Workout Songs

[Melissa Anelli]

Getting motivated is hard enough, but when the workout playlist gets played, it can be impossible. Share your favorite song suggestions!

[Sarah Rice]

Flogging Molly always gets my blood pumping, and Expecto Patronum by Remus and the Lupins always makes me happy. As does My Dad is Rich by Draco and the Malfoys.

[Leah Smith]

Hah, my favorite's going to have to be "Eye of the Tiger". xD It's so ridiculously cheesy, but it keeps things fun. Also, all the fast songs from Daft Punk are super motivational, especially "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger".

[Nazrine]

The Time Warp, from Rocky Horror :D

You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC
I'll Make A Man Out Of You - Mulan :D
Stripper - Sohodolls
Attack - 30 Seconds to Mars
any song by Quietdrive
Pork & Beans - Weezer
anything by The Fratellis
Supermassive Black Hole - Muse

[Stephanie Orosz Talalai]

The FITNESS Magazine Top 100 Workout Songs of 2008

The Best Songs for Spinning
1. "Magic Touch" - Robin Thicke featuring Mary J. Blige
2. "Explode" - Uh Huh Her
3. "Closer" - Ne-Yo
4. "It's Not My Time" - 3 Doors Down
5. "4 Minutes" - Madonna featuring Justin Timberlake and Timbaland
6. "See You Again (Live)" - Miley Cyrus
7. "So What" - Pink
8. "Use Somebody" - Kings of Leon
9. "American Boy" - Estelle featuring Kanye West
10. "Green Light" - John Legend featuring Andre 3000
11. "In the Ayer" - Flo Rida featuring will.I.am
12. "Time to Pretend" - MGMT
13. "Spotlight" - Jennifer Hudson
14. "Put On" - Young Jeezy featuring Kanye West
15. "Dangerous" - Kardinal Offishall featuring Akon
16. "Addicted" - Saving Abel
17. "Baby (Rock Remix)" - LL Cool J featuring Richie Sambora
18. "Swagga Like Us" - Jay-Z & T.I. featuring Kanye West & Lil Wayne
19. "Trainwreck" - Demi Lovato
20. "La Femme Parallel" - Thievery Corporation featuring LouLou

The Best Songs for Running
21. "The Shock of the Lightning" - Oasis
22. "Forever" - Chris Brown
23. "My Apocalypse" - Metallica
24. "Damaged" - Danity Kane
25. "Boots of Chinese Plastic" - The Pretenders
26. "Womanizer" - Britney Spears
27. "Disturbia" - Rihanna
28. "I Don't Care" - Fall Out Boy
29. "The Right Life (Tiesto Remix)" - Seal
30. "Gettin' Up" - Q-Tip
31. "Shawty Get Loose" - Lil Mama featuring Chris Brown & T-Pain
32. "Psychosocial" - Slipknot
33. "Going Wrong" - Armin van Buuren with DJ Shah featuring Chris Jones
34. "Dreams" - Buckcherry
35. "About a Girl" - The Academy Is...
36. "A Milli" - Lil Wayne
37. "Universal Mind Control" - Common
38. "Feedback" - Janet Jackson
39. "I Kissed a Girl" - Katy Perry
40. "Something Is Not Right with Me" - Cold War Kids

The Best Songs for Walking
41. "Dreamin' of You" - Bob Dylan
42. "Come on Over" - Jessica Simpson
43. "Not Now But Soon" - Imogen Heap
44. "Lights Out" - Santogold
45. "Ooh Yeah" - Moby
46. "It's Amazing" - Jem
47. "Mercy" - Duffy
48. "Burnin' Up" - Jonas Brothers
49. "100 Yard Dash" - Raphael Saadiq
50. "Pocketful of Sunshine" - Natasha Bedingfield

51. "Crush" - David Archuleta
52. "Leavin'" - Jesse McCartney
53. "Sandcastle Disco" – Solange
54. "Shut Up and Let Me Go" - The Ting Tings
55. "Take You There" - Donnie Klang featuring P. Diddy
56. "We Break the Dawn" - Michelle Williams
57. "Keeps Gettin' Better" - Christina Aguilera
58. "Strange Overtones" - David Byrne & Brian Eno
59. "Love Is Noise" - The Verve
60. "Energy" - Keri Hilson

The Best Songs for Weight Training
61. "Viva La Vida" - Coldplay
62. "Touch My Body" - Mariah Carey
63. "Bleeding Love" - Leona Lewis
64. "Human" - The Killers
65. "U Want Me 2" - Sarah McLachlan
66. "Slipped Dissolved and Loosed" - Lambchop
67. "Chemtrails" - Beck
68. "Special Place" - Rootz Underground
69. "Girls Around the World" - Lloyd featuring Lil Wayne
70. "Let's Love" - Matthew Sweet
71. "Right Hand on My Heart" - The Whigs
72. "Not That Big" - Temposhark featuring Imogen Heap
73. "Without You" - Shawn Hlookoff
74. "One for the Cutters" - The Hold Steady
75. "Believe" - Staind
76. "Click Click Click" - New Kids on the Block
77. "Don't Think I Don't Think About It" - Darius Rucker
78. "Waterfall" - James
79. "Great Day" - Lindsey Buckingham
80. "Ghost Under Rocks" - Ra Ra Riot

