Cardio much?

[SarahMB]

Music with a good beat can make an hour of working out fly by. I'm always looking for new music to add to my mp3 player!
Here's what my list looks like right now:

Kelis- Milkshake (Shamelezz Remix)
Sisqo- The Thong Song
They Might Be Giants- Older
Sarah Connor- Bounce
Black Eyed Peas- Hey Mama and My Humps
Front 242- O Fortuna
Justin Timberlake- Sexyback
Gwen Stefani- Hollaback Girl
Prince- Let's Go Crazy and *&^%^ Control
Shriekback- Nemesis
KMFDM- Juke Joint Jezebel
NIN- Burn
Sisters of Mercy- Temple of Love and This Corrosion
Madonna- Ray of Light and Like a Prayer Techno remix
Maroon 5- Harder to Breathe
Usher- Yeah
Couple of LOA songs I can't put here :eek:

For cooldown:
Seal- This Could be Heaven and Kiss From a Rose
Urge Overkill- Girl, You'll be a Woman Soon
Maria McKee- If Love is a Red Dress
Royksopp- Remind Me

So what's on your workout list? Or what do you like that you think would make good cardio music?

[Vomitore]

The Black Dahlia Muder - Closed Casket Requiem
Vomitory - 9mm Salvation
Cannibal Corpse - The Time To Kill Is Now!
Cannibal Corpse - Staring Thru The Eyes Of The Dead
Cryptopsy - Crown Of Horns
Suffocation - Demise Of The Clone
The Black Dahlia Muder - Miscarriage
Dismember - Questionable Ethics
3 Inches Of Blood - Deadly Sinners
Cannibal Corpse - The Spine Splitter

There ya go ... just 10 out of many ... Hehe this'll get your heart pumpin

[AzureN1ght]

I know it's going to sound really lame, but I don't usually listen to music during workouts, or ever... Occasionally I get the urge to listen to music, but not normally.

I listen to audio books most of the time, whether I'm driving in my car, walking to class or spending an hour on the elliptical. Right now I'm listening to "Song of Susannah" -- a Stephen King book in the "Dark Tower" series.

When I'm taking a cardio class, on the other hand--I like that there's music to get my blood pumping. But any semi-mindless activity during which my mind would usually wander (driving, walking to class, using machines at the gym...), I like listening to audio books.

[JLC]

When I'm taking a cardio class, on the other hand--I like that there's music to get my blood pumping. But any semi-mindless activity during which my mind would usually wander (driving, walking to class, using machines at the gym...), I like listening to audio books.

That's me, too. I'm always listening to talk radio or audio books if I can. Music is great somewhere in the background, but only if my mind is otherwise occupied. My problem is that I can't stand the earbuds from MP3 players...or really any headphones at all. Having sound pumped directly into my ears from point-blank range (no matter what the volume setting) is a huge annoyance for me. A phone is ok because one ear is still "free"...but I've yet to find a set of headphones that sits comfortably on my ear without falling off with every shift or movement. Which makes working out anyplace but my own living room (where I can listen to radio or play CD's) dreadfully boring.

[SarahMB]

Whoo, Vomitore, are those all speed metal songs? I think I might run so fast my heart would burst! lol

Kim, I don't think that's lame, my husband does the same thing. And *nothing* will make a road trip more enjoyable than audio books!

[AzureN1ght]

That's me, too. I'm always listening to talk radio or audio books if I can. Music is great somewhere in the background, but only if my mind is otherwise occupied. My problem is that I can't stand the earbuds from MP3 players...or really any headphones at all. Having sound pumped directly into my ears from point-blank range (no matter what the volume setting) is a huge annoyance for me. A phone is ok because one ear is still "free"...but I've yet to find a set of headphones that sits comfortably on my ear without falling off with every shift or movement. Which makes working out anyplace but my own living room (where I can listen to radio or play CD's) dreadfully boring.

Do wearing ear plugs bother you, too? The head phones that sit on my ears I find really uncomfortable, and the ear buds never seemed to fit right, and I'd have to turn the volume up WAY too loud to block outside noise.

I did find Shure headphones, as they were suggested to me by my boyfriend. They're pricey (at $99 for the cheapest pair), but I love them to death. They come with three different "sleeves", in small, medium and large (the sleeves are hard plastic, soft plastic and foam).

These headphones sit -inside- your ear canal and act as ear plugs--isolating the sounds from the headphones and blocking out a lot of the background noise going on. The plastic sleeves bothered my ears, but the foam ones are SO comfortable--and they don't fall out of my ears. And I can listen to my audio books with a LOT less volume, because the headphones act like ear plugs and blot out the outside interference.

[JLC]

Do wearing ear plugs bother you, too? The head phones that sit on my ears I find really uncomfortable, and the ear buds never seemed to fit right, and I'd have to turn the volume up WAY too loud to block outside noise.

Yeah....anything stuck in my ears bugs me like crazy. Just reading your description of the ones you like makes me shudder. LOL I wouldn't mind giving them a try...but at that price, that'd be quite a gamble.

[AzureN1ght]

Yeah....anything stuck in my ears bugs me like crazy. Just reading your description of the ones you like makes me shudder. LOL I wouldn't mind giving them a try...but at that price, that'd be quite a gamble.

I totally agree that it'd be a gamble. It was a gamble that worked out for me Until, of course, I ran over the cord on the rowing machine and it ate through the rubber covering to the wires... I've covered it with electrical tape, and so far, so good. $100 head phones ruined at the gym less than a year after buying them would be sad.

[Vomitore]

Whoo, Vomitore, are those all speed metal songs? I think I might run so fast my heart would burst! lol

Kim, I don't think that's lame, my husband does the same thing. And *nothing* will make a road trip more enjoyable than audio books!

Trust me, when I put on Slayer's "Reign In Blood" album it's a 29 minute album that from start to finish will have you racing like a madman. I used to bike at full speed all the time to that album. My legs are incredibly strong, but when I biked all the time, I'd have body builder guys tell me "Man, I wish I had your calves!"

[tigerlily]

How about Take on Me by A-ha or Crawling by Linkin Park? Those two songs just popped in my head for some reason. (my head is a scary place)