Just for Fun - Surprisingly Good Workout Songs!

I still love MmmBop.  Makes me smile whenever I am running.

(did I really just post that?

Shining Star by EW&F is this week's discovery for me.

Lancaster Gate by Enter the Haggis

Scots on the Rocks by the Peatbog Faeries

I can't believe I am going to actually tell anyone about this, but.....

We were on vacation and my daughter and I went to the local Y to work out.  I decided to run on the track (which bores me to tears) and I had forgotten my Ipod.  My daughter gave me hers. 

So I am running on shuffle and a song comes on that I have never heard.  It had a really good beat and it wasn't lyrically challenging (as I prefer most of my music to be) but it was kind of "bubble-gummy". 

I came in from the track and naded my daughter her Ipod and asked her about the song.  This is the reaction I got:

"OMG, you were listening to Miley Cyrus?  I'm telling Mom".

Miley Cyrus - "See You Again". 

Yikes!!!!!

Hahaha, that's priceless!!!

I will reluctantly admit that the "Rocky" theme works for me every time.  I also use it as my wake-up song on race days.  Yes, I'm a dork. 

I don't run to music.  But, I've got it running in my mind!

1.  Radar Love - Golden Earring
2.  Hells Bells - AC/DC
3.  The Boys are Back in Town - Thin Lizzy

Georgia overdrive by Fred Eaglesmith

Dancin’ Machine, by the Jackson 5

Hot, by Avril Lavigne

Stand and Deliver by Adam and the Ants.



And now that I’ve revealed this, unfortunately, I must systematically hunt you all down and kill you.

Always run with my shuffle.

Some of my favorites:

Twilight Zone -- Golden Earring
Wagon Wheel -- Old Crow Medicine Show
Kung Fu Fighting -- Carl Douglas
It's the End of the World -- R.E.M.

"Fan of the Bean" by the Clintons

Found it on an episode of the Fredcast
http://www.thefredcast.com/?p=1275

Wow!  I saw them last year at a local bar.  Awesome!

I also don't run to music but I do use it when on cardio machines at the gym or on my trainer at home.  A couple of surprises for me:

Du Hast - Rammstein
Girlfriend - Avril Lavigne
Pon de Replay - Rihanna

To be fair though - I put those songs on my Ipod specifically because they seemed like they'd be good workout songs.

YYZ - Rush
Red Barchetta - Rush
Subdivisions - Rush
Time Stand Still - Rush
2112 Album - Rush
Xanadu - Rush
Basically anything by Rush

Rock Me - Great White

Ah Leah - Donnie Iris

Kick Start my Heart - Motley Crue

Spellbound - Robin Trower

Green Grass and High Tides - Outlaws

YYZ - Rush
Red Barchetta - Rush
Subdivisions - Rush
Time Stand Still - Rush
2112 Album - Rush
Xanadu - Rush
Basically anything by Rush

Dude....are you the guy from 'Fanboys'?  Your van rocks.

Nope... Just a Rush fan since the 70's

--Eric

guilty pleasure workout song is "Kids in America" by Kim Wilde.
but when i need a realy jolt, I switch over to Joe Esposito's "You're the Best"...sweep the leg Johnny!

Rush is my favorite band. I've seen them 14 times, first time was the Farewell To Kings tour. I pre-ordered the recent documentary from Amazon. I'm a bass player and at one point I could play every song through the 2nd live album note for note. Rush In Rio is my goto DVD for trainer sessions.

Having established my fanboy cred: I can't run or swim to any of those songs.

During the swim leg of races, I like to get a song in my head that helps me keep a rhythm with my swimming. In the Longhorn 70.3 a few years ago, I had YYZ stuck in my head while swimming. It was terrible. 7/8 just isn't conducive to swimming.

OTOH, I do have a running playlist with Far Cry, but that's got a more straight forward time signature.

Another recent discovery for me is "Not My Time" by 3 Doors Down.

I have to say that I totally understand CCThoops with the "Rocky" theme, as long as you are refering to the song "Eye of the Tiger" from Survivor, I play that song everytime I train, I have even listened to it in the car just before I had a job interview!!

I'm glad you posted that first!   I have to admit, I like that song, but it's the kind of song that gets in your head and you can't get rid of it. LOL.

Another guilty pleasure is I'm Gonna Be (500 miles) by The Proclaimers. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tM0sTNtWDiI



Edited by cggale 2010-10-08 3:40 PM

YYZ is my favorite during a run

If you haven't found this web site yet and a Rush Fan. They have a couple Rush Bike jerseys.

http://www.primalwear.com/c-126-rush.aspx

Others jerseys available include Pink Floyd, AC/ DC, Kiss etc

http://www.primalwear.com/c-10-rock-products-by-band.aspx

My iPod has a crazy range of things lots of Rush, Iron Maiden, and Disturbed are staples but here are some not so common songs.

The Distance - Cake
Gettin Jiggy wit it - Will Smith
Ditty - Paperboy
Regulate - Warren G

Sorry, way to many times have I heard "Eye of the Tiger"!!!  It is the theme song for every warm up game for my daughter's volleyball, basketball and softball games in high school.  I used to like the song, but it is as bad as our band getting requests for "Mony, Mony".

Different songs for me.  Sometimes classical comes on and makes the treadmill or rollers better.  Sometimes it is some bluegrass, most of the time it is classic rock.  I have about 300 GB of MP3 files, so it is hard to say what I am going to listen to.

For a great start to our RAGBRAI week it was "Shambala" by Three Dog Night.

Bach's Bouree in E'Minor.  Or Vivaldi's Four Seasons.

I would rather watch a movie while riding on the rollers, but then sometimes I lean too much because I am focusing on the movie and what is going on and I lean with the motorcycle and try not to crash the bike.  :-)

I have nearly 300 songs on my ipod-not that I've used it in workouts yet though due to logistics on my part.

But, there are a few "core" songs I have in their own playlist

I love rock n' roll-Joan Jett
Louie Louie-Joan Jett
Dracula from Houston
Back in Black-AC/DC
Hells Bells-AC/DC
Don't Stop Believing
Walk softly on this heart of mine-kentucky headhunters (kind of weird choice for a workout song, but the beat is great)
Getting jiggy w't it-Will Smith
Times Like These-foo fighters
Sailing-christopher cross
You dropped a bomb on me-the gap band
The imperial march-boston pops (yes, I'm serious)
Fast Cars and Freedom-racal flatts
Star Wars theme-boston pops-this is the opening and closing music of the original star wars movie
Eye of the tiger-Survivor AKA the rocky theme.
Snowblind friend-Steppenwolf
Magic carpet ride-steppenwolf
Born to be Wild-steppenwolf

This is just over an hour and a quarter of music, I think. I'm also "reviewing" other music to admit into this exclusive playlist.
Some of these songs were cultivated from a topic here on BT earlier this year that resulted in over 3 pages of songs.

Edited by rcav8r 2010-10-08 4:00 PM