Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Motivating Upbeat Workout Mix

Last year I got this ipod thing and I've yet to load a single song onto it. Ken is threatening to borrow it and never give it back or worse, sell it on ebay. I have to admit that singing in my head while I walk is getting sort of boring and I think the guppers are embarrased by my singing so its time to load up the ipod with a good mix of fast paced or motivating workout songs.

Please please please share your favorites!

It can be old or new, any genre. Bring it on! 
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29 comments:

  1. From my FAST WORKOUT playlist:

    Mistress Mabel - The Fratellis
    You Can't stop The Beat - hairspray the movie soundtrack
    Who Knew - Pink
    She's So Lovely - Scouting for Girls
    Candyman - Christina Aguilera
    Single Ladies-Beyonce
    Not Fair - Lily Allen
    Moving to new York - Wombats
    Womanizer - Britney


    Hope that helps!!! :)
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  2. Like your blog a lot! When I was losing all my weight mp3's weren't around, so I had to lug around my clunky cassette tape player!

    Anyway, these days with my so small its almost invisible mp3 player, I actualy like to listen to podcasts from public radio broadcasts because that's the only time I get a chance to.

    Diane
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  3. Right now i have a big mix of songs which inspire me to move.

    It's my life - Bon Jovi
    I'm still standing - Elton John
    When I grow up - PCD
    Please don't stop the music - Rihanna
    Womanizer - Britney Spears
    Damaged - Danity Kane
    Right Round - Flo Rida
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  4. Addicted - Saving Abel
    Animals - Nickelback
    I Do Not Hook Up - Kelly Clarkson
    Brass Monkey - Beastie Boys
    Janie's Got A Gun - Aerosmith
    Right Round - Flo Rida
    Second Chance - Shinedown
    Something In Your Mouth - Nickelback
    You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
    No Suprise - Daughtry

    I love rock when I'm working out!
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  5. Miley Cyrus - 7 Things
    Dave Mathews Band - #27
    Ciara - 1, 2 step
    Dave Mathews Band - Cornbread
    Garth Brooks - Ain't going down till the sun comes up
    Dave Mathews Band - All Along the Watchtower
    Sugarland - All I want to do
    Destiny's Child - Bootylicious
    Kelis - Bossy
    New Kids On the Block - Hangin' Tough
    NSYNC - Just Got Paid
    NSYNC - Bye Bye Bye
    Outkast - Hey Ya!
    112 - Peaches & Cream
    Miranda Lambert - Gunpowder and Lead
    Missy Elliott - Work It
    Missy Elliott - Get Ur Freak On
    Clipse - Ain't Cha (step up soundtrack)

    There it is, what I listen to while walking on the mill. haha kind of funny when seeing it all in a row.
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  6. Oh, you will absolutely love your ipod! I never even wanted one, but hubby got me one for Christmas last year. Once I got music on it and learned how to use it, I loved it. Not only for exercise, but for everything else I'm doing while hubby watches something boring on TV.

    I have a a mix of upbeat music from Rod Stewart, Brooks & Dunn, Aerosmith, 50's and 60's oldies, Disco, a little bit of a lot of things. It will hold a ton of stuff.

    I haven't created any seperate lists yet. I just put mine on shuffle and let it go. I can't help moving, even if it's just my head or shoulders, when it's on.

    Enjoy! :)
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  7. I was slow to come into the ipod world too. But now that I have mine I love it. It's like a portable jukebox. I have hundreds of songs on mine, however, I loaded by the album (cd) and I don't always listen or like every song on the cd's so I am going to go through and delete some. You'll love it, just take the time to load it up.
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  8. Climb-miley cyrus
    Like Whoa-Aly & AJ
    I'm Alive-Celine Dion
    My give a dam* is busted-Jo Dee Messina
    I like the tempo for Hot & Cold-Katy Perry
    Don't you know you're beautiful-kellie pickler
    Best days of your life-kellie pickler
    sweet home alabama-lynyrd skynyrd
    shake it-metro station
    love story-taylor swift
    our song-taylor swift
    Don't laugh..but I discovered thrillbilly by (billy ray cyrus) and I like that one too!
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  9. I couldn't live without my ipod!

    Here are my faves:

    Vertigo - U2
    Beautiful - Moby
    Ready to Go - Republica
    Lady Marmalade - Moulan Rouge

    Those are just a few. I could go on and on! :)
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  10. I absolutely could not live without my iPod - It is my life (sad sad I know...).
    One of my favorite things to listen to while working out is Podcasts from this guy http://www.djsteveboy.com/mixes.html. I use his Podrunner intervals for my Learning to Run sessions and the Podrunner tunes for when I'm on the treadmill/walking and I choose the bpm based on how fast I want to go.
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  11. I love music posts! Hope you don't mind if I poach from your comments. :)

    My faves for walking:
    These Are Days (10,000 Maniacs)
    I Touch Myself (Divinyls)
    Brick House (The Commodores)
    If I Had $1,000,000 (Barenaked Ladies)
    Rescue Me (Fontella Bass)
    25 Miles (Edwin Starr)
    Don't Stop (Fleetwood Mac)
    Express Yourself (Madonna)
    Get the Party Started (P!nk)
    Proud (Heather Small)
    Respect (Aretha Franklin)
    Tubthumping (Chumbawamba)
    I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) (The Proclaimers)
    Super Freak (Rick James)
    Hella Good (No Doubt)
    All for You (Full Band Version) (Sister Hazel)
    Let's Get It Started (Spike Mix) (Black Eyed Peas)
    Who Says You Can't Go Home (Bon Jovi & Jennifer Nettles)
    What I Like About You (The Romantics)
    It's My Life (Bon Jovi)
    Hollaback Girl (Gwen Stefani)
    You Might Think (The Cars)
    Roll With It (Steve Winwood)
    Higher Love (Full) (Steve Winwood)
    We Got the Beat (The Go-Go's)
    I Love Rock 'N Roll (Joan Jett & The Blackhearts)
    If Today Was Your Last Day (Nickelback)
    So What (P!nk)
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  12. Fun!