The Best Songs for Yoga
81. "Reckoner" - Radiohead
82. "River (Live Version)" - Sara Bareilles
83. "Light On" - David Cook
84. "Chasing Pavements" - Adele
85. "Live Like You're Dying" - Lenka
86. "Kissing" - Bliss
87. "Free Fallin' (Live)" - John Mayer
88. "A&E" - Goldfrapp
89. "I'm Yours" - Jason Mraz
90. "Love Remains the Same" - Gavin Rossdale
91. "Temporary Lighthouses" - Morley
92. "Ishq-Love and the Veil" - Niyaz
93. "Azul" - Natalia Clavier
94. "Remember November" - Juliana Hatfield
95. "Love Story" - Taylor Swift
96. "Fall for You" - Secondhand Serenade
97. "Need U Bad" - Jazmine Sullivan
98. "Do You Believe Me Now" - Jimmy Wayne
98. "Jai Bhavani" - Cheb i Sabbah
99. "Saracen (Eye of Horus Vocal Mix)" - Jef Stott
100. "If I Were a Boy" - Beyonce

[Ava]

I think Rocky Horror Picture Show soundtrack is really good for a 20 minute running/jogging workout and then another 10-20 minutes of weights or core. Just the way the music progresses is a pace to warm up and then run. The only problem is you might start doing the time warp or singing "Sweet Transvestite" (I'm guilty of that about every day I work out!)

[Julie]

If anyone wants a filk I just finished recording on my new iMac, just message me with contact info and I'll send it over :)

[Kaylin]

Courteni said:

Ministry of Magic [period]

I Love Ministry of Magic!

[IndigoMisfit]

I like listening to Ministry of Magic. They have the PERFECT beats for cardio workouts.

[ruthie]

What helps me the very most is PodRunner -- subscribe to it on iTunes. They produce an hour of high energy workout music every week. Each week it varies by beats per minute, so you can pick the speed of the rhythm that you are comfortable with. I jog on a treadmill, and I like about 160 bpm. If you are into walking, you may like something slower. You decide. The music is fun and very invigorating. It keeps me motivated.

It works well for me -- maybe it will for you too.

[Alli]

Ooh I love your list stede. I have at least 4 Bloc Party songs on my huge list of workout songs. The Wombats are great for anyone looking for a group that doesn't take themselves too seriously. They're very catchy and lot of fun. As for the Foals, I workout to "Hummer" quite a bit.

I also like to listen to things that are pretty loud and aggressive when I do free weights. "New Noise" by Refused comes to mind.

Stede said:

This is a playlist I built for someone else who wanted some workout music. I poked through stuff I liked that they would mostly have not heard that had a reasonable range of fast tempos. I'm pretty sure the order below is the order I selected them, so nothing special about it. Runs 90+ minutes...

I'm Gonna be (500 Miles),The Proclaimers
Just Can't Get Enough,Depeche Mode
Blue Monday,New Order
Tainted Love,Soft Cell
Banquet,Bloc Party
My Mathematical Mind,Spoon
The Mariner's Revenge Song,The Decemberists
Take, Take, Take,The White Stripes
Life Less Ordinary,Carbon Leaf
Orange Crush,R.E.M.
Revolution,The Beatles
A-Punk,Vampire Weekend
Moving to New York,The Wombats
Machinehead,Bush
Alcohol,Barenaked Ladies
Tonight I Have to Leave It,Shout Out Louds
Breathe,Prodigy
Build Your Cages,Pulse Ultra
When You Were Young,The Killers
09 Michael,Franz Ferdinand
Enemies Like This,Radio 4
Big Big Love (Fig. 2),Foals
Old Enough,The Raconteurs

And they are all right here if you're interested.

Some of the files are lossless (since I'm an audio geek) and you can convert them in iTunes to other formats (mp3) or compress them smaller if that's your thing, or if you need compatibility with something that's not an iPod.

[Lindsay R.]

Here's my addition to the madness. lol

1. Cyclone- Baby Bash
2. Honkytonk Badonkadonk- Trace Adkins
3. Dancing queen- ABBA
4. Heart Drive- Bobby Edner & Alexa Vega
5. Truly Madly Deeply- Cascada
6. Everytime we touch- Cascada
7. Endless Summer- Cascada
8. Footloose- Kenny Loggins
9. Game Over- Alexa Vega
10. Into the Night- Santana feat Chad Kroeger
11. Walking on Sunshine- Aly & Aj
12. Pon de Replay- Rhianna
13. Please dont stop the music- Rhianna
14. Dance Dance- Fall out boy
15. Johnny Cash- Jason Aldeen
16. Goodnight and Goodbye- Jonas Brothers
17. Manic- michael sembello
18. Dip it Low- Christina Milian
19. Baby it you- JoJo
20. Smooth- Santana
21. Game of love- Santana feat Michelle Branch

Thats all that I have for now. Thanks for reading!

[Keeks]

Workout songs
Beautiful Lair - freemans remix
Dancing Queen - ABBA
Halo - Pussycat Dolls
Addictive - Truth Hurts
Sexy Girl - Trina
Sextback - Justin Timberlake
Sex is on fire - KOL
Supermassive Black Hole - Muse
Decode - Paramode
Thats not my name - Dizzee Rascal
Laffy Taffy - D4L
Usher - Yeah
Heavy Weight Champian of the World - Reverand and the Makers
PATT - Sharam
Paris to Berlin
Ministry of Magic
Classic 90s - Snap, KLF, etc
Anything by Missy Elliot - total genius