I thought I’d put together an awesome workout playlist for you as an early kick-start to your New Year’s fitness resolution solution as part of my new article series, Top Trainer Tips. Nothing makes your energy soar more when you are working out, than listening to a hot music playlist. That’s why I have gotten together with some of my hottest, LA group exercise friends such as Keith Irace, SoCal Group Manager and Stephanie Vitorino, Woodland Hills Group Manager of Equinox, to create the perfect Top 10 Hottest Workout Playlist for you. This Top 10 Playlist should get you through a complete workout. Lace up your Nike’s, grab a bottle of water (using a recyclable container), your iPod or MP3, and get moving!
Top 10 Hottest Music Workout Playlist
1. Clocks by Coldplay time: 5:07
2. Little Bit of Feel Good by Jamie Lidell time: 4:02
3. Misery Business by Paramore time: 3:31
4. Mercy (remix feat The Game) by Duffy time: 3:29
5. Honky Tonk Woman by The Rolling Stones time: 2:59
6. Push It by Salt-n-Pepa time: 4:16
7. Shake It by Metro Station time: 2:59
8. P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) by Michael Jackson time: 3:58
9. It’s a New Day by Will.I.Am time: 3:40
10. Everybody’s a Star by Robin Thicke time: 2:55
11. Cool Down—(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman by Aretha Franklin time: 2:48
One of the most important elements to a great workout tune is tempo or beats per minute (bpm). The bpm should be between 120 and 140 bpm, which roughly corresponds to the average person’s heart rate during a workout routine. For example a beginner walker’s bpm should be between 110 to 114 bpm, intermediate below 120, and advanced walker/jogger up to 150 bpm.
If you want to be guaranteed a consistent beat, I love downloading pre-mixed Digital Fitness Music album compiled by the fitness pros at www.Dynamix Music.com or www.iSweat Music.com. Both offer hundreds of Digital Fitness Music Albums available in 30, 45 or 60 minute workouts. Each music album offers a variety of music styles including dance, disco, country, rock, with well-known popular songs, in various speeds for different fitness levels. The music plays non-stop on your iPod or MP3. Each album is pre-programmed to keep you on pace to achieve your cardio or strength workout goals. (Yes, this means no cheating since the music speed keeps you going!)
Linda LaRue, RN MEd., ATC
Creator, Crunchless Abs
Couldn't find the exact version of all the songs(It's a new Day & the Robin Thicke song) so I tried to put something close in, same song different artist or same artist similar bpm song. Enjoy!
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Tom
This is so cool how you put this in here. What a great song!
Mallika
This is amazing — what a fabulous collaboration Linda and Tom! Thank you Linda for this fantastic post, which I will refer to when next downloading music, and Tom, for adding the sound effects!
Hey Tom-I luv, luv, luv the audio! Dude, you rock! I plan on having a monthly Top 10 Playlist. Can you make this happen each month?
Merci, gracias, and thanks,
Linda
http://www.LindaLaRue.com
I have superpowers when it comes to embedding in comments, but you can easily embed the player in your blog post. A really close friend of mine works for Grooveshark and I have plans to work on a module that will make it really simple to add playlists like this on our site. In the meantime you can use their widgets (http://widgets.grooveshark.com) and embed the code right in your blog entry. Just use the "Source" button in the upper right hand corner of the editor to paste in the code, then "Source" again to switch back. It won't look correct in the edit window but will show up correctly when you submit.
This is the crazy-coolest thing I have heard/seen! Linda and Tom-what a collaboration! I will be looking for more!!
Aretha Franklin – Lady Soul, her way, totally given to vocal art, formed the highest standard for soul music, which approached a handful of artists. In his hypothetical profiles that she could list the many accomplishments: print millions of albums, including Soul Sister – The Classic Aretha Franklin , 20 number one hits in the chart rhythm 'n blues.
Really you list of top 10 songs during a workout are really cool and as against any other MP3 player I would select an iPod for my music. Not because its hip and trendy but genuinely the iPod is the best music player gadget that you can have there are so many to choose from the iPod classic and the shuffle. Just a few like Bose music system and Sony can match up to the sound quality.
Ted,
iPod repairs