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IMJUSTMINA
Posts: 8 1/18/10 3:58 P
80s pop, fun and upbeat, keeps you moving!
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ANNATORI
Posts: 507 1/15/10 9:18 A
I like Lady Gaga and Britney Spears. Great beats
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DREAMSOFSHOES
Posts: 177 1/15/10 1:16 A
I have really been loving Lady Gaga and Ke$ha's Tik Tok
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ROCKINBUTTERFLY
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Posts: 222 1/15/10 12:42 A
thanks for the suggestions!
"Accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative!"
LASHHM
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Posts: 170 1/14/10 11:06 P
Here are some songs at the top of my playlist:
"Best I Ever Had" - Drake "Videophone" - Beyonce feat. Lady Gaga "I Do Not Hook Up" - Kelly Clarkson "Blue Jeans" - Jessie James "Coffeeshop Soundtrack" - All Time Low "Hot Mess" - Cobra Starship "She's My Winona" - Fall Out Boy "Stronger" - Britney Spears (my all-time fave workout tune) "Breakin'" - The All-American Rejects
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RENA1965
Posts: 11,348 1/14/10 10:54 P
I fall over some african music- magic system, pit pull, tj teisto makes some neat remixes, beck also has a few calm tracks I strength lift too. Some of Sean Pauls stuff is okay..
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DOGSHOETAT
Posts: 331 1/14/10 3:58 P
I'm not a big hard-rock person but nothing gets me going on the treadmill like Metallica. Well, that or Eminem's "Lose Yourself" and "Till I Collapse)
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SHERIDANNICOLE
Posts: 8 1/14/10 3:47 P
For Iphone users, get the Pandora app. I don't listen to really poppy upbeat music, so I don't have any on my Iphone/pod, but the Pandora app is awesome because it plays random, but great work out music. try it if you haven't.
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LACEE1022
Posts: 98 1/14/10 1:57 P
Lady Gaga and Brittany Spears are my 2 favorite
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SOPHIADARE
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Posts: 106 1/14/10 1:13 P
Thanks for JogTunes.com link! I notice that it lets me look up what I've already GOT a recording of, too, so that I can mix a workout of songs I've already purchased the right to listen to! The BPM (beats per minute) function lets me select warm up and cool down songs, and while I'm nowhere near able to DO the workout I can plan, this gives me something to which I can aspire.
Thanks again for a link to a useful resource!
Sophia Dare
LUCKY117
Posts: 101 1/11/10 11:43 A
I discovered a new one this weekend--the "Hit Me Up" song from Happy Feet...if that doesn't get you moving, I'm not sure what will! :)
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FITEMILY
Posts: 94 1/4/10 6:47 P
If you go to Pandora.com and enter one of your favorite workout songs, listen for awhile and you'll get more suggestions that are similar beats. If you especially like or dislike a song, click that button on that song and the music will become more and more exactly like what you're looking for!
"For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come." 1 Timothy 4:8
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AWITCIK
Posts: 55 1/4/10 6:27 P
I like anything I know the words to. Some of my favorites are old school Nsync, Rascal Flatts, and Madonna.
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JDESROCH
Posts: 907 1/4/10 5:19 P
I feel my ipod is severely lacking in Lady Gaga and Mika songs, so tonight's goal is to download some and add them into the playlist. Some of my fave workout songs - while great - have been on my playlist for going on 2 years now...
I'm getting married on 4/24/10. The best fitness inspiration of all!
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GLENDES_GIRL
Posts: 5 1/4/10 5:17 P
This months fitness magazine has a pretty good playlist run down with five different categories based on the "intensity" of the work out.
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TEXASTINI
Posts: 1 1/3/10 12:17 P
I really love rock/metal on the elliptical. All-time favorite is "Slither" by Velvet Revolver. It has a great beat for interval. Also love Metallica: Sad But True is great for level 16 using as a stepper.
Not usually a metal head but it makes my workouts go so much faster!
MARIA0305
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Posts: 120 1/3/10 9:54 A
When it comes to strength training the heavier and more intense, the better for me. Prodigy, Rob Zombie, stuff like that. Really intense beats, harsh voices.
Cardio, I'm good with whatever is upbeat. Lady Gaga is always a huge pick me up! :)
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Posts: 106 1/3/10 9:39 A
Back when I was able to do a full cardio, I really liked to use the Brainsync workouts. They had several advantages for me. First, the tape or CD includes its own warmup and cooldown, and that was useful for me, because it's easy to forget. Second, the tapes varied in speed according to where you were in your training, and third they included a kind of zone in frequency that was helpful in getting the runner's "high" that is a physical incentive to keep exercising.
