Workout Music

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  • by jamd11
    Specializes in Family Practice & Obstetrics.

For all you lovely nurses that like to stay in shape when you're not working. What are some good work out songs you listen to? I've recently decided to get fit and healthy and my iPod is lacking looking for any suggestions!

Thanks In Advance!

Specializes in Critical Care, Med-Surg, Psych, Geri, LTC, Tele,.

A friend of mine, who happened to also be a nurse, told me hard rap really motivated her to run hard! I don't believe she normally listens to rap, but she said the hard vote rap beats really helped.

TheCommuter, BSN, RN

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.

I like to listen to a mixture of R&B, pop, hip hop, rap, smooth jazz, classic rock and old school while exercising. So during a typical gym workout, my Mp3 player might be playing songs from Madonna, Beyonce, Usher, Jimi Hendrix, the Isley Brothers, Ludacris and a random mixed bag of artists. My workout music must be at least midtempo.

Specializes in Pediatrics, Emergency, Trauma.
I like to listen to a mixture of R&B, pop, hip hop, rap, smooth jazz, classic rock and old school while exercising. So during a typical gym workout, my Mp3 player might be playing songs from Madonna, Beyonce, Usher, Jimi Hendrix, the Isley Brothers, Ludacris and a random mixed bag of artists. My workout music must be at least midtempo.

This.

To add: Lady Gaga, anything Neptunes produced, Queen; just enough to "pop" the muscles into shape. ;)

Specializes in Critical Care, Med-Surg, Psych, Geri, LTC, Tele,.
I like to listen to a mixture of R&B pop, hip hop, rap, smooth jazz, classic rock and old school while exercising. So during a typical gym workout, my Mp3 player might be playing songs from Madonna, Beyonce, Usher, Jimi Hendrix, the Isley Brothers, Ludacris and a random mixed bag of artists. My workout music must be at least midtempo.[/quote']

Sounds just like my list of pandora stations, lol!!!

trancefamily

14 Posts

Electronic dance music! I can't get through my work out without it.

BluegrassRN

1,188 Posts

Musical taste is so individualized; whatever gets you energized or inspired is what you need. My workout playlist has everything from music from the 80s through the present, in 4 languages (only two of which I speak), everything from pop, rock, punk, emo, rap, and even some older country (ah, Willie, I just love you). Every song puts a spring in my step and a smile on my face.

Here's what I do: every time I hear a song (on the radio, in a movie, on TV) that makes me feel better, that makes me want to dance, sing at the top of my lungs, start a riot, or puts a huge smile on my face, I run to the computer and download it to my iTunes account (or write it down and save it for later). I then put it on my running mix, and the mix stays permanently on shuffle. This is why I have Prince, A-ha, Los Fabulous Cadillacs, Stiff Little Fingers, Run DMC, the Get Up Kids, Grouplove, Flogging Molly, Bob Mould, Willie Nelson, AWOL Nation, Die Toten Hosen, and over 70 other artists on a 200 song playlist. Very few have more than 1 song on there; it keeps everything fresh.

Cavalier123

17 Posts

Techno and channel 51 satellite radio

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