Are there some songs that seem to be the right energy level to inspire your workouts?

Post yours here! Maybe there is one that you listened to SO MUCH that you got sick of hearing it, but it kept you focused through many past workouts.



I especially appreciate this song for it's zero-swing drum machine that marches like a drill sargeant. I also have the associated visual of Jennifer Beals in spandex to remind me I am exercising.

A few years ago I really enjoyed Dead Prez rapper SticMan´s The Workout album. Really nice and inspiring, motivating album but I listened to it a bit too often and got tired of it.

These days I listen to a lot of house music, especially Deep Vocal House and House mixes by Black Coffee from South Africa.....really good grooves to get you going.

I also like a lot of Curtis Mayfield´s uptempo songs while jogging or working out, and instrumentals by J.Dilla.

And of course some really old school HipHop, the kind of rap I grew up with, really banging 808 beats and electro shit, hard hitting beats.

But it´s mostly Deep Vocal House during my workouts these days.

KoolEaze said:

And of course some really old school HipHop, the kind of rap I grew up with, really banging 808 beats and electro shit, hard hitting beats.

Oh yeah, I finally found a use for Luke's catalog!

Run-DMC ~ 30 Days

Whitney Houston ~ So Emotional {Extended Remix}

Mötley Crüe ~ Kickstart My Heart

Charlie Daniels Band ~ Devil Goes Down To Georgia

K7 ~ Come Baby Come

The Police ~ Canary In A Coalmine

Gerardo ~ Christina

The Jacksons ~ Walk Right Now

2 Unlimited ~ The Real Thing {Extended}

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious 5 ~ Scorpio

EWF & The Emotions ~ Boogie Wonderland

Kris Kross ~ Warm It Up

Samantha Fox ~ I Wanna Have Some Fun {remix}

Duran Duran ~ I Don't Want Your Love {Big Mix}

Betty Boo ~ Jet Sex {12" Version}

The Monkees ~ Goin' Down

Jaya ~ If You Leave Me Now

Jamiroquai ~ Canned Heat

George Michael ~ Fantasy

Cameo ~ Shake Your Pants

Kraftwerk ~ The Telephone Call

BB King ~ Bad Case Of Love {1998 version}

Madonna ~ Thief Of Hearts

Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam ~ I Promise You

Anything that sounds like this

And a few arabic club bangers.

Lesley Gore - It's My Party

Martha and the Vandellas - Dancing in the Street

Sylvester - You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)

Patrick Hernandez - Born To Be Alive

The Trammps - Disco Inferno

KC and the Sunshine Band - Give It Up

Irene Cara - Flashdance (What a Feeling)

Michael Sembello - Maniac

Laura Branigan - Gloria

Donna Summer - She Works Hard For The Money

Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive

cool down:

Alicia Bridges - I Love The Nightlife

Diana Ross - Ain't No Mountain High Enough

Gloria Gaynor - I Am What I Am

[Edited 12/13/15 7:33am]

Great posts! Hudson, I would especially get sweating to any of those tracks.

I put this on mid-workout when doing weight training..

No excuses out or in
Play like a motherfuckin champion
When I do this lose or win
Play like a motherfucking champion

[Edited 12/14/15 15:10pm]

These are seriously perfect. We could probably find more inspiring songs if we just try to recall movies where the characters were athletes training for something. "A League Of Their Own"? lol

This song has made it's way onto an workout playlist I have ever attempted to build

I see this wasn't revived after NEW YEARS

No one is refocusing their efforts on exercise? Let this thread bomb :evilol:

Cinny said:

I see this wasn't revived after NEW YEARS

No one is refocusing their efforts on exercise? Let this thread bomb :evilol:

Lord knows I need to but this is actually my first week mobile again. Over the holidays my back took a vacation. I didn't even cook.

So this week it's back to square one with light exercise and my funk workout playlist.

If You Want Me To Stay

Slide

Fantastic Voyage

Skin Tight

Fire

White Horse

Early In The Mornin

Humpin'

Party Train

Open Sesame

babynoz said:

Cinny said:

I see this wasn't revived after NEW YEARS

No one is refocusing their efforts on exercise? Let this thread bomb :evilol:

Thanks.

babynoz said:

If You Want Me To Stay

Slide

Fantastic Voyage

Skin Tight

Fire

White Horse

Early In The Mornin

Humpin'

Party Train

Open Sesame

Great list! "White Horse" would be excellent.