When you sit down to put together a set, how do you do it? Here's my situation:

I'm working at the YMCA - talk about a diverse crowd! The day people are older & the evening people are younger. I've been using more show tunes & short perky things for the older crowd. For the evening folks, I use more challenging tunes like Kashmir for hills (I toasted some smart a$$ed kids who thought talking through their workout was a good idea .) I picked up some great ideas on the other thread listing songs - thanks!

Anyway, I've been trying to make them blend one "type" of song into another & move into different types of music - jazz into hard rock into country, or whatever. I also have to be mindful of naughty words since it's the YMCA & the day care is down the hall. Anyway, I'm getting bored with my "blended" sets. Is it so bad to put Charlie Daniels "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" (GREAT sprint song!) with Cher's "Believe"?

I'm trying to stay very mindful of separating sprints vs climbs vs tempo because many of the students aren't experienced. It's really hard when I use blended sets because I have to match my cadence with the beat. Too many years of music lessons. My brain fries if my feet aren't spinning to the beat of the music. So, I end up trying to shoehorn a tempo-type song into a sprint or a hill or whatever.

So, how do you do it? Am I over-thinking this?