[MLHSN]

What's everyone listening to while they run/workout? My mix is putting me to sleep. I need some recommendations for individual songs to download. They will mostly be for running. Extra points if they are around 170 BPM. Recommendations? Thanks!

[hikerman]

I have this on my iPhone. Not sure about other platforms. Set your own bpm or just "move"... Free ver: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/trailmix-run-with-music/id647651691 Paid ver: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/trailmix-pro-run-with-music/id479650960

[Schenk]

Usually I hear a lot of huffing and puffing. For some reason, music messes up my rhythm and makes it difficult to get into the "zone" Most of my "work outs" occur outdoors so it works out well as I like to be in touch with the surroundings too.

[wildernessed]

Endorphins and music.

[tigermn]

[MtnGoat]

About the only place I use entertainment is at the gym where the boredom and pain factor is not offset by the joys of an outdoor environment, like great views and trees going by, (or a downpour). My gym pipes in an OK pop/club combo, which works out OK for lifting even if it's not exactly my favorite at home. On the stair climber I need more distraction than music can provide, I prop my Iphone on the console and watch shows on youtube. I find the mental involvement of following the story trumps pain better than music. I used to watch lectures, but then I found that light TV worked better. I worked my way through most of Bonanza (being a girlfriend of any Cartwright is lethal, the equivalent of a western redshirt), much of 'One Step Beyond', a Twilight Zone/Outer Limits precursor, and now I'm mining Perry Mason's mother lode of a zillion episodes.

[Opus]

KEXP has a few 1-2 hour long running music podcasts you can download from their site. I think you can get them through iTunes too. Nice mix of upbeat stuff without the usual noisy rock music gyms always seem to play. KEXP Runner Powered Podcast volume 1 Runner Powered Podcast volume 2

[Dante]

I usually don't listen to tunes while working out, UNLESS I'm lifting weights. Angry metal like Metallica consistently helps me lift more.

[MLHSN]

Thanks for the input everyone. They sound like good options I'll have to look into in a few months when I get a smartphone. For now, I'm relegated to the dated MP3 player. Although, it sure beats the cd's skipping and rewinding cassettes though!

[hikerman]

tigermn wrote:

[JPH]

The entire Beastie Boys catalogue on shuffle.

[moonspots]

[touron]

Individual songs? The Heart of Rock and Roll, Huey Lewis What better song for exercise than one that starts with a heartbeat DC, San Antone and the Liberty Town, Boston and Baton Rouge Tulsa, Austin, Oklahoma City, Seattle, San Francisco, too

[Voxxjin]

For just working out in a gym I am fine with anything that is not a slow song. If I were running I tend to like music by Metallica, Judas Priest, Alice Cooper, Within Temptation, Amaranthe, ... a hard driving pounding type music. My wife tends to run to slow songs. I don't get how.

[ree]