in the background down low and watch people game on twitch.tv playing my favourite games but at a high level! Keeps me occupied.
TEEHEE. I'M A SUPER NERD AND I REGRET NOTHING.4
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