music for working out...

I got an Ipod shuffle for Christmas and it makes running on the treadmill tolerable, and makes running on the small 1/8 mile indoor track at my gym actually fun. (I'm old enough that the idea of running OUTSIDE with an ipod is strange... also I enjoy running outside and don't need the extra motivation).

But I need more music. What do you listen to to get motivated for exercise? My playlist is pretty varied, ranging from classic rock (Stones, Kinks, Janis Joplin) to disco ("I Will Survive" gets me working it every time), to Sex Pistols & Ramones to Blondie to Aerosmith & Jane's Addiction... I even managed to find a few high RPM Velvet Underground songs (my favorite band of all time...).

Basically looking for high RPM music... any suggestions welcome :).

Thanks!

Classic Van Halen really gets me moving (Van Halen, not Van Hagar)..."Hot For Teacher" is great for interval sprinting!

And having grown up in New Jersey, I can't resist Bon Jovi :).

John Digweed
Moby
Enigma
Emerson Lake & Palmer

Some of my current favorites...

This is not high rpm but check out Daft Punk -Harder Better Faster Stronger

Off the top of me head...

Led Zep-Whole lotta love
Queen-Headlong, Princes of the UNiverse, Gimme the Prize
Brian May-Driven by You
Nazareth-This flight tonight
The Tragically Hip (mm the hip..mmm) New Orleans is Sinking, The 100th meridian, little bones
The Who-Baba O'reilly
Springsteen-Born in the USA
Kiss-Rock N roll All night, I was born for lovin you
BOn JOvi-Bad Medicine, Blaze of Glory

I was just thinking about music the other day, and that I should dig up some thread about music that goes through your head while riding. This might be a bit silly for some but we love Crazy Frog. There's one song in particular:

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Originally Posted by Crazy Frog

The wheels of steel are turning/and traffic lights are burning...
Hey now, hey now, here's what I say now/ Happiness is just around the corner.

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I think of that as I approach the first stop light of my commute, because just up a bit is a roundabout (the corner). I have no idea if my wheels are steel though!

Here's my workout playlist....

Hotel Yorba The White Stripes
What I Like About You The Romantics
You Really Got Me The Kinks
500 Miles Proclaimers
Get Out of My Dreams, Get into My Car Billy Ocean
Hurts So Good John Cougar Mellencamp
Then I Met You Proclaimers
Saw Her Standing There Beatles
I've Got My Mind Set On You George Harrison
I Want To Hold Your Hand Beatles
Fell In Love With A Girl The White Stripes
Crazy Little Thing Called Love Elvis Presley
Footloose Kenny Loggins
Do You Love Me The Contours
Can't You Hear My Heart Beat Herman's Hermits
Brown Eyed Girl Van Morrison
I Want You To Want Me Cheap Trick

500 Miles Proclaimers
That's on my (creative labs)Zen player too!

I love the Proclaimers...

Here's one of my playlists:

Seven Deadly Sins (Flogging Molly)
Ring of Fire (Social Distortion)
Kryptonite (3 Doors Down)
Bad Moon Rising (The Meteors)
Texas Rockabilly Rebel (The Reverend Horton Heat)
Rocky Road to Dublin (Dropkick Murphys)
Copperhead Road (Steve Earle)
Plowed (Sponge)
Lust for Life (Iggy Pop)
Why Do You Love Me (Garbage)
Rebels of the Sacred Heart (Flogging Molly)
English Civil War (The Clash)
Stutter (Elastica)
Working in the Coal Mine (Devo)
Far Behind (Social Distortion)
Good Rats (Dropkick Murphys)
The Rascal King (The Mighty Mighty Bosstones)
Out The Window (Violent Femmes)

I play ...

a LOT of Blondie, some Elvis, the odd Abba song, Basement Jaxx, Billy Idol, (yes, I'm going through my music alphabetically now ;) ) Grease, Iggy Pop, INXS, Jerry Lee Lewis, a little Johnny Cash, Kaizers Orchestra (Norwegian band), Macy Gray, Melissa Etheridges "Somebody bring me some water", tried Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan but it didn't quite work, Nick Cave (ooh, love Nick Cave), Pointer Sisters, Postgirobygget, current favourite Raga Rockers and Røyksopp (3 N. bands), Steppenwolfs "Born to be Wild", Ike+Tina Turners "River deep, mountain high", a lot of U2 aaaaaand... Weather Girls "It's raining men" (THE song to play when it's raining).

http://www.djsteveboy.com/mixes.html

Can you check that link for us? it doesn't seem to work....

Check out Podrunner: http://www.djsteveboy.com/podrunner.html

All the BPMs you could ever want and for free! He also has new Interval stuff which I love for interval work.

Too techno for my tastes.

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Originally Posted by kelownagirl

Can you check that link for us? it doesn't seem to work....

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Fixed it in the original post. I'm dysfunctional today. I'm having a cocktail to make up for it.

