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Workout Music: What music runs through your head when exercising?


StormKnight

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OK, you exercising-type people. What is the music you listen to when you do your exercise routines? Any particular reason? Something that fires your workout? White noise to drown out the grunting of effort? Curious minds want to know.

It doesn't have to be recorded music through earphones. It could be the song you are thinking doing that particular part of your routine.

Here is at least my running songs (the one I listen to on those six-milers I've been doing):

Gladiator Soundtrack:

  1. Progeny (2:14)
  2. The Wheat (1:03)
  3. The Battle (10:02)
  4. Earth (3:02)
  5. Sorrow (1:26)
  6. To Zucchabar (3:16)
  7. Patricide (4:08)
  8. The Emperor is Dead (1:22)
  9. The Might of Rome (5:18)
  10. Strength and Honor (2:10)
  11. Reunion (1:14)
  12. Slaves to Rome (1:00)
  13. Barbarian Horde (10:33)
  14. Am I Not Merciful? (6:33)
  15. Elysium (2:41)
  16. Honor Him (1:20)
  17. Now We Are Free (4:14)

Then:

-Gatchaman '94 4:49

-Gatchaman no Uta 2:38

-Taose! Galactor 2:45

Followed by:

-Through the Night 4:14 Outlaw Star Soundtrack

-y'know 4:07 AS SEKIRIA (BGC Tokyo 2040) Sudou Akira

-Bukkirabou na Ai ni Oboretai 3:26 AS SEKIRIA (BGC Tokyo 2040) Sudou Akira

Between Gladiator and the next three songs total out to be 1 hour, 11 minutes. It is kind of a time gauge for me without looking at a clock. It lets me know that my run is now down to 1 hour, 11 minutes (and hopefully on the way back to 50-60minutes.)

So share. It might give other people ideas on what to use, and might encourage people to get active. :)

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Fuck that.

I have a *running* playlist in my itunes, but it won't let me copy and paste and there is NO WAY I am going to type it all out...

A LOT OF INDUSTRIAL.... a lot of oldies, and a lot shit you have never heard of or listened too LOL ...

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Something with a driving beat, like early Coheed & Cambria, or Early Incubus.

Chevelle, Wolfmother, Nirvana. Maybe even Benny Benassi!

I listen to rock REALLY FUCKING LOUD when I work out because I hate working out lol. I just do it because I have to.

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Most of the time I just hit "shuffle" and skip what's not working, but sometimes I get in the mood for certain things...almost always fast-paced stuff, but sometimes classical music hits the spot as well.

Recent specific artists have been Hercules and Love Affair and LadyHawke.

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It varies. This is the playlist from the last time I was at the gym...

Shriekback

Everything that Rises Must Converge

Nemesis

Fish Below the Ice

Hammerheads

My Spine (is the Bass Line)

Pixies

Something Against You

Tony's Theme

Tame

Dead

Alec Eiffel

Velvety Instrumental Version

Theme from Narc

Pro*Pain

Foul Taste of Freedom

Death on the Dance Floor

Pound for Pound

Every Good Boy Does Fine

Iraqnophobia

Beastie Boys

Shake Your Rump

Egg Man

Sure Shot

Sabotage

Rhymin' & Stealin'

The New Style

Paul Revere

Fight for Your Right

Cotton-Eyed Joe by The Chieftains w/ Rickey Skaggs

Juke Joint Jezebel by KMFDM

Pistolero by Juno Reactor

Planet of the Apes by Screeching Weasel

Murder in the Graveyard by Screaming Lord Sutch

Fire by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown

Words & Guitar by Sleater Kinney

Post-Apocalypse Punk by Abney Park

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Theme by The Breeders

I Hate Myself for Loving You by Joan Jett

Roam by The B-52s

She Bop by Cyndi Lauper

So Alive by Love & Rockets

A Fifth of Beethoven by Walter Murphy

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