Songs for working out

maccydoodies

Ok. Hopefully im getting an MP3 player for crimbo and i want to use it for the gym. So if anybody has any good dancey tunes to work out to, please post them here.

Cheers

Shrimp

I find rap music can be good

maccydoodies

ok then give me some titles please, Shrimp

Musashi

I like some metal stuff and "Gangsta Rap" whatever gets the blood up!
Disturbed is good, music from "The One" with Jet Li.
Metallica is always good! Guns and Roses, see "Grand Theft Auto"
NWA,Eminem,Ice T, Alice Cooper, whatever gets you fired up will work.

fade2black

Get the rocky soundtrack

Mr E

I think anything with a beat works. Rock, dance, rap - its up to you. I have lots of rock on my mp3 player, and it helps alot (I can't do any aerobic exercise without my mp3 player!)

ARGINITE

the Rocky theam tune!

monkeyman

Prodigy, Fatboy Slim, 2 many DJ's

irlirishkev

This one even has an apt title -

Gym Tonic - by Bob Sinclair. Great tune. PM if you'd like a copy.

Kevin.

klap trap

petitioning the empty sky - converge
its nice and airy, but also trancy in places - great for a light workout

OFDM

Anything by Tool or the heavier songs by The Smashing Pumpkins.

ChickenBalls

The best one at the moement is "Call on Me" by Eric Prydz. The video is based on a work out in the gym. Love that video! I think everyone will agree....

mrbungle

There can be only one:


Shakedown - At Night.



Outstanding. Trust me on this one....

Stark

Scissor Sisters - Electrobixx, Salt N Pepper - I Am Body Beautiful

Guvnor

keith123 wrote:

The best one at the moement is "Call on Me" by Eric Prydz. The video is based on a work out in the gym. Love that video! I think everyone will agree....

Nope, highly overrated video imo. As for good music that depends on what you are doing, hardcore to the max may seem like a good idea but not for a whole 60-90mins. Purists will tell you that you should make your own music with the weights but that is boll0cks imo.

Ramstein
Metallica
xzibit
DMX
Anastacia, kinks, list is endless so long as it's a decent song - you need varying tempo for the various stages of your workout. Now personally music on in the background is fine but no way I could lift heavy with a personal audio device hooked to me, just means a lack of focus imo. Now for cardio I would go for nice and smooth at the start and build it to a hardcore finish.

hth

maccydoodies

Sounds good Guv. Twould be for cardio, Mainly. Our new gym is moving and i hoped that they would get the , i dont know the name, the things that are every machine and you can select a channel to listen to, ykwim. Anyway there not. They feel that people wont talk to each other and it would be very impersonalbe. ****e. id rather be listening to songs than some of the gob sh ites that go there. So thats why i wrote to santy with an mp3 on my list.

spunkymunky

Listen to stuff you like. I personally listen to rocky-metally stuff. I find the faster songs tend to get me going when doing cardio. Slipknot, muse.
I also have a few slow relaxing songs there aswell for warm downs and weights.

Nasty_Girl

Ice cube - you can do it

Chucky

all you need is Rammstein - Sonne

maccydoodies

Nasty_Girl wrote:

Ice cube - you can do it

Thats what im talking about. My mind just goes blank when im trying to think of songs to download. Keep em comin'

Cactus Col

Walk by Pantera

More Human than Human by White Zombie

She is Beautiful by Andrew W.K.

Bodies by (can't remember disturbed?)

Gay Bar by Electric Six

Sweating Bullets by Megadeth

0utshined

Bodies is by Drowning Pool, Disturbed are good too though.

I find anything heavy with a strong beat is good. Sick of it All can get me worked up. And for some reason The Smiths too.

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trotter_inc

When Im running I like listening to anything by U2 or the Beatles.

maccydoodies

woo hoo. What i always wanted. Got my mp3. Now i just have to figure iout putting stuff onto it!!!

FTA69

Public Enemy v Anthrax - Bring The Noise
Tupac - Still Ballin
Tupac - Americaz Most Wanted
Dead Prez - Bigger than Hip Hop (both versions)
Eminem - Til I Collapse
Eminem - Soldier
Eminem ft Dre, Snoop + Xzibit - Bitch Please 2
Dr Dre - Still Dre
Dr Dre - Forgot about Dre
50 Cent - (anything off "Get Rich or Die Tryin' ", content is rubbish but great to excercise to!)
Sean Paul - Gimme The Light (Busta Rhymes remix)
Sean Paul - Stret Respect
Beenie Man - King O' De Dancehall

(and finally........... The Ace of Spades

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Motorhead!)

ZENER

I created 2 playlists on my iPod for training.

One is running or rowing or cardio type excercises where you are in one place doing one thing for a long period of time. The other is for resistance training like weights etc.

For running I use albums from specific artists rather than mixes simply because it stops me from getting board which can happen on a treadmill after 15 or 20 mins. My favorites are Pink Floyd - The Wall, UB40 anything, Bob Marley, Insomnia, Metallica - The Black Album (Great for cycling too), Alice Cooper, Moby - Play, Depeche Mode - The Hits 81-85, Yazoo - Nobodies Diary, Upstairs at Erics - reggae is the best imo, it's happy and light if you know what I mean.

For resistance training I like chart stuff, HIP-HOP - R&B - Dancehall and any fast pumping bassy music with a definite beat or rythm that's uplifting (pardon the pun !!). Eminem is excellent as is Snoop Dogg and Ice Cube, Beenie Man, Kelis etc.

On a side note, a player with a remote is usefull for training, especially one that clips to your clothing for easy access so you can access the volume control ond >> & << buttons without needing to stop what you're doing.

ZEN

logic1

When I train I don't even hear the music so couldn't give a ****e what the gym choose to play.

If I want to dance I'll go to a discotheque.

.logic.

ZENER

True but it can help break the monotony, I find it helps me run for longer if I have something to distract me from the time so there's nothing like a good tune IMO. Horses for courses as they say !! - sorry . . couldn't resist

ZEN