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Originally Posted by F8th637

Check out Podrunner: http://www.djsteveboy.com/podrunner.html

All the BPMs you could ever want and for free! He also has new Interval stuff which I love for interval work.

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I haven't tried the new interval stuff yet. What kind of intervals is he setting up? I hate stuff like 10 second intervals. Gimme 30 seconds at least.

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Originally Posted by SouthernBelle

I haven't tried the new interval stuff yet. What kind of intervals is he setting up? I hate stuff like 10 second intervals. Gimme 30 seconds at least.

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No, these are definitely not 10-second intervals. Here's a sample on this week's song:

5-minute warmup @ 129 bpm
3 minutes @ 140 bpm
90 seconds @ 130 bpm
5 minutes @ 140 bpm
2 minutes 30 seconds @ 130 bpm
3 minutes @ 140 bpm
90 seconds @ 130 bpm
5 minutes @ 140 bpm
2-minute cooldown @ 130 bpm

Well that would give a 70 rpm cadence. Not a Spinerval, but nice. :p

Leahy--"B Minor", "Call to Dance", "Chasing Rain", "McBrides", "Colm Quigley" (the second half of this last one--the first half is slower)
Gaelic Storm--"The Road to Liskeard", "Titanic Set" etc.
Boundary Water Boys--"Irish Washerwoman" (which tends to get "Paradimethylaminobenzaldehyde" by North Sea Gas stuck in my head because the tune is the same)
etc.

I have to say, some of these I probably wouldn't listen to at all anymore, but at a run they are the perfect pace for picking it up a bit! Keeps you bouncing (and laughing at some!)

Baby I'm a Star: Prince
Bank Robber Man: Lenny Kravitz
Start Me Up: Rolling Stones
A Little Less Conversation: Elvis Presley
Light of Day: Bruce Springsteen
Love For Sale: Bon Jovi
Rosalita: Bruce Springsteen
My Love Will not Let You Down: Bruce Springsteen (ok... I'm a big fan!)
Where are We Running? : Lenny Kravitz
I would Die 4 U: Prince
Girls Girls Girls: Motley Crue
Rocky Horror Picture Show Time Warp
Pretty Vegas: INXS
Light It On Fire: Cowboy Mouth
Get Ready: Bon Jovi
Jump: Loverboy
Talk Dirty To Me: Poison
Sk8er Boy: Avril Lavigne
Viva Las Vegas: B Springsteen

My music maybe too hard for some:

Biking songs include:

Five Finger Death Punch
Celldweller
In This Moment
Flyleaf (Christian Hard Rock)....it ROCKS!
Fuel (new and old)..love the new lead singer...he's beautiful.
Wolfmother (not hard)..just different.
Hinder
Seether (w/o Amy Lee)
Stone Sour


Now...my Hubby loves to run. I do not, but he has a shuffle that he packs full of iTunes podcast called Podrunners and it has bpm from 130 to 190. Most of it is electronica, but he says that it gets the job done when he needs to raise the bar in his running.

Hope you find what you need to help you out!

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Originally Posted by Jen-Jen

Flyleaf (Christian Hard Rock)....it ROCKS!

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Who is the artist?

Heavy rotation on my ipod includes:
Hillbilly Hellcats-Rev it up with Taz. The whole album cranks, the faster songs are
The Hippy Dance, Skateboard, White Trash, Boulder (title may be wrong but you'll know it when you hear it) and Tom Gray's Dream

The Reverend Horton Heat- I don't have them all loaded yet but from the album the full custom Gospel Sounds of the Reverend Horton Heat, there is
Bales of Cocaine, You can't get away from me

The Who-I'm A Boy, The Seeker, I Can See for Miles, Christmas, Sally Simpson and Cousin Kevin

From Sir Mixalot's first album
Iron Man (made with local band Metal Church, did the same thing Run/DMC and Aerosmith did before they did it, got no credit, the guitar parts will give you chills) and Buttermilk Biscuits

Kid Rock-Cowboy

LA Style-James Brown is dead

Clash- Radio Clash, Suzy's working for the drug squad, London Calling, Should I Stay or should I go

Montrose by Montrose: Bad Motor Scooter, Rock Candy. One listen to this album and you will get why Van Halen recruited Sammy Hagar.

AC-DC-She's got the jack, Rock and Roll ain't noise pollution. Both of these are so slow and dirty they could be cool down, or you could double-time em.

Deep Purple-Highway Star

The Cramps-Stay Sick! Oh man, the whole freaking album. At least Creature
From the Black Leather Lagoon, Bop Pills, Bikini Girls with Machine Guns.

Hank Snow-I've Been Ev'rywhere, Ninety Miles an hour down a deadend street


I could do this all day, but I better stop now.

To Starfish- Flyleaf is the artist. Their songs include I'm So Sick, Fully Alive, All Around Me and Cassie. The band is headed my a female singer with a pretty unique voice. I believe that they are pretty new.

RHChili Peppers- "By The Way" good for spin intervals