Being such a music lover, most days the single most motivating factor to get my ass in gear to workout is the promise of blasting some booty-shaking music while I move. Not the fact that if I don't workout I'll look like an idiot during my race, not the truth that I need to get on it because I haven't ran/swam/biked for x amount of days - nah, none of that. It's really all about the music. And, alas the swimming! No music there yet, but maybe that's okay - the one sport of silence. Or something.
Anyway, here's one soundtrack that I keep coming back to - apparently I like poppy house music and breakbeats when I'm in the saddle. I realize that it's not that inspired, but honestly I don't care because these tunes work for me! And if I can sing along with them then so much the better.
Cycling - I generally start with a 10 minute spin to warm up, then 30-120 minutes more, 5-10 minute cool down. I like the songs for cycling with driving, intense beats, not really something you'd dance to (until the end) - mostly like a soundtrack for kicking ass.
1. Work With What You Got - Socalled - (3:00)
2. Do Your Thing - Basement Jaxx - (4:23)
3. Lose Control - Missy Elliot (3:47) - DONE WARMING UP
4. Can't Stop Me (club mix no rap) - Afrojack & Shermanology (6:21)
5. Never Gonna Come Back Down - BT (3:48)
6. Wild Ones - Flo Rida + Sia (3:45)
7. Titanium - David Guetta + Sia (4:05)
8. Battle Flag - Lo Fidelity Allstars + Pigeonhead (5:39)
9. Block Rockin' Beats - Chemical Brothers (5:15)
10. For What You Dream Of - Bedrock (6:28)
11. Busy Child - The Crystal Method (7:35)
12. Climbatize - The Prodigy (6:37) (this song is so great for when you're tired and think there's nothing left)
13. Keep Hope Alive - The Crystal Method (6:13) (this one, too, feel like a badass)
14. U Write the Rules (Solarstone remix) - Young Parisians (5:13)
15. Shake Senora - Pitbull, T-Pain, etc.. (3:35)
16. Bon Bon - Pitbull (3:36)
17. Superstar - Lupe Fiasco (4:51) - COOLDOWN
TOTAL time: 1 hour, 24 minutes
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