Another thing I've enjoyed is using "beach music" with a pace that suits my training situation. That music style works for me because it's the one that appeals, on an emotional level, to the kid in me who wanted to have fun in about the middle school years.
The important thing is to pick what appeals to you and include warm up and cool down songs in the mix.
Best of luck!
Sophia Dare
SEACOWLOVER
Posts: 1 1/3/10 9:14 A
When I do cardo I love the Black Eyed Peas when I am doing weights I love anything heavy like Rob Zombie
WANDERLUST913
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Posts: 502 1/3/10 1:48 A
i like anything by beyonce, britney, lady gaga or something equally pop-py to motivate
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BIGTOSS03
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Posts: 2,741 1/3/10 1:00 A
Recently I added Eminem to my arsenal due to the videogame that uses his song.
Remember:
Step forward with faith in God and yourself.
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TKUCIFER
Posts: 92 12/17/09 11:14 A
Lately Flo Rida-Right Round. It's harder and has more energy than Dead or Alive's original but I still like them both. I also love both Supermassive Black Hole (from Twilight-the baseball game) and Uprising, both by The Resistance. All are good easy-intermediate speed walking songs (if you walk to the beat).
All things in moderation.
EVERYTHING tastes as good as thin feels!
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STAMPINGADDICT
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Posts: 1,251 12/9/09 6:22 P
I have the Jive Bunny CD from years ago... I always used it for house cleaning, and now use it for exercise. It really motivates me!
Edited by: STAMPINGADDICT at: 12/17/2009 (11:30)
Deb
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ZOOLOVER
Posts: 186 12/9/09 6:16 P
I like listening to Meatloaf's Bat Out Of Hell cd's. His songs go fast then slow a little then speed up. I find walking or jogging to his music makes the time go faster.
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SHIRANA
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Posts: 794 12/9/09 3:25 P
my list of music to download keeps getting longer with every post!!!
(and there's no shame in Lady GaGa - it IS fabulous dance/workout music!)
No regrets, just lessons learned . . .
LYNZIJOY
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Posts: 546 12/9/09 10:25 A
Tick-Tock by Kesha (I think that is the artist) Keeps Gettin Better by Christina Aguilera Fire Burnin by Sean Kingston Sexy Chick by by David Guetta She Wolf by Shakira Uprising by Muse I like anything with an awesome beat for when I work out. It helps keep me going!
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Lately, for me, Puttin' on the Ritz by Taco and Let the Music Play by Shannon helps...
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It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop. ~Confucius
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SERPENTINE
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Posts: 1,657 12/7/09 12:04 P
the distillers, nitzer ebb, combichrist, kmfdm, front line assembly...and......my big shameful guilty pleasure: lady gaga (i can't help it! it's like crack! so bad but so good...)
Don't dream it, be it - rocky horror picture show
the only way out is through. - swamp thing / nine inch nails
"oh, honey, 'Can't' lives on 'Won't Street'" - flawless
Lets see I was asking myself this question just last night on my freezing cold walk.
I love all music rock, country, 80's ect.. But mostly I love to workout to rock. Last night it was Panic at the Disco there cd A Fever You Can't Sweat Out. Its up beat rock with some dance beats.. Tonight if doesn't snow I think I might go for some rob zombie and his CD American Made Musci to strip By. Again up beat rock with Dance Beats to keep me going.
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HOPEFULHIPPO
Posts: 479 12/7/09 11:35 A
I must say!
It is so cool to see all of our varieties. Makes me want to "break away" and sample a taste of everyone's music.
After Robert Ullrey, of course! (C25) LOL
Now, I have Pokerface stuck in my head....
"I know God only gives me what I can handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much" Mother Teresa
Oh, I Love the 80s.
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BLISSFUL74
Posts: 21 12/7/09 10:51 A
I find just about any Rob Zombie tune highly motivating. And I'm loving the Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack right now, too.
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FLUFFY1959
Posts: 353 12/7/09 10:01 A
good tunes!
All the BEST, Kathy "INCH BY INCH IT'S A CINCH!" YOU BITE IT YOU WRITE IT! "I'ts not what happens to you that determines how far you will go in life ;it is how you handle what happens to you." Zig Ziglar
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FLUFFY1959
Posts: 353 12/7/09 10:00 A
pretty much anything upbeat: lady gaga: poker face, eh eh, and of course my favorite body language by jesse mccarney and Feat T-Pain, Fun music and fast beat keeps you going and motivated!!!!!!!!! LOVE IT!
