Music as Motivation

My workouts definately depend most on the music that I am listening to. I am not one to watch tv or chat while working out. First off, my heart rate is directly related to the beat of the music. Second, when I find myself getting into a workout rut I buy another song or two. It is amazing how good music has even coaxed me out of bed on a cold morning.

I organize my workout music on my iphone into workout playlists. I group them into 30-40 minute playlists with warm up, cardio, and cool down songs. Below are some of my favorite workout songs...I'd love to get your favorite workout songs too!

~ Cardio with upbeat~ mostly pop so it tells a story to keep my mind off of my misery and so I can sing along in my head~

• Sk8er Boy- Avril Lavine
• Dance, Dance- Fall Out Boy
• How Far We've Come- Matchbox Twenty
• Know Your Enemy-Green Day
• I Gotta Feeling- Black Eyed Peas
• Party In The USA- Miley Cyrus

~Running/Elliptical/Spinning hill climb~ steady beat that gradually builds to encourage speed~

• Chasing Cars- Snow Patrol (my all-time favorite workout song)
• Rush- Aly & AJ (Good speed on chorus)
• Collide- Howie Day (my all-time favorite everything song!!!)
• Don't Stop Believin' - Journey (blast from the past, but great encouragement!)
• Come Back To Me- David Cook
• Sometime Around Midnight- The Airborne Toxic Event
• Meet Me Halfway- Black Eyed Peas
• Viva La Vida- Coldplay

~ Warm up/Cool Down~

• Forever Young- Alphaville
• Beautiful Day- U2 (Live)
• No Air- Jordin Sparks and Chris Brown