Just thought I’d comment that I’m in the exact same boat (so to speak). Wife got me an iPod, I have a ton of mellow music, including Kelly Willis, and I need a workout playlist. It’s the weightroom list that’s tough to develop out of a library like mine. Will have to rip some of those CD’s from my younger days. I came here on a search for workout playlists!

Left by Oscar on January 3rd, 2005 at 11:57 am

I’m still not sure what I’m going to use for my weights workouts. I don’t really need upbeat, fast paced, music for my weight lifting, as my workouts are more about slow, controlled movements than keeping my heart rate up to a certain level.

I’ll probably just keep my pod on random shuffle for now whenever I’m at the gym working out, and anytime a aprticular song strikes me as a particularly good gym tune, I’ll add it to a new playlist.

I’ll post that list in about another 2-3 weeks after I get one together. Feel free to come back and post your list once you get it together; I’d be interested to see what someone else’s list looks like.

Left by Robbie on January 3rd, 2005 at 7:25 pm

well i dont kno if i can help much but mainly when im working out with weights i usualy listen to things like Cake and blink 182. my all time favorite workout song is the distance by Cake. its a good wokout song cause its not to fast but yet its not realy slow either.

Left by Logan on January 25th, 2005 at 9:20 pm

We are producing podcasts for working out with your iPod.

MARINA’s Workout podcasts

http://www.marinaspodcast.com

Left by Roy kamen on April 12th, 2005 at 11:56 pm

I love listening to aggressive music in the gym. I got some ideas from a body building forum. I thought “no way” when I downloaded them onto my comp but give them a try in the gym-it’s a different kettle of fish. I use Win MX for downloading - great prog. My fav song of the list if I had to choose would be Korn-Here to Stay (but SOD - Bigger Than The Devil isn’t far behind).

-Aphex Twin - Come to daddy
-Clawfinger - Biggest and the best
-dope - Die Motherfucker Die
-Drowning Pool - The Game
-Hatebreed - I Will Be Heard
-Hatebreed - Bound To Violence
-Heaven Shall Burn - The Weapon They Fear
-korn [here to stay]
-Korn - Blind
-Linkin Park - By My Self
-Mnemic - The Audio Injected Soul - 04 - Deathbox
-Powerman_5000-Bombshell
-Public Domain - Operation Blade
-Rage Against The Machine - Calm Like A Bomb
-Rammstein - Du Hast
-Rob Zombie - Dragula
-Rob Zombie - Reload
-Rob Zombie - Super Beast
-Slipknot - Spit It Out
-Rammstein-Sonne
-Stone Sour - 05 - Choose
-The Roots & BT-Tao Of The Machine
-The Crystal Method - Name Of The Game
-DMW-Where Da Hood At

Left by Benson Veasey on July 21st, 2005 at 1:02 pm

Benson…thanks for the list.

I haven’t been in the gym much in the last few months. Most of my exercise has been outdoor, with a heavy focus on paddling (30-40 miles per/week on a local lake). For this kind of workout, I perfer music with a slower beat and less…well, noise.

But I’m a big fan of some of the bands and songs you’ve listed. I think Korn, The Roots, and SOD are especially great gym workout picks.

Left by Robbie on July 21st, 2005 at 1:22 pm

i was just browsing around for workout tunes, im downloading a bunch from your list thanks.
my personal favorite is almost everything Papa roach. im not a huge fan in general but i started pumping it in the gym and its amazing. lately ive just left his album on repeat while in the gym
papa roach - getting away with murder is my #1 these days.

Left by shd on August 1st, 2005 at 3:11 am

Getting away with murder is a pretty good song!

