Once in a while you will run into someone who likes to listen to talk radio or audiobooks while working out. For most of us, however, we’d prefer music. With the right mix, our intensity increases, we can push or pull more weight run harder.
What does it for each of us is different though. Personally, I like exercising to music with some hard beats and a fairly quick pace, or something that works up to a nice crescendo with lots of layers.
I’ve started putting a mix together on the music playlist creating site, imeem. Here’s my fitness mix. What’s yours?
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I generally listen to Fleep mixes on my iPod shuffle when I’m working out. I have to select the ones in my iTunes library over 125 beats per minute, or my laps on runs start lagging or my thrusters get sluggish. At 128 bpm, I feel like an animal. One nice thing about a good thumping house mix is that the transitions are smooth, the mix goes on for over an hour (sometimes even three), there’s nothing I can sing along to (so I stay focused), and it maintains a fairly steady tempo (so I can just lock down into my groove).
I found your blog through twitfitter. Thumbs up, brother.
March 5th, 2009
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