All the BEST, Kathy "INCH BY INCH IT'S A CINCH!" YOU BITE IT YOU WRITE IT! "I'ts not what happens to you that determines how far you will go in life ;it is how you handle what happens to you." Zig Ziglar
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THE_HOBBIT
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Posts: 88 12/7/09 8:29 A
I like metal, hard rock - it's all about the drums.
It's just like dancing - Slow drum beats, no matter how uplifting the song, will lead to slow steps and slow motions. Fast drums means faster motions and a harder music means tighter and more aggresive muscle motions. Think about it. (Learned this from a DJ who was also a fitness instructor when I worked in a bar once.)
I embrase those things in my life that give me joy and pleasure. Those that wound or displease me, I crush under the heel of my boot.
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AGRAY7903
Posts: 10 12/7/09 7:19 A
Regardless of what kind of music you like, always select something upbeat & peppy. That will help you keep a brisk tempo. I listen to contemprary Christian when I walk.
SIBLEYHONEYBEE
Posts: 113 12/7/09 4:46 A
I am a country music fan and some of my favorites are Brad Paisley's Two Feet of Topsoil, Alabama's Ain't No Sunday Drive, Johnny Cash's Get Rhythm and Josh Turner's White Noise.
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JEN830
Posts: 243 12/7/09 3:27 A
FERGIE'S SOLO CD AND THE BLACK EYED PEAS NEW CD
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AMBERLY_ROSE
Posts: 91 12/6/09 11:56 P
kingston- fireburning!!!
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SW- 282-11/20/08 CW- 279.8- 11/26/08 CW- 275-1/01/10 "So powerful is the light of unity, that it can illuminate the whole world" ... Baha'u'llah...
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TIGERJANE
Posts: 175 12/6/09 11:49 P
I wanted to recommend the band Mew for running to.
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KJGETTINHEALTHY
Posts: 1,026 12/6/09 11:37 P
depends on my mood Hip hop is good if doing relaxation i use my relaxation cd.
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FOTOMAKR
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Posts: 1,390 12/6/09 11:28 P
anything by pitbull and i saw the biggest loser has a cd out with top 40 hits to faster beats
Fotomakr
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-Even if you are on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. - Aristotle
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HOPEFULHIPPO
Posts: 479 12/6/09 10:33 P
The 80s are by far the BEST!!
But if you are looking for holiday tunes, Trans Siberian Orchestra's "wizards in winter" is a great move tune, "step into christmas" by Elton John, thinks like that.
I have a huge list as I love music, so just ask if these sound like your type :o)
"I know God only gives me what I can handle. I just wish he didn't trust me so much" Mother Teresa
Oh, I Love the 80s.
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CHEDDERFISH
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Posts: 675 12/6/09 10:03 P
The Artist Girl Talk. By far the most fun a workout has ever been for me. They mix two completely different songs together and keep mixing other songs .. to make a whole song-- if that makes sense. Anyway, look at my new blog i just wrote about this today!
Lex
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WSULLIV
Posts: 4 12/6/09 9:14 P
I Go To Work - Kool Moe Dee Fight The Power - Public Enemy
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PUPPYTIM
Posts: 1 12/6/09 6:51 P
Poker Face - Lady Gaga Do it Well - J Lo Bad romance - lady Gaga Single Ladies - Beyonce Womanizer - Britney Spears Beat So Lonely - Charlie Sexton The Rockafeller Shank- Fatboy sloim Glamorous - Fergie Lo (feat,tpain) - Flo Rida Naughty Naughty - Jon parr Just Dance - Lady Gaga Yeah(feat.lil jon & ludacris - Usher Fighter - Christine Aguilera
Edited by: PUPPYTIM at: 12/6/2009 (18:52)
LBHGIRL
Posts: 1 12/6/09 5:14 P
Girl Talk on Pandora Radio. It is free and fun to workout to!
LADYRAVEN1963
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Wolfgang Petry Achim Petry (Trademark) Olaf Henning
Pretty much Schlager oder Volkmusik.
A Proud Military Spouse...HOOAH!
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ASALAS
Posts: 13 12/6/09 4:15 P
The Killers, Kanye West, the Arctic Monkeys, Franz Ferdinand
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CJANE1
Posts: 61 12/6/09 3:33 P
Anything from KC & the sunshine band David Bowie - Let's Dance Justin Timberlake - Sexy Back Missy Elliott - Get your Freak on Earth Wind and Fire - Let's Groove. I love the 70's & 80's music, definitely was the time when they made music you move to.