In addition, I would recommend the following for an aggressive weight lifting session or a fast run:

Dead and Bloated - Stone Temple Pilot
One, Am I Evil, Harvester of Sorrow, just about anything else by Metallica
The Seeker - The Who
We Will Rock You - Queen
BYOB, Chop Suey, Prison - System of a Down
Here to Stay, Right Now - Korn
By Myself- Linkin Park
Wake Up - Rage against the Machine
Greeting Song, Give it Away - Red Hot Chili Peppers
Start Me Up, Jumpin Jack Flash, Gimme Shelter- the Stones
Get a Job - The Offspring
Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
Pity - Drowning Pool
Born on the Bayou - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Rusty Cage, Spoonman - Soundgarden
Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo - Edgar Winters Band
Zero - Smashing Pumpkins
Live at Brighton Beach (entire album) - Fat Boy Slim (if you aren’t afraid of techno - the lack of words and seamless transitions between songs helps me get through long runs without wondering when the next song is coming on)
Disco Science - Snatch Soundtrack
Eye of the Tiger -Rocky Soundtrack

Left by Christie on December 3rd, 2005 at 2:12 pm

I run with my dog everyday. I need a wide range because I get bored easily, and these songs are pretty hot for short sprints or drawn out endurance tests…

elastica - stutter
white stripes - hotel yorba
vines - get free
missy elliot - for my people
pie tasters - out all night
the strokes - last night
atb - its a fine day
trick daddy - let’s go
ladytron - playgirl
garbage - push it
NIN - perfect drug
outkast - hey you
fischerspooner - emerge
bloodhound gang - mope
buju baton - champion
outkast - bombs over baghdad
will smith - switch
sean paul - get busy
eminem - lose yourself
ladytron - destroy everything
rihanna - pon de replay
violent fems - blister in the sun
electric six - synthesizer
DK7 - white shadow
fallout boy - dance dance
rilo kelly - portions for foxes
bloc party - banquet
magnetic fields - fio your leash is too long
cranberries - forever yellow skies
veruca salt - volcano girls
doris day - i love being a girl
johnny cash - ring of fire
99 luft balloons

Left by Tarushka on January 8th, 2006 at 11:24 am

I like lifting weights to Foo Fighter (my hero) and stone temple pilots (wicked garden).
Does anyone have other suggestions for cardio??

Left by Angelina on January 23rd, 2006 at 10:42 pm

for cardio i love listening to Call On Me-eric prydz

Left by ashley on January 24th, 2006 at 2:53 pm

The majority of these songs keep me at the same level of strides per min.

The hand that feeds - Nine Inch Nails
Closer - Nine Inch Nails
Since U Been Gone - Kelly Clarkson
Naughty Girls - Beyonce
Fireworks - the tragically Hip
golddigger
Switch - Will smith
Rich Girl - Gwen Stefani
Money Jane - Baby Blue Soundcrew
River Below - Billy Tallent
Pon De Replay - Rihanna
Son of a gun - Janet Jackson cover
Hey ya - Outkast
Bubble Pop Electric - Gwen Stefani
Holllaback girl - Gwen Stefani
Crash - Gwen Stefani
My Favourite Game - The Cartigans
Mr. Brightside - the killers
Somebody Told me - the killers (good to end the workout because of the tempo change)
Beep - Pussy Cat Dolls
Don’t Stop - Janet Jackson

My new fav…….. SOS (Rescue Me) - Rihanna

To cool down to
The Flaming Lips
Dashboard Confessional
Death Cab for Cutie

Left by barbara on January 30th, 2006 at 12:16 am

just a few I like that I havn’t already seen on the lists here..

man in motion- john parr (st.elmos fire theme)
standing outside the fire- garth brooks
til i collapse- eminiem
bring em out- t.o.
alone- lasgo
lean back remix

Left by Lauren on February 18th, 2006 at 12:37 am

Cascada - Everytime We Touch
This will FOR SURE get you movin’!

Left by Aim on March 1st, 2006 at 7:46 pm

one comes to mind, and though I hate Ashlee simpson, her songs are catchy… dammit.
L.O.V.E

Left by Laura on March 2nd, 2006 at 6:57 pm

I’ve been doing 30-45 mins of elliptical and then weights, and I’ve used this playlist for the whole shebang.. It’s been quite a good playlist (especially the beats and timing for ‘don’t phunk with my heart’ and ‘me against the music’ which are perfect for elliptical!)

