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Grex Health Item 90: Workout music
Entered by eprom on Sat Feb 28 05:36:35 UTC 2004:

Ok...so I workout on the treadmill and stationary bike at the gym.

It's gets boring looking at the same wall for 45 minutes so I made
a compliation CD of my favorite workout songs that help motivate
me.

Most of them are from 80's soundtracks:

Flash Dance soundtrack-
        Maniac
        Flash Dance (what a feeling)
        Gloria

Footloose soundtrack-
        Footloose
        Holding out for a hero
        Im Free
        Never

Rocky IV soundtrack-
        Eye of the Tiger
        Burning Heart

Top Gun soundtrack-
        Danger Zone

Invinclible (Pat Benatar)
Love is a Battlefield (Pat Benatar)
Fame (Irene Cara)
The Look (Roxette)

anyways...does anyone else here have a motivational/workout mix CD?

If not, what do you listen to when working out (or when you used to
workout)?

5 responses total.

#1 of 5 by rcurl on Sat Feb 28 07:53:50 2004:

I am currently listening to Puccini's Tosca. I'll probably back through it
until it is mostly familiar, and then choose another opera.

#2 of 5 by scott on Sat Feb 28 13:34:32 2004:

During the winter I'm usually working out on a stairclimber somewhere, these
days Vets Park.  Anyway, my usual thing is to try to show up when there's
nobody else there so I can take control of the TV.  ;)

Summers I bike a lot, and that's its own entertainment.

#3 of 5 by otter on Fri Apr 9 10:04:20 2004:

A couple of favorite mixes:
"The Metal Treadmill" (These are my picks. All originals albums were 
*purchased*.)
Taotr Woman - Rainbow
Midnite Maniac - Krokus
Bad Motor Scooter - Montrose
Highway to Hell - AC/DC
Feed My Frankenstein - Alice Cooper
Girl's Got Rhythm - AC/DC
War Child - Blondie
Headhunter - Krokus
Mob Rules - Black Sabbath (Dio)
White Punks On Dope - Tubes
I've Done Everything - Sammy Hagar
Starstruck - Rainbow
Brutal Planet - Alice Cooper
No Exit - Blondie

***
"Totallty Awesome 80's Workout" (Hubby's picks. Again with the 
originals.)
Turn Me On - Tubes
Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen
Rock of Ages - Def Leppard
Rock Me Amadeus - Falco
Hazy Shade of Winter - The Bangles
Destroyer - The Kinks
No One Lives Forever - Oingo Boingo
Telephone - Sheena Easton
Obsession - Animotion
Invincible - Pat Benetar
Rock of Life - Rick Springfield
Heartbeat - Red7
Like a Hurricane - Scorpions
Some Like It Hot - Power Station
Tip of My Tongue - Tubes
Weird Science - Oingo Boingo

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Each runs very close to 50 minutes, which is perfect for me on a 
treadmill or spin bike.
For treadmill, I also like a series of tapes (haven't found them on cd) 
that are titled "Run (or March) Cadence with <insert your favorite 
military org here>"
I like "Run Cadence with the Airborne Rangers" for example. It's 
exactly what you'd think - a bunch of different units running, complete 
with call-and-response cadences and the sounds of many boots. Lots of 
familiar songs make surprisingly cool cadences! My favorite is "Shout".

#4 of 5 by otter on Fri Apr 9 10:05:33 2004:

...errr...That's "Tarot Woman". Sheesh!

#5 of 5 by eprom on Sun Feb 14 22:53:15 2016:

ha..I forgot about this item. Anyways now-a-days the gym I go to has
treadmills with a built-in TV. All I need to do is bring my earbud headphones
and i'm good to go.

When i'm out jogging, I have a tiny mp3 players, which is loaded with alot
of the same songs I listed in 2004 and a bunch of more recent stuff (Lady
Gaga, Ke$sha, etc..high tempo songs).

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