LANORIEG
Posts: 1 12/6/09 2:46 P
recently i've been listening to a lot of lady gaga and the black eyed peas when i exercise. i found the beat really motivating.
IMANI1998
Posts: 24 12/6/09 2:18 P
I like to listen to Gospel Music when I exercise. I get to praise and thank God for what He has done is doing and will do. My spiritual life gets fit while my body gets fit.
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JYOTI_AANAND
Posts: 11 12/6/09 1:28 P
For me, anything with a gud beat but I love BEP, the majority of their tracks have a good, fast beat to them. I'm gonna take my partner's advice and add some calmer "warm up/ cool down" tracks.
Edited by: JYOTI_AANAND at: 12/6/2009 (13:29)
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MSUAMANDA13
Posts: 34 12/6/09 11:31 A
I am learning to listen to music while I am running... it still messes up my breathing! Also, I get a little paranoid when I can't hear the noises around me... I've been chased by a german shepard before and got bit by a chow chow... So if I listen to music I can't hear the animals coming to get me!
My music choice though is emo punk... anything happy with a fun beat. My husband listens to Elvis...
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TUSIELLEE
Posts: 102 12/6/09 10:53 A
I listen to a wide variety of music, but for my get up and move tunes, I listen to Pink, Shakira, and just about anything else with a good beat.
No More Excuses!!!!!
If your not going to help me stay out of my WAY!!!!
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TKDGIRL49
Posts: 14 12/6/09 10:30 A
Mininstry of Sound Clubbers Guide 2009 - this is my favorite workout CD's. They keep you going , lets your imagination put you in a club, looking good, feeling good.. Great motivation to keep you moving for your cardio. Awesome music.
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SWEETBOREDOM5
Posts: 554 12/6/09 10:22 A
I need something hip hop/techno-y fast paced, with a good beat. I actually kinda like PitBull and some of his music.
"Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, its about learning to dance in the rain."
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SHAE1977
Posts: 1 12/6/09 9:13 A
Well, I don't know a ton of Spanish, but I LOVE to work out to Reggaeton. Any of the Zumba CD's are great for cardio on the elliptical. Daddy Yankee, Wisin Y Yandel, Pitbull, Don Omar, Kris Y Angel..... also regular reggae like Sean Paul, Beenie Man, Buju Banton, Shabba Ranks gets me moving
ZELDAH
Posts: 17 12/6/09 8:32 A
Adam Lambert's cd, For Your Entertainment, is great to work out to. I like it for my circuit training days.
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GBELLE35
Posts: 1 12/6/09 7:04 A
Today is the day...........I need to start a plan.. Im tired of hearing myself complain.. Is their anyone out there that wants to keep eachother motivated?
GOGETTER44
Posts: 43 12/6/09 4:38 A
I like "Red Dragon Tattoo" by Fountain of Wayne and "Workout Plan" by Kanye. Also "My Humps" by Black Eyed Peas has a nice beat to it too
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SAHAYRA
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Posts: 53 12/6/09 1:29 A
You know what song really kicks me into gear while I'm working out? Justin Timberlake's "Damn girl." It makes me remember why I'm working out, and it's nice to hear JT tell me "Damn girl!" while I'm working my butt off!
Happy Sparking! Sara
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JIMERICKSEN
Posts: 13 12/6/09 12:54 A
when i work out, i normally chose something techno -esque.
for example, recently i have been pounding out the miles to Basshunter. and some techno remixes of the transformers movie theme =P
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RUN_KELLI
Posts: 86 12/6/09 12:48 A
Okay, here's my list (primarily used for cycling and running): Enur - Calabria The All American Rejects - Gives You Hell Pink - God Is A DJ Katy Perry - Hot 'N Cold Pitbull - I Know You Want Me Kelly Clarkson - My Life Would Suck Without You Van Halen - Humans Being Shania Twain - Ain't No Quitter Daughtry - No Suprise Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling
There's more, but that's my basic list! Thanks to everyone for sharing!
"Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, she became a butterfly."
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NEWAPPROACH
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Posts: 1,875 12/6/09 12:42 A
Anything from the 70s and 80s will definitely get you up and moving..just make sure it's positive
Philippians 4:13: "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me :)!"
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SUNGLASSES13
Posts: 160 12/5/09 11:34 P
I like Running by Jully Black, good beat and good lyrics.
*Melissa*
In the pain, there is healing -- Lifehouse
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DYINGINREVERIE
Posts: 1 12/5/09 10:41 P
Whenever I go for long walks/light jogs, I listen to the whole album, "Wincing the Night Away" by the Shins.
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