My Top 5 Favorite Workout Songs

arikaaverett
arikaaverett Posts: 14
in Fitness and Exercise
I don't know about you but I am constantly looking/listening for new workout and motivational music. When I'm trying to hit up the gym at least 5 times a week my music tends to get repetitive. I want to know what your favorite workout songs are MFP users!

These are my top 5 favorite songs (the ones I could never get sick of).

1. Straight Lines by Silverchair (great for running. Keeps the legs going)

2. If Not Now, When by Incubus (the title alone is motivational)

3. Party Rock Anthem (ok this song has been on the radio no-stop but the beat is sick)

4. Jai Ho! by A.R. Rahman ft The *****cat Dolls

5. Doo Wop by Lauren Hill

Honorable mentions:
Believe-Cher
Don't Stop the Music-Rihanna
The Distance-Cake

REPLY WITH YOUR FAVORITES :)
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  • jamesmb113
    jamesmb113 Posts: 1
    Aerobic Day
    80's music: Corny but effective
    1. Europe - The Final Countdown
    2. Just about anything from Duran Duran's Greatest hits, but especially Wild Boys, The reflex, Safe (from their latest album)
    3. Survivor - The Eye of The Tiger (remember: Corny but Effective)
    4. Tony Basil - Hey Mickey
    5. Blondie - Heart of Glass,

    Weight Day (Muscle building or fat burning)
    Kinda Metal
    Warmup - AC/DC Hell's Bells
    1. Savatage - Hall of the Mountain King
    2. Iron Maiden - Aces High (live version, with Churchill's "Never Surrender" speech)
    3. Helloween - Helloween
    4. AC/DC - Shoot to Thrill
    5. Dokken - Lightning Strikes again

    Weight Day (Heavy compound Movements)
    1. Metallica - Whiplash
    2. Metallica - The Four Horsemen
    3. Ok, pretty much anything Metallica that's uptempo
  • theotherbabs08
    theotherbabs08 Posts: 13
    Well this topic is brilliant and I'm going to be coming back and taking ALL the recs, just sayin.

    And my most recent top 5 in no particular order would be:

    1. Starstrukk by 3OH!3

    2. Shots by Lil Jon/LMFAO

    3. Let's Dance to Joy Division by the Wombats

    4. Saturday Night by the Kaiser Chefs

    5. This Hollow World by Johnny Hollow

    All songs I can pound the treadmill with, albeit at slightly different paces. :)
  • Lindsayrob
    Lindsayrob Posts: 247 Member
    Glad to see this thread - I'm always looking for good running songs. Leaders of the Free World (Elbow) came on my ipod the other day and it was the perfect song for my stride- Been looking for more ever since! I love Beat Surrender (Paul Weller) too.
    If anyone knows of a simple app for measuring beats per minute I'd love to hear about it!
  • juicygurl1
    juicygurl1 Posts: 195 Member
    just about anything Techno! love to spin with techno blasting...when i decide to spin..
  • Flissbo
    Flissbo Posts: 302 Member
    Poker Face is the best song in the world to do your sit ups to. The beat is perfect for them!! Whenever I hear it no matter where I am I start squeezing my abs in lol.
  • hongruss
    hongruss Posts: 389 Member
    Bump gotta go to work.

    Russ
  • Cold_Steel
    Cold_Steel Posts: 897 Member
    I have an odd way of incorporating music.

    Boxing -

    1. Slipknot - Disasterpiece

    2. Prodigy- Breathe- Always find myself striking to the beat


    Aerobic - (Running, Treadmill, Eliptical)

    1. Puff Daddy / Come With Me - That song pumps me up

    2. Rage Against the Machine - Guerrilla Radio / Know Your Enemy

    3. Then here is where It gets weird... I like some calming stuff,... Jack Johnson .... Matt Costa... Elton John etc... Try it its nice, you completely zone out and forget about the pain ... lol
  • jillybean0123
    jillybean0123 Posts: 238 Member
    My top 5 would go something like this:
    5. Animal I've Become - Three Days Grace
    4. 2012 (It ain't the end) - Jay Sean Ft. Nicki Minaj
    3. Let It Rock - Kevin Rudolf
    2. More - Usher
    1. #1 - Nelly (I like both the Da Derrty Versions and original versions of this one and don't mind hearing it twice.)
  • hybridscientist
    hybridscientist Posts: 93 Member
    Ok this is a little daggy early to mid 2000's dance...

    1. Lasgo - Something
    2. Catch you - Kosheen
    3. In my arms - Mylo
    4. Touch me - Rui Da Silva
    5. Poison - Groove Coverage
  • StevieP28
    StevieP28 Posts: 18
    1. Eminem ft. Nate Dogg - Till I Collapse
    2. 8 Ball & MJG - You Don't Want Drama
    3. M.O.P. - Monster
    4. Eminem - Lose Yourself
    5. Lil Jon ft. Pastor Troy & Young Buck - Throw It Up (Remix)

    I could fight a polar bear to these songs haha
  • bjfrezell
    bjfrezell Posts: 241
    Not in any particular order, here's my current songs:

    1. Sexy and I Know It - LMFAO
    2. Uprising - Muse
    3. International Love - Pitbull
    4. So What - Pink
    5. Hot N Cold - Katy Perry
  • supergirl6
    supergirl6 Posts: 224 Member
    No particular order:

    1. Higher Ground by Red Hot Chili Peppers
    2. How Far We've Come by Matchbox Twenty
    3. Raise Your Glass by P!nk
    4. DotA (Radio Edit) by Basshunter
    5. Stereo Hearts by Gym Class Heroes

