[iBean]

...any suggestions for carrying on an iPod?

[ctisevn]

get some christian music . Ive heard it sucks...
seriously though. for me, house/techno/trance/electronica is all I listen to while I work out. global underground, dave seaman, anthony pappa, its all good for long mindless hours on the trainer.

[ehjay]

nothing quite like eye of the tiger or gonna fly now (theme from rocky.)

good pump-up songs.

[crazyjohnson]

TOOL, it will make you want to break stuff -- then put that energy into your lifts.

You want some serious music to help you focus on your workout.

Originally posted by iBean:
...any suggestions for carrying on an iPod?

[scadboy]

depends on the workout?

for cardio, I have a smart playlist that picks out all of the weird trance / techno / electronica tracks that are around 5 minutess long, so I can zone-out and just keep running, stair-stepping, biking, rowing or whatever, but still keep a general track of how long I've been at it. I get distracted if I stare at the counter on the machine. My b/f has like 40 gigs of this stuff, so I'll just load up my iPod with a random smattering from the smart playlist before I head to the gym each morning, which keeps it fresh.

For weight training, I actually like to listen to This American Life ( http://www.thislife.org http://www.audible.com ). It's an hour long, which is how long I usually lift, and it seems to encourage me to go slow about it, and focus on proper form. It also makes me laugh, it's a great, entertaining, often funny show, and it helps keep me from getting too serious about the workout.

I've been subscribing to This American Life since september, through audible, so I have a good library of episodes to pick from during the week. If I don't have a new one, or not in the mood for it, then I'll go back to the cardio playlist and zone out.

I can't listen to the show while I run, though, because I just get too distracted and move alot slower. Sometimes, I find a listening to an album front-to-back is good too.

your mileage may vary, but I recommend you check out This American Life

[tikki]

Weight lifting:
Slipknot
Metallica
Godsmack
Eminem
Tool
Flaw
Disturbed
Rammstein
Sevendust

Cardio:
Tribe Called Quest
Black Eyed Peas
BT
Crystal Method
Eve 6
Incubus
NewFoundGlory
Goldfinger
MxPx

[calamar1]

if you're running it absolutely must be fast and loud. i use:
underworld
prodigy
orbital
nine inch nails
(some) marilyn manson

[bradoesch]

Originally posted by tikki:

Cardio:
Tribe Called Quest
Black Eyed Peas
BT
Crystal Method
Eve 6
Incubus
NewFoundGlory
Goldfinger
MxPx

I use Eve 6 for weight lifting.
And a big for MxPx, my favourite band.

[iBean]

ehjay: jeez, I could I forgot that one... Rocky tunes are great!

Prodigy and Underworld... sounds like a great option for running.

Keep on posting, people

[The Placid Casual]

Rage Against The Machine - Bombtrack.

Guns 'N' Roses - Appetite For Destruction.

Matrix/Matrix Reloaded - OST.

[Jansar]

Originally posted by tikki:
Weight lifting:
Slipknot
Metallica
Godsmack
Eminem
Tool
Flaw
Disturbed
Rammstein
Sevendust

Cardio:
Tribe Called Quest
Black Eyed Peas
BT
Crystal Method
Eve 6
Incubus
NewFoundGlory
Goldfinger
MxPx

I second that.

[yakkiebah]

front line assembly
all albums but best suited for working out: millennium, gaustic grip, hardwired and the single plasticity(if the "mother of all bombs" was a song this would be it, women and children first). warfare electronics that will have your blood pumping through your veins in no time.

rammstein
all albums, german opera metal/rock, jawohl! yeah whatever.

funker vogt
shave-your-head, militant, testosterone filled brainless combat-techno. maschine zeit is their best album but any will do because they all sound the same.

sepultura
album: anything will do but i prefer 'roots'.

nitzer ebb
albums: that total age, belief. old skool ebm.

kmfdm(and mdfmk)
albums: any recent. more industrial rock.

ministry
albums: the mind is a terrible thing to taste, psalm 69, Live - in case you didn't feel like showing up. industrial rock like it use to be. legendary and unmatched.

noise unit
album: strategy of violence. more harsh technoid warfare that will shape your body into a humvee in no time.

red harvest
norwegian "apocalyptic industrial paranoia metal" that will have you squat till your head explodes. personal fave ablum: cold dark matter.

[AB^2=BCxAC]

"Savoy Truffle"-The Beatles
"Sugar Sugar"-The Archies
"Rum and Coca-Cola"-The Andrews Sisters
"Eat It", "Fat", "Girls Just Want To Have Lunch"-"Weird"Al Yankovic
"Alice's Restaurant"-Arlo Guthrie
"Delicious Demon"-Sugarcubes
"Sweet Potato Pie"-James Taylor
"Mambo Italiano"-Rosemary Clooney
"Food Innuendo Guy" and "Thanksgiving Song"-Adam Sandler
"Tossed Salad and Scrambled Eggs" - Kelsey Grammar
"Bangers And Mash" - Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren
"Bank Holiday"-Blur
"Java Jive" The Inkspots
"Cream"-Prince
"Peaches"-Presidents of the United States
"Banana Boat Song"-Harry Belafonte
"C Is For Cookie"-Cookie Monster
"Chocolate Salty Balls"-Chef (South Park)
"Egg Cream" - Lou Reed
"Popcorn" - Hot Butter
"Marshmallow World" - Darlene Love
"Lollipop"-The Chordettes
"White Pepper Ice Cream" and "You got to know your chicken!" -Cibo Matto

..and for that special crunch time: "Maniac" from the Flashdance OST and "Physical" by Olivia Newton-John

[vmpaul]

Originally posted by scadboy:



your mileage may vary, but I recommend you check out This American Life

going off-topic a bit...

I love that show. I don't listen regularly but I got hooked after our local PBS affiliate played an hour last year about a female Poker player in Vegas. It was really good.

[cjrivera]

For cardio/aerobic exercise, I try and find techno songs from movies/TV shows with good fight sequences or chase scenes. These usually have a good fast-paced beat, since that's what they were going for in the movies.

Some of the ones I have used are songs from:
Matrix / Matrix Reloaded
Tomb Raider
Mortal Kombat
Alias (TV show)
and others that I forget.

[docholiday]

these are the top songs I use:

A Little Less Conversation - Elvis VS. JXL
Song 2 - Blur
Stop The Rock - Appollo 440
Eye of the Tiger - Survivor
No Easy Way Out - Rober Trepper
You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet - BTO
Let's Get Ready To Rumble - Jock Jams

The last one is amazing, because it gets you really pumped up. It's a remix of many different high energy songs...

[macvillage.net]

Originally posted by ehjay:
nothing quite like eye of the tiger or gonna fly now (theme from rocky.)

good pump-up songs.

That was my suggestion.