I must say this list consists music I would never usually listen to and it’s almost embarassing to post this, but it seems to do the trick in the gym…

Bathwater - No Doubt
Redneck Woman - Gretchen Wilson
Toxic - Britney Spears
Work It - Missy Elliott
Miss Independent - Kelly Clarkson
Shake Your Bon-Bon - Ricky Martin
Me Against the Music - Britney Spears/Madonna
Fighter - Christina Aguilera
U Can’t Resist - Missy Elliott
Don’t Phunk with my Heart - Black Eyed Peas
Can’t Stop - Missy Elliott
Work It - Nelly/Justin Timberlake
Rock Your Body - Justin Timberlake
Still a G Thing - Snoop Dogg
Get Ur Freak On - Missy Elliott
Right for Me - Justin Timberlake
Hey Ya! - OutKast
Hourglass - Snoop Dogg
She Will Be Loved - Maroon 5 (cool down)

Left by diana on March 7th, 2006 at 5:33 pm

heres a few i noticed that you dont have on there:
Justify my Thug - Jay Z
99 problems - Jay Z
Ace of Spades - MotorHead
Temperture - Sean Paul
Space Lord - Monster Magnet
Bat Country - Avenged Sevenfold
da rockweilder - Methodman & Redman
Chokeme Spankme - xzibit
American Badass - KidRock
Master of puppets - Metallica

Left by J-Dub on March 8th, 2006 at 3:08 am

How do iPod workouts WORK?

When a friend told me about personal training on an iPod player I actually laughed. Why would anyone want to listen to someone telling them what to do, and how could you tell them what to do and not be there? This is impossible. So being the personal trainer that I am I had to sample it. And being the do it yourself guy that I am, I made a few demo files and uploaded them to my Mp3 player.

So I created the Treadmill Burner 30 minute workout and the elliptical calorie cruncher for my cardio workout. For my weight lifting routine The Latpulldown, the chest press, the smith machine squat, and the leg press machine, all are between 6 and 7 minutes long. So that gave me about 90 minutes of exercise to take to the gym with me.

Since I use windows I had to save the file as Mp3 and then add it to my windows media player library, I also have an iPod, so I had to save it on my iTunes as well. The process was really easy. The hard part was making the music and compressing the files. I saved them at 128 BPM and 96 BPM for the cardio (larger files). The files totaled around 45 MB. Kinda large but wanted to maintain near CD quality.

So I went to the Gym, stepped on the treadmill put my earphones on pressed play and started the treadmill. My intro informed me what I was about to do. Then I followed the voice instructions. Oh yea, my voice. After 30 minute of treadmill work I must say I was impressed with the workout. Reason being, I had to listen to the commands. It forced me to do that workout. And because I had to follow the commands it felt like I burned more calories in that 30 min workout.

But my workout wasn’t over. I had to do the weights. So off to the smith machine I go. By the way I decided to mix a favorite song in between each exercise, 2 for the cardio. So by the time I was ready for the smith machine the iPod workout song started. Once again I followed the instructions and using less weight than I normally use still had a really good exercise. I believe because I couldn’t listen to myself. I had to listen to the iPod workout voice. Not only that, but when I recorded the Mp3 files, I made the actual sets count to the beat of the songs, a workout cadence so to speak. So I had to move to the count of the song, which forced my body to be more controlled during the movements. I felt complete muscular fatigue.

So I’m sure you get the picture about the rest of my workout. Needless to say I was wrong. Really wrong about this iPod workout craze. I’m sold! Also most Gyms have the same Basic Exercise equipment, just different makers or brands. So this can work for anybody. Maybe the advice for me is to listen to my friends. And my advice to others, listen to your iPod. Thanks Marc. You can find my Mp3 files at http://www.PODFITNESSBOD.COM