    Some of my favorite bands are: Hey Rosetta, Said the Whale, Josh Ritter, Metric, Arctic Monkeys. They're all pretty good for working out, too.

    - Sagan
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  14. Pump Up the Jam - Technotronic
    Final Countdown - Europe
    1985 - Bowling for Soup
    Fighter - C. Aguilera
    Just a few. Have fun loading up.
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  15. NOTHING to add but here to steal ideas :)

    Im horrible at the music arranging/planning and yet Im picky at the same time.

    Its a lovely combo :)
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  16. I created a whole playlist for my iPod (that I resisted even owning until about 6 months ago.) It's my workout playlist, and my exercise is dancing to it every day; half hour before lunch, and a half hour before dinner. Here's the list:

    http://sunnygee.blogspot.com/search/label/Music%20to%20Move%20By

    Great blog you have! :)
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  17. Amerie: Gotta Work is an awesome work out song
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  18. Sample of my playlist:
    Back in Black and Hells Bells- AC/DC
    Brass Monkey, Intergalactic, Sabotage, and No Sleep Till Brooklyn- Beastie Boys
    Hey Ya and Bombs Over Baghdad- Outkast
    Break Ya Neck and Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See- Busta Rhymes
    Short Skirt, Long Jacket and When She Walks- Cake
    Groove Is In The Heart- Dee Lite
    Tyrone- Erykah Badu
    Wind It Up and Rich Girl- Gwen Stefani
    Black Betty- Humble Pie
    Miss You Much and Nasty Boys- Janet Jackson
    Big Pimping- Jay Z
    Most anything by Justin Timberlake
    Can't Tell Me Nothing, Stronger and Flashing Lights- Kanye West
    I'm Bossy- Kelis
    Jump Around- House of Pain
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  19. Single Ladies - Beyonce
    Dancing with Myself - Billy Idol
    So What - P!nk
    Hot Stuff - Donna Summer
    Harder Better Faster Stronger - Daft Punk
    Jump N Move - Brand New Heavies (featuring Jamalski)
    I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor
    Temperature - Sean Paul
    Break My Stride - Matthew Wilder
    Eye of the Tiger - Survivor
    Bodies - Drowning Pool
    Just Dance - Lady GaGa
    Fire Burning - Sean Kingston
    X Gonna Give it to Ya - DMX
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  20. WOW so many great suggestions. I'm going to start putting names and titles into youtube and hearing samples so I can decide what I want from iTunes!

    Keep the great suggestions coming and THANK YOU!!
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  22. Breathe-Prodigy
    A Mili-(perfect for jogging) Lil Wayne
    Where's Your Head At-Basement Jaxx
    SexyBack-Justin Timberlake
    Radar-Britney Spears
    Bad Girl-Dannity Cane
    Young Folks-Peter Bjorn and John
    Boys Don't Cry-The Cure
    The Girls-Calvin Harris
    Amerioan Boy-Estelle
    The Prayer-Bloc Party
    Helicopter-Bloc Party
    Banquet-Bloc Party
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  23. oops...American Boy by Estelle
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  24. Pary Up (Up in Here)-DMX
    Krazy- Pitbull
    That's Not My Name-The Ting Tings
    In The Ayer- Flo Rida
    I Know You Want Me-Pitbull
    I'm In Miami B*%@- LMFAO
    Let Me Clear My Throat- DJ Kool
    Poker Face- Lady GaGa

    Great Post! I love my IPOD....can't live without it.
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  25. Some great suggestions here!

    It's so personal though. What I do is go to iTunes, and then on the music menu, find "iMIx". Once there, you can search for words like "cardio" or "workout" or "running" or "spinning". Then you get a bunch of folks workout playlists and can preview each song for 30 seconds and get a sense of the ones you like. Sometimes you find someone who has really similar taste to yours and you can get a bunch of songs at once.

    Good luck getting some tunes!
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  26. Diana,
    A few of my favorites off my Work-Out playlist on my iPod.

    American Boy-Estelle
    Love, Sex, Magic - Ciara with Justin Timberlake
    Toxic - Britney Spears
    Circus - Britney Spears
    Ray of Light - Madonna
    Fortress - Pinback
    Move your body - Nina Sky
    Show me love - Robin S.
    Car Wash - Roys Royce
    Gettin' Jiggy wit it - Will Smith
    Don't stop the music- Rhianna
    Pon de replay - Rhianna
    Groove is in the heart - Deeelite

    HAVE FUN!!!
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  27. I listen to books on tape... this way I can be lazy and active at the same time. I must say though your readers gave you some impressive lists of music, maybe I might just have to change my habits.
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  28. Hi, I actually just stopped by to steal some ideas! If you like something a bit "different" than the same old workout songs, my fave is "Halycon" by Chicane. It's in the electronica arena, it has no words, but it's lovely. It builds up and really gets me going. It's over eight minutes long, so I usually use it for the very last mile on my run, to really give me the boost I need to get it done as fast as possible!
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  29. I Gotta Feeling (Black Eyes Peas)
    American Boy (Estelle)
    Just Fine (Mary J Blige)
    Triveni (Rodrigo Y Gabriela)
    Black Betty (Ram Jam)
    Don't Stop the Music (Rihanna)
    Together Again (Janet Jackson)

    I came on here to get a few ideas for my own workout- and loved this! So I'll add a few from my workout playlist. Thanks!
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