Music Makes the Legs Go Round

Music Makes the Legs Go Round

I spend a lot of time sitting in my car while my baby sleeps in the back seat. It is at these times that I update my food and activity tracker, read fitness related magazines or books, check Facebook and email, and write blog posts. So the other day as I sat in front of the scrapbook store, aka my mother's homeland, I sat and read Fitness, a magazine obviously related to fitness. As I was reading an article about how to boast your energy, and although a great deal of important advice is listed, all I can focus on is the part about what songs to listen to when, where, and why. According to their professionals on the topic, music does everything from relieve stress and lower blood pressure to provide motivation and help you run really fast when it gets dark earlier than you thought and the trail you are on alone makes you think of a horror movie. When I read magazines like this I always look at the recommended playlists that everyone from interviewed celebrities to fitness instructors to the health editor always want to share. Everyone recommends Rhianna, the Black Eyed Peas, and a bunch of other people that I have either a) never heard of or b) just don't like. So here is my recommended playlist that I have split into sections like the magazine did.

Here it goes:

What to listen to while running (Hip Hop/Rap/Pop):

            ‘When I Grow Up” Pussycat Dolls

            “High School Never Ends” Bowling for Soup

            “Live Your Life” T.I.

            “Let it Rock” Kevin Rudolf

            “Low” Flo Rida (I’m rebellious and call him Florida)           

            “That’s Not My Name” The Ting Tings (only a good song if you put both             headphones in)

            “I’m in Miami Bitch” LMFAO

            “Hey Mama” Black Eyed Peas

            “The Way You Move” Outkast

What to listen to while running (Rock/Metal)

             “Burn it to the Ground” Nickleback

            “Porn Star Dancing” My Darkest Days

            “Savior” Rise Against

            “Bleed it Out” Linkin Park

            “Dragula” Rob Zombie

            “Crazy Bitch” Buckcherry

            “Equalizer” Finger Eleven

            “Are You Going To Be My Girl” Jet

            “The Beautiful People” Marilyn Manson

What to listen to while running (Reggatone… I’m not proud of including Reggatone but it reminds me of salsa dancing, which reminds me of my hubby whom I want to look good for. Plus its kind of fun when it’s playing at any time besides the middle of the night like my neighbors used to do):

            “The Anthem” Pitbull

            “Hotel Room Service” Pitbull

            “Na De Na” Angel y Khriz, Gocho, & John Eric

What to listen to when you about to finish a long run or bike ride (think the home stretch of something difficult):

            “Welcome to the Black Parade” My Chemical Romance

            “Love Me Dead” Ludo

            “The Day That I Die” Good Charlotte

           

What to listen to when stretching after a workout:

            “Welcome Home” Rehab (more upbeat than the others)

            “Bittersweet Symphony” The Verve

            “Song for the Rich” Tristan Pettyman

            “The Weary Kind” from the motion picture Crazy Heart

Now looking at the thirteen people that follow this blog I can already see who will tell me I have bad taste in music and frankly I don't care what you think. If you don't like my taste, don't download the songs! Also I would be more than willing to download some of the songs onto a CD for you if you feel I am a mastermind of playlist making and you must have all my favs too.