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Workout Sounds - Tell Us Yours! |
DUBLIN, IRELAND (Team Geared Up) I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately since I saw a girl swimming with a pair of earphones! Yes, I kid you not, waterproof earphones. Now honestly what music is that compelling that you need to listen to it during a half hour swim session in your local gym?? But then who am I to talk I nearly lost it today when I discovered the MP3 was dead and I’d have to listen to the gym’s radio station while I was lifting weights? Anyway what I’m getting at is, what are your favourite workout sounds? The songs that, when you hear them, you instantly start pedaling faster, running harder, rowing stronger? I have my favourites to start the list but they’re kind of embarrassing cos they’re all at least 10 or more years old. But these are a couple I will admit to loving when I’m in the gym and need fast, loud, angry music!!! (Anger makes you lift weights better, I saw it on Brainiac!)
1. The Cure - Why Can’t I Be You.
2. The Jam - Down in the Tube Station at Midnight.
3. The Pixies - Debaser.
And I know it’s not technically “outdoor adventure” but it’s sporty! I was speaking to a cyclist last night who listens to podcasts while cycling outdoors because it means he can still hear the traffic.
Go on, tell us what you listen to while exercising, no matter how embarrassing!! Unless it’s Rick Astley or something, in that case keep it to yourself……
-Aisling-
Image from Masternewmedia.
Latest Comments (8):
Cool. I’ve been posting my playlist on my blog and I’d love to discover more new tunes!
http://adventurenomad.blogspot.com/2008/02/my-high-energy-workout-playlist-feb-08.html
http://adventurenomad.blogspot.com/2008/03/my-high-energy-workout-playlist-mar-08.html
Ken
Great idea Aisling!
There are so many songs that get me movin’ so I’ll give you my top 10.
Electrobank - Chemical Brothers
Blue Monday - New Order
Bodywork - MSTRKRFT
Days Go By - Dirty Vegas
Get Innocuous - LCD Soundsystem
Idealistic - Digitalism
La Rock - Vitalic
Phantom Pt 2 - Justice
Push Upstairs - Underworld
and last but by no means least
Billie Jean - MJ
Think you can see a trend there :D
Stu
I used to never be able to run without music to pace to. Then as I got onto nicer routes and into the enjoyment of the running I couldn’t bare to have music - enjoyed hearing the ground beneath me and being aware of my surroundings more.
Back on a treadmill know while in Singapore and - back with music. I cannot stare at myself running in a mirror for more than 15mins without something to concentrate on in the ears.
Not sure if I have a playlist - but I am guaranteed to finish any push if I turn this on. My mind just blanks and forgets about the legs.
U2 Pride
http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=RJCGYn_nhGQ
Love it.
Hi guys,
don’t think you can go wrong with the new Rocky soundtrack - it’s totally cheesy - but Eye of the Tiger still has what it takes to make you press the ‘up’ button on the treadmill. the new version has some clips of dialogue from the film (which is bad by the way) but how can you not give it everything when you have Rocky in your ears telling you “It’s not about how many times you hit, it’s about how many times you can get hit and keep going forward”
I’ve tried various sets of headphones and i-pod holders for running outside, but I reckon it’s best to listen to your breathing, the birds in the trees and the idling of cars as you fill your lungs with their toxic emissions …..
Ken and Stu they’re great playlists! I’m gonna add them to my tunes! Robin and Richard I totally agree about the great outdoors, we should be listening to what’s around us, it’s part of the buzz. For the gym though I go nuts without it. I’ve been doing some of my easy one hour runs in the gym and doing circles round a 200 metre track will make you crazy without some tunes to get you through it and the gym always plays the same old sh*te over their loudspeaker!
The Rocky soundtrack is exactly the right kinda thing to get you moving….picturing yourself running up those steps……
Anything which is fast and heavy usually does it for me.
Hmm, tough one. I just hit shuffle on the indie&rock playlist on my ipod - too lazy to think about specific tracks to listen to!
Here’s Lewis Hamilton’s playlist printed in the Sunday Times yesterday:
Nas If I Ruled the World
Michael Jackson Smooth Criminal
Naughty by Nature OPP
Notorious BIG Juicy
Sizzla Thanks You Mamma
Marvin Gaye What’s Going On
Bob Marley No Woman No Cry
Tupac Changes
Jay-Z Big Pimpin’
Warren G Regulate
(Lewis Hamilton is Britain’s top F1 driver, the article explains all his gym work, swimming, running, cycling etc.)
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