    These songs get a lot of play on my Work Out playlist too:
    Canned Heat by Jamiroquai
    Oh No! by Marina & the Diamonds
    Let it Rock by Kevin Rudolf
    Echoes by The Rapture
    Pumped Up Kicks by Foster the People
  • liroez29
    liroez29 Posts: 221
    bump
  • MILFdoesabodyGd
    MILFdoesabodyGd Posts: 347 Member
    "I Like How It Feels" Enrique Iglesias

    "I'm a Machine" by David Guetta ft Crystal Nicole

    "Hard" by Rihanna

    "Stronger" Kanye West

    "My Body" Young the Giant
  • brittigno
    brittigno Posts: 193 Member
    I don't really have any song recs, but I usually use Pandora radio or AOL radio on my iPod. I'll tune it to the reggaeton station, or recently, I've gotten into the Punk/New Wave station on Pandora. Keeps me going a lot.

    But I've also realized that Fall Out Boy songs are great to jog to. :)
  • tfancey
    tfancey Posts: 96 Member
    1. Banging Beats - DJ JLouis (Rockmyrun.com)
    2. Rack City - Tyga
    3. International Love - Pitbull/Chris Brown
    4. Domino - Jessie J
    5. Let it Rain - David Nail

    The first one is awesome for runs/walking! :)
  • Mom0fTwo
    Mom0fTwo Posts: 326 Member
    Not in any particular order, here's my current songs:

    1. Sexy and I Know It - LMFAO
    2. Uprising - Muse
    3. International Love - Pitbull
    4. So What - Pink
    5. Hot N Cold - Katy Perry

    This!!

    and...

    1. Break your heart - Taio Cruz
    2. No heaven- Dj Champion (excellent running song)
    3. List of demands (reparations) - Saul Williams
    4. Somebody to love - Justin Bieber (ya i know I know but it has usher!! plus I am Canadian LOL)
    5. Express yourself - NWA (Cause I like it!)
  • mindy2185
    mindy2185 Posts: 74
    anything classic rock.....
  • pitbullmom87
    pitbullmom87 Posts: 54
    1.Domino-Jesse J
    2.Naughty Naughty-porcelain black
    3.anything joan jett
    4.Dont stop believing-Journey
    5.anything The Runaways
    :) yeah im kinda any 80's child :)
  • Sdmatthews
    Sdmatthews Posts: 15
    bump!
  • his_kid1
    his_kid1 Posts: 177 Member
    great thread!
  • xonicolette
    xonicolette Posts: 151 Member
    bump :)
  • cllmetatrsld
    cllmetatrsld Posts: 58 Member
    Miss Kiss Kiss Bang - Alex Swings, Oscar Sings!
    More - Usher
    Blackout - Breathe Carolina
  • iluminadaonix
    iluminadaonix Posts: 79 Member
    I just used my iPad and pandora app. I like the workout plan mixes plus they are free
  • RumOne
    RumOne Posts: 266 Member
    Sound of Madness- Shindown
    Bad Girlfriend - Theory of a Deadman
    Still Counting- Volbeat
    Pornstar Dancing - My Darkest Days
    Spaceship - Puddle of Mudd

    Cool down

    Walk - Pantera
  • KierstyPants
    KierstyPants Posts: 468 Member
    Crap man.
    I love em all.


    Get up- Korn ft. Skrillex
    Watch the Throne(also known as n-words in paris)- Kanye and Jay-Z
    Prodigy- breathe(numbernin6 remix)
    Amon Amarth- pretty much anything, but I guess embrace of the endless ocean really makes me feel like a badass
    Til I collapse - Eminem


    Crap i have so many more.
  • morgansmom02
    morgansmom02 Posts: 1,131 Member
    I don't know about you but I am constantly looking/listening for new workout and motivational music. When I'm trying to hit up the gym at least 5 times a week my music tends to get repetitive. I want to know what your favorite workout songs are MFP users!

    These are my top 5 favorite songs (the ones I could never get sick of).

    1. Straight Lines by Silverchair (great for running. Keeps the legs going)

    2. If Not Now, When by Incubus (the title alone is motivational)

    3. Party Rock Anthem (ok this song has been on the radio no-stop but the beat is sick)

    4. Jai Ho! by A.R. Rahman ft The *****cat Dolls

    5. Doo Wop by Lauren Hill

    Honorable mentions:
    Believe-Cher
    Don't Stop the Music-Rihanna
    The Distance-Cake

    REPLY WITH YOUR FAVORITES :)

    First, it made me giggle that p u s s ycat dolls were starred out. LOL. These are my favorite songs.

    Beep by the P u s s ycat Dolls.
    Anything by LMFAO
    Hollaback Girl by Gwen Stefani
  • juicyfruitkk
    juicyfruitkk Posts: 95 Member
    I like to switch it up depending on the activity but todays top 5 for cardio
    1.where them girls at - david g. & nicki m.
    2.given up- licoln park
    3.love lockdown - kanye
    4.fever for the flava - hot action cop
    5. mudshovel - staind
  • juicyfruitkk
    juicyfruitkk Posts: 95 Member
    Nice list!
  • muzmacol
    muzmacol Posts: 358 Member
    All on shuffle, thats essential. The shins- Australia, Made of stone -The stone roses, 59 sound- Gaslight anthem, Tunnel of love (live version) Dire straits, you know you've been running for 14 mins when that finishes. Paranoid android- Radiohead.

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