I've Been Meaning to Ask This For a Long Time
I've been meaning to ask this for a long time. Would you consider sharing some upbeat/uptempo songs with me that would be suitable to listen to while running on the treadmill? In other words, your favorite workout music?
I suppose I'm being presumptuous in assuming you work out--or for that matter that you listen to upbeat music! I hope you don't mind. I realize everyone doesn't feel the same way about it that I do.
See, I've come to need--and I mean need in the sense of "can't live without"--my exercise. It's not just about the physical aspect of it anymore. In fact, I'd say it's far more about the mental benefit it brings. If I go more than a day or two without an endorphin release, I start to feel agitated and irritable and my mood begins to darken, and god knows I can't afford that! As a result, I've made working out a real priority.
Now, if you knew me when I was younger, you could NEVER in a million years imagined that I would be such a dedicated exerciser (I don't say athlete, coz I really don't have a sport). It's only been in the last two years that I developed this passion. Came to my senses, might be a better way to put it. Anyway, now that I'm doing it, I don't ever want to stop.
So what do you say? Do you have any tunes to share? Here are a few of mine that always motivate me when I think I'm about to expire:
Death Cab for Cutie --"Why You'd Want to Live Here (Live)" mp3 off The John Byrd EP (buy)
Maximo Park --"Apply Some Pressure" mp3 off A Certain Trigger (buy)
Tapes 'n Tapes --"Cowbell (The Black Eyes Remix)" mp3 off Cowbell Single
I think the only qualification for a song to be good for running is a fairly fast, strong, thumping beat. Something you can really feel that'll take your mind off what you're actually doing.
balkan beat box (bulgarian chicks), lots of arctic monkeys, she wants
revenge (tear you apart), brazillian girls (don't stop) are some that do it
for me
thanks, twofones! i took your suggestions and already found them. i look
forward to trying them out. : )
Eye of the Tiger by Survivor, always a classic.
Css - Cansei de Ser Sexy is quite a bouncy album as is
Outhud - one life to leave.
thank you, franko--i'm definitely going to check out the out hud. i have a
little bit of css, and you're right, it's very uptempo. now, don't take
this the wrong way, but i think i'll have to pass on the "eye of the
tiger." too many old associations with that song! : )
Anything by Wu-Tang should do the job. Especially Raekwon's Only Built 4
Cuban Linx.
The funny thing is that I can exercise to slow songs as well (depends on
the song) but today I ran while listening to "Moby - Extreme Ways," "Earwig
- Used Kids," "Nada Surf - Inside of Love" and "Lauryn Hill - Everything is
Everything" to name a few
Oh, and now that my mind is on it, I'm looking for workout related tunes
too... maybe I'll make a post about it soon.
jeff-wu-tang is one band i hadn't thought of. i'll look for that song.
thanks.
London Calling by The Clash has a great pace...so does I Feel So Good by
Richard Thompson.
i like the clash, oh yeah. i also like ramones songs, coz they're usually
fast and short. "i wanna be sedated" is particulary good. : ) never
considered richard thompson, tho. i will look that one up.
Oh goody, I love to make exercise mixes! These are on mine:
Here's a good few;
linda--thank you for the motivational tunes. this is fabulous. between you
and curtis and the rest of these suggestion, i am set! : )
Holy cow, there's a lot of good stuff here! My 2 cents would be to check
out the Plastic Compliation, Vol. 1. You could hurt yourself with that
one...
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