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Mar 24, 2010

Workout Music

Working out with music (preferably loud) can improve your workout in so many ways, both mentally and physically. On the physical side music with a high BPM (beats per minute) can actually increase your heart rate and put you into a rhythm. This is ideal for high intensity cardio. It also pumps you up and excites you, which can potentially allow you to lift more. That added mental focus and intensity is incredibly valuable. I LOVE IT! With music my workouts are infinitely better and there are noticeable differences in the amount I can lift and the intensity at which I do cardio. Mentally, music isolates you from the rest of the world (or gym in this case) and helps get your mind off of any self-consciousness you may have. It focuses you on you and your workout, and only you and your workout. 

You shouldn't be worrying about how fat you think you are, how much the guy next to you is benching, or what skimpy, spandex outfit that hot girl (or whatever girls think is hot on a guy) is wearing...your mind should be concentrated solely on what YOU are doing. You're in the gym to improve your own well-being...so worry about improving yourself while you're there. Focusing on anything other than your own workout will only be a distraction and result in less than desired performance. 

Here are some of my favorite workout songs, I personally prefer hip-hop/rap and anything else with a high BPM. I'm not a huge fan of listening to heavy metal music, but I know a lot of people swear by it:

 Cardio/Abs (* are also on my workout playlist):
  • *Akon - I'm So Paid, Beautiful (ft. Kardinal Offishal), Wake It Up (ft. E-40)
  • All-American Rejects - I Wanna
  • *Birdman - Southside (ft. Lil Wayne), 100 Million (ft. Lil Wayne)
  • Black Eyed Peas - *Boom Boom Pow, Don't Phunk With My Heart, I Gotta Feeling, Electric City, *Pump It
  • Blink 182 - First Date
  • Brokencycle - Freaxxx
  • Carolina Liar - Show Me What I'm Looking For
  • *Daddy Yankee - Gasolina (Remix)
  • Daft Punk - One More Time
  • *David Guetta - Memories (ft. Kid Cudi)
  • *David Rush - Shooting Star
  • *DJ Class - I'm The Shit (Remix)
  • DJ Earworm - United States of Pop 2009
  • *DJ Khaled - Out Here Grindin', Fed Up, We Takin' Over, All I Do Is Win, Go Hard
  • *Drake, Kanye, Lil Wayne, Eminem - Forever
  • *Eminem - Run Rabbit Run, Till I Collapse
  • *Eve - Give It to You (ft. Sean Paul), Tambourine (ft. Swizz Beats)
  • Fergie - Fergalicious
  • *Foo Fighters - Best of You
  • Iyaz - Replay, Solo
  • Jack's Mannequin - Dark Blue, The Mixed Tape
  • Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
  • Jason Derulo - Ridin' Solo, In My Head
  • *Jay-Z - Empire State of Mind, Run This Town, A Billi (ft. Lil Wayne)
  • Kanye - *The New Workout Plan, Love Lockdown (Remix ft. LMFAO), *Stronger (Workout Remix)
  • Ke$ha - Tik Tok
  • Keane - Snowed Under
  • *Keri Hilson - Knock You Down (ft. Kanye West)
  • Kid Cudi - Cudi Zone, Pursuit of Happiness (Steve Aoki Remix feat. MGMT & Ratatat)
  • Lifehouse - First Time, Halfway Gone, Disarray
  • *Lil Wayne - KnockOut (ft. Nicki Minaj), Got Money (ft. T-Pain)
  • *LMFAO - Shots (ft. Lil Jon)
  • *Ludacris - How Low
  • Lupe Fiasco - Go Go Gadget Flow
  • M.I.A - Paper Planes
  • *Maino - All The Above, Soldier
