the new NIN is great for cardio
so is !!! - "louden up now" and the new one "myth takes" i listen to a lot when i work out

sometimes if i'm needing to get out some hostility i'll play the distillers...

Anx said:

!!! is great for working out.

How do you compare Louden Up Now to Myth Takes?

Moonbeam said:

if i took my favorites from both, i'd have a damn fine album.

i like them pretty much 50/50. there's something a bit darker and deeper about "myth takes", but the energy is consistent with the last album.

Anx said:

They are both fantastic, but I like the new one better by a little bit. It is indeed deeper and darker.

I find it very invigorating to do speed walking to Prince actually...Human body
Sleep Around...When doves cry..Black Sweat... Lolita...Soft and Wet...Erotic City...Baby knows...Let's Work...Hot Thing...It...The Continental...U Got the Look...Controversy...Automatic...1999...

But for non Prince try
Maxwell At the Party...Xtina make me wanna pray...Robin Thicke Everything I can't have or When I get you Alone...MJ Wanna be startin something...JT Sexy back (I know don't kill me)...Bey Get me bodied

good luck

The entire disc 2 of George Michael's "Ladies And Gentlemen" set...

I like to listen to Marc Anthony while I do cardio. Salsa always keeps me moving

Ice Cube, Brand Nubian, Gang Starr, Ghostface, Public Enemy, Paris, Jay-Z, etc.

I have a big exercise playlist on my IPOD but I think the best songs are from Modonnas Confessions On A Dance Floor album.

basically if it's hard, up-tempo funk or melodic aggro/punk/electro-dance (ministry, NIN, etc.) i'm loving it at the gym.

Disk 2 of Prince Ultimate is the best for my workouts!


I also like the Millenium Hip Hop CD's i have from the late 80's early 90's

None! I watch tv instead.

FunkJam said:

i watch the TVs at my gym and read the closed captioning while i listen to the music on my headphones.

yesterday i was watching COPS while listening to spank rock. that was wrong.

Anx said:

Me too, otherwise I concentrate on the pain
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Ellie said:

My mom had this workout record when i was in high school. It was so damn funny
to see her stepping in place to stomp by the brothers johnson or can you feel it by the jacksons. It brings back warm memories of my youth.

ejnbmore said:

Have you tried prince's sexy dancer. That is probably one of his funkiest songs.
I like working out to the barkays, mass production, and slave. Unlike some people think, the mp3 player is good to motivate you while working out.

i have to go to the gym this morning and now *I* don't know what i wanna listen to.

Work... out?

What is this concept?

Anx said:

I should be at the gym, instead Im here

novabrkr said:

Great running stuff:

Slagsmålsklubben / Sponsored By Destiny (2007) [I get so pumped by this track. The groove is THROWED on this. Ahhh!]
The Attic / Remember Tomorrow (2007)
Justice / † (2007)
Codebreaker / Exiled! (2007)
Boys Noize / Personal Jesus
Darin / Break The News (2006)
SHITDISCO / 3D Sex Show (2007)
Muscles / Chocolate, Raspberry & Lime (2007)
Armand Van Helden / Ghettoblaster (2007)
Any remixes by SWITCH, pretty much
Groove Armada / Soundboy Rock (2007) [Thanks, AndreC]

etc.

I added a video link to that SMK track b/c it's DOPE.
[Edited 6/1/07 11:49am]

also if i get a new album that i haven't given a proper first listen, the gym is good for that. as boring as doing cardio can get, it's a perfect time for me to lose myself in music i've never heard before, even if it's not necessarily "pump you up" music...i just have to be enthused to hear it for the first time. i was like that with "volta" - SO not a gym album, but it was a great place to introduce it to my ears.

On my heavy/intense days its; System of a Down, Coheed and Cambria, Smiff n Wessun,THe Mars Volta, Bloc Party.

On days that involve stretching and calesthenics, its a lot more meditive; Alice Coltrane, Santana(early 70's Santana), Pharoah Sanders, Miles..

Usually uptempo electronica, Rokysopp, Underworld, Chemical Brothers, Basement Jaxx but lately I’ve been listening to a few tracks off of Ciara’s latest.
[Edited 5/31/07 12:02pm]

Nice mentions.....I like pretty much anything by The Prodigy too. Benny Benassi if you're on speed while working out. I only have a compilation of his stuff. Some Miami Bass songs are good for fast paced work outs too.

The one and only song that is essential when I get it on has remained for over 10 years....

MAXWELL - 'Til the Cops Come Knockin'


peace

Sometimes I'll just shuffle through my entire IPod & skip around until it feels right (I get bored w/ the same playlists over & over), but I do have 3 workout playlists: a general one (w/ fast & mid tempo stuff for when you want to take it easy), "better workout" & "best workout" (only the best fast stuff). Lots of Janet, Prince, some Goldfrapp, anything that gets me JUICED every time. I love when See Line Woman/Chauffeur/Sinnerman by Nina Simone come on, the latter especially - it's like 10 minutes long & has a fabulous build that keeps me going!