Work It! (Summer Workout Tunes)

Welp! Tonight I decided to do my playlist change out! I like to keep things pretty fresh at the gym so I change my list up every now and again. I also use my iPod some nights and then my android when it is fully charged ;) This helps me to not get bored. Tonight, while searching for some new tunes I realized how finicky I am about workout tunes! I love all kinds of music, but I'm just a brat when it comes to running songs! It has to be just right in order for it to go on that particular playlist. I find that there isn't a ton of variety in my workout repertoire...

I haven't perfected my new list yet but I figured that I'd throw a rough sketch of my OLD playlist on here. =] I know that at one point (quite awhile ago) I had posted some workout songs... but my workouts have really changed so I'm guessing the music has too... here goes!

Warm-up

"A Little Bit Stronger" by Sara Evans which I retired about a month ago. I used to start every workout with this song religiously.. not now though. This one has went to the "donate" box. lol)
"Hey, Soul Sister" by Train.. I LOVE TRAIN!!!
"You Left the Water Running" by Otis Redding

(Strength Training songs listed later in this post... Usually I do some ST here. Then I start my actual workout)

Workout

"F*ck You" by Cee lo Green (You, and her too!)
"Running from You" by Saving Abel
"Rude Boy" by Rhianna (this really gets me going!)
"Down With the Sickness" by Disturbed
"Lose Yourself" by Slim Shad... okay, Eminem ;)
"Whatever" by Godsmack

Here are some of my strength training songs...

"Take the Money and Run" by the Steve Miller Band (woo hoo!)
"Magic Carpet Ride" by Steppenwolf
"Stuck Like Glue" by Sugarland... Jump Rope Song!!! =] If you know the song, you can see why! haha
"Fighter" by Christina = my favorite Abs/Arms song! Especially when I'm boxing or using the speedbag!
"This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race" by Fall Out Boy... Abs/Arms
"Love Me Like the World is Ending" by Ben Lee (more often used during stretching)
"Kiss With a Fist" by Florence + The Machine (Legs)
"Map of Tasmania" = my favorite Legs song... who knows why!
"Unbelievable" by EMF... I like to kick it old school sometimes

Back to the Elliptical after some more strength training... here is where I really work out!

"The Climb" by Miley Cryus... I don't care what the haters say, I love this song, so =p
"I Want Somthing that I Want" by Grace Potter
"Shake It" by the Metro Station
"The Way You Do Me" by Jo Jo (Yeahhh... I love her!)
"Lollipop" by Mika
"Move that Body" Man, I love Nelly!! One of my favorite rappers!
"Can't Be Tamed" by Miley Cyrus
"S & M" by Rhianna
"Bad Girlfriend" which is a song from an old mp3 player by Theory of a Deadman
"The Way I Are" by Timbaland Ft Keri Hilson

My ULTIMATE work out song used to be "Woo Hoo" by Christina Aguilera ft Nicki Minaj... However, it is now "Til I Collapse" by Eminem. I could probably be on my death bed and pop back up should someone play this one! The best song for all sorts of motivation! http://youtu.be/jnslrTTXQSA This one isn't being recycled quite yet.


I'm a big fan of Cross Training on the Elliptical so these are the songs I throw in when I'm going "backwards" and pushing up the resistance. I always mix these in during the elliptical but since is an interval training, I figured it would be easier just to list them as a set. =]

"Stop" by Against Me!
"In the Dark" by Jo Jo
"Back that Thing Up" which is a hilarious song by Justin Moore... I can't help but move my butt to it! =]
"Sexyback" by Justin Timberlake... Dirty Babe!! Okay, I'm sorry but that song is still fly. Yeah!
"Big Girl" (You Are Beautiful) by Mika... song makes me feel like a traitor to my team. lol
"Bad Romance" by Lady GaGa
"Walk" by Pantera
"Pussy Control" by Prince (and, no, I don't go straight from Pantera to Prince!)
"Bullet with Butterfly" by Smashing Pumpkins
"All I Want to Do" by Sugarland
"Rock Your Body" by Mr. Timberlake

Cool Down- I really struggle with the cool down because I'm terrible at keeping a slow pace. I'm one of those people who feels like they must go all out the entire time they're at the gym! I'm learning to let the songs set the pace though. (Sometimes it works)

"Sex on Fire" by Kings of Leon is one of my favorite songs. It is so smooth.
"I Alone" by Live which I find is a great cool down song because it is a great transition from sprint to jog
"I'm the Only One" by Melissa Etheridge (I might sashay a bit to this one.. but who can help it?!)
"Knee Deep" by Zac Brown Band... who was amazing in concert ;)
"Happy Song" by Otis Redding helps me keep the smile through the post-workout stretching.

There you have it! Now we know why it will take me forever to create a new list! I can't stand being bored though... and sometimes I'm just not in the mood for a song so I will skip it! Now that I spend hours at the gym at a time, I'm finding I could really use more tunes! Sometimes I have to repeat songs, and where is the fun in that?! Okay, It's off to bed for me!

I left the really naughty songs out of this post.. this is my best attempt of censorship. =]