  • *Matchbox Twenty - How Far We've Come
  • Matt & Kim - Daylight (Troublemakers Remix ft. De La Soul)
  • *Miley Cyrus - Party in the USA (yep)
  • MGMT - Kids
  • Moby - Raining Again
  • Mr. Hudson - Supernova (Ft. Kanye West)
  • *My Chemical Romance - Dead!
  • *Nelly - Heart of a Champion
  • O.A.R. - This Town, Shattered
  • Outkast - Roses, Hey Ya, Bombs Over Baghdad
  • Owl City - On The Wing, Fireflies, Hot Air Balloon
  • *Pitbull - Shut it Down, Hotel Room Service, I Know You Want Me, Krazy, The Anthem 
  • Priscilla Renee - Dollhouse
  • *Saul Williams - List of Demands (Reparations)
  • Sean Kingston - War (ft. Lil Wayne), Face Drop
  • Sean Paul - Temperature, So Fine
  • Silverchair - Straight Lines
  • Sum 41 - Fat Lip, In Too Deep
  • *T-Pain - Church
  • *T.I. - Hell of a Life, No Matter What, Live Your Life, Remember Me
  • Taio Cruz - Break Your Heart (Remix ft. Ludacris)
  • *Three Six Mafia - Shake My, Stay Fly, Feel It
  • *Tyga - Coconut Juice, Diamond Life
  • Wale - Chillin', World Tour
  • *Young Jeezy - Go Getta
Workout (add songs with * from cardio list)
  • Baby Bash - Outta Control
  • Bone Crusher - Never Scared
  • Buckcherry - Crazy Bitch
  • Busta Rhymes - Break Ya Neck, Arab Money (ft. Ron Brownz)
  • Crazytown - Butterfly
  • David Banner - K.O.
  • DMX - Up in Here
  • Drowning Pool - Bodies
  • Eminem - Lose Yourself
  • Fabolous - It's My Time
  • Fat Joe - Aloha (ft. Pleasure P)
  • Flo Rida - Jump, Right Round
  • Foo Fighters - DOA, The Pretender
  • Fort Minor - Remember The Name
  • Ja Rule - Uh Ohhhh (ft. Lil Wayne)
  • Jackie Chain - Rollin' (Remix ft. Kid Cudi)
  • Jay-Z - Public Service Announcement, On to the Next One, Jockin' Jay-Z
  • Jay Sean - Do You Remember
  • Joe Budden - Pump it Up
  • Juvenile - We Be Getting Money
  • Kanye West - Can't Tell Me Nothing, Jesus Walks
  • Kevin Cossom - I Get Paper
  • Kevin Rudolph - Welcome to the World, Let it Rock (ft. Lil Wayne)
  • KRS-One & Buckshot - Robot
  • Lil Wayne - Fireman, Drop the World (ft. Eminem)
  • Linkin Park - Papercut, One Step Closer, Crawling, Given Up, Faint, Numb
  • Ludacris - Call Up the Homies, Wish You Would, Get Back
  • Maino - Million Bucks, Floating
  • MOP - Ante Up (Remix ft. Busta Rhymes)
  • NaS - Hero
  • Nickelback - Animals, Next Go Round
  • Notorious BIG - Spit Your Game
  • Papa Roach - Last Resort, Time is Running Out, Forever, Scars, Getting Away With Murder
  • Plies - Becky, Plenty Money
  • Rihanna - Hard (ft. Jeezy)
  • Roscoe Dash - All the Way Turnt Up
  • Savage - Swing
  • Sean Kingston - Fire Burning
  • Shark City Click - Head Bust
  • Shawty Lo - Foolish
  • Snoop Dogg - Pronto (ft. Soulja Boy)
  • Soulja Boy - Turn My Swag On
  • Swazy Baby - Half of it
  • Swizz Beats - It's Me Bitches
  • T.I. - Bring Em' Out, Big Shit Poppin'
  • Tech N9ne - Strange Music Box, Caribou Lou
  • Trapt - Headstrong
  • Trey Songz - Say Aah
  • Trick Daddy - Let's Go (ft. Lil Jon)
  • Triple C's - Go (ft. Rick Ross and Birdman)
  • Usher - Yeah
  • Wyclef Jean - Warrior's Anthem
  • Young Jeezy - Crazy World
  • Young Money - BedRock
  • 50 Cent - Get Up, Ayo Technology
If anyone has any good workout songs that I haven't listed please post any and all of them, I'm always looking to add new stuff to my playlists.

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