Music and training

[white owl]

When working out at home I like to lessen to Trapt, Linkin Park, Disturb, Ozzy, Rob Zombie, and some Rab like Run DMC, Salt-n-pepa, L.L. Cool Jay just to name a few.

[akedm]

My rule is I listen to instrumentals. My gym (I am not an ma) pipes music and it can be distracting. I've never plugged into their TVs either. And it's probably all for the same reason: I dont like hear chatter in my head, except my own. So, instrumentals it is. I'm not into classical music, so most of it is from Soundtracks. The Dark Knight soundtrack is a favorite of mine.

Instrumental = Instruct + Mental = Instruct the mind?? Hmmm. (My mind wanders).

Anyway, oddly enough I'm looking tonight for some new stuff for my player. I generally listen to the slower stuff while stretching, the beat-heavy stuff while warming up or doing a repetitive exercise, and maybe a combination of the two while training cardio.

I know it conditions people (pumps them up, relaxes them, etc..) so it has the potential to be a distraction from my inner-strength (am I as strong and focused without Satriani soloing in my head), so I try to mix it up or leave it off all together sometimes.

My favorites are :

Braveheart Soundtrack

Scotland is free (stretching)

outlawed tunes (stretching)

The Village Soundtrack

the vote (stretching)

the gravel road

Joe Satriani

the extremist

summer song (step machine, high intensity, 153 beats per minute)

searching

flying in a blue dream

The dark knight soundtrack

why so serious

harvey two-face (a favorite to stretch to)

like a dog chasing cars (running)

the dark knight (running)

Moby

graciosa (situps / pushups)

Chemical Brothers

weapons of mass distortion (situps / pushups)

acetone

BT

smartbomb

Joi

Asian Vibes (cardio)

we need your love

others are...

parts of the crouching tiger soundtrack

parts of the house of flying daggers soundtrack (but honestly a lot of that oriental stuff just isnt for me)

ready steady go

battle without honor or humanity

air by bach

some stuff by leo kottke - try a 'sailors grave on the prairie' to reflect on

true grit

replacement killers soundtrack

[Grego]

METALLICA!

I'm a huge Metallica fan. I love working out to either vintage stuff, or to St. Anger and Death Magnetic.

There is a song on Death Magnetic called "My Apocalypse" that just rocks.

[sensei8]

Guns N' Roses and Meatloaf are my favorite when training alone.

[JoiH]

I love to listen to music while training alone. I prefer heavy metal, like Dio or Monster Magnet when I am hitting the bag. I have a playlist on my mp3 player made for training sessions. I enjoy listening to music while I train, it tends to pump me up.

[bushido_man96]

Guns N' Roses and Meatloaf are my favorite when training alone.

Hey, I'm a Meatloaf fan, too. Not many around that are, from what I can see.

[Shotokan-kez]

Any good classic rock music but right now im loving kings of leon! In class we don't train to music although we are putting a demo together soon for the first time with music...oooo my next thread lol

[Adam_XKT]

Metallica

Foo Fighters

Slayer

Down

Red Hot Chili Peppers

local bands

I mostly like some heavy metal to workout to - fast and ready to destroy things.

[ninjanurse]

Meatloaf here!!!!!!!! Even if I am a vegan

I also like Pillar, Kutlass, Chili Peppers & Floggin Molly (anything fast with a good bass beat) to work out to generally but love Evanescence to do Kung Fu to.

[akedm]

Meatloaf? The student has taste!

Oh and if we're on songs, I'll set aside my instrumentals only rule for the moment...Holly Hatchet just popped into my head - "Flirtin' With Disaster"!

I love vegan humor.