Charlie Trainer

Left by Charlie on March 28th, 2006 at 1:06 pm

slow motion-juvenile
shake it off-mariah carey
rich girl-gwen stefani
drop down n get your eagle on-nelly
run girl (clean)-david banner
hips dont lie-shakira
get busy living or get busy dying-fallout boy
cupids chokehold-gymclass heroes
dance-jamiriquoi
you owe me an iou-hot hot heat
grillz-nelly
roses-outkast
just a lil bit-50 cent
beep-pussycat dolls
1-2 step-ciara
run it-chris brown
SOS-rhianna
everytime we touch-cascada
bring out the freak in you-lil rob
laffy taffy-d4l
get busy-sean paul
my hump-black eyed peas
touch the sky-kanye west
worked up so sexual-the faint
pretty girl (the way)-sugarcult
apache (jump on it)-sugarhill gang
belly dancer-akon

sample of one of my cardio playlists

Left by Sarah on May 21st, 2006 at 4:49 pm

A new online store for “iPod Workouts” has opened at

http://www.marinaonline.com

MARINA has over 360 “mp3 workouts” and “workout songs” in a mix & match menu. Real easy to download.

Plenty of great “fitness music” there arranged by BPM

Left by Roy Kamen on June 17th, 2006 at 7:23 am

I’m a fan of cardio, and love upbeat songs that are easy to keep me motivated.

Lindsay Lohan - Rumors
Sum 41 - The Hell Song
Linkin Park - Faint
Panic! at the Disco - The Only Difference Between Martyrdom and Suicide is Press Coverage
The Ceasars - Jerk It Out
SugarCult - Memory
Steriogram - Walkie Talkie Man
Will Smith - Switch (dont we all love this one)
The Darkness - I Believe in a Thing Called Love
The Police - Message in a Bottle
Ace of Base - Its a Beautiful Life
Hot Hot Heat - Talk To Me, Dance With Me
Akon - Bananaz
Fall Out Boy - Champagne for my Real Friends, Real Pain for My Sham Friends
Vengaboys - Boom Boom Boom (if nothing else, GET THIS SONG!)
Zebrahead - Now or Never
Daft Punk - Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger (duh!)
Nina Sky, Twista, Youngbloodz - Move Ya Body Remix
N.E.R.D. - Brain
Sean Paul - Temperature
Rob Thomas - This is How a Heart Breaks (best for the last push, a personal favorite)

All in all, its a lot, so you can get lots of variety each workout!

Left by Sami on June 30th, 2006 at 1:17 am

I have my entire workout playlist at http://mog.com/donateyourweight, I find it extremely helpful for bike riding and walking fast. Hard stuff for lifting? I would recommend Prodigy and Naked Raygun, especially the song New Dreams. A favorite overall motivational tune with a great beat is Galvanize (feat. Q-tip) by Chemical Brothers.

Left by Sheri Zampelli on July 2nd, 2006 at 12:23 pm

search for a song called batucada
I’m not really sure who made it but Carl cox & Spiller is what the text said on the file…

Left by m on October 11th, 2006 at 8:55 am

Bodyrockers - I like the way you move (get the remix)
It will change your life…

Left by Dustin on December 20th, 2006 at 12:13 am

Try fitnesssongs.com for customized fitness songs that train you on fitness equipment in the gym, like the treadmill, weight machines and more.

Left by cdtrainer on March 10th, 2007 at 1:47 am

HI, I’M LOOKING FOR WORKOUTS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED FOR BIKE RIDING, …INDOOR OR OUTDOOR BIKE RIDING, …SONGS, BUT ALSO THE “TALK ALONG”, MOTIVATIONAL WORKOUTS, …..CANT SEEM TO FIND ANY THOUGH, ….ANY IDEAS?

Left by KAT on July 11th, 2007 at 9:21 pm

I’ve been lifting for a while and recently got an ipod shuffle to use while I’m working out and I find that it is great to use.

For cardio I like songs that have a consistent beat to them and maintain flow throughout the song. Most of these songs will be rap because they maintain flow and don’ rise and fall too much.

Top Back (remix)- TI
Da Heavy Hittas - Jazze Pha
How we do - The game
Gone - Juelz Santana
Anything with a good beat really

For lifting I like to listen to heavy metal while I do my sets because the heavy guitar and fast beat gets my heart rate up and makes it easier to focus. Then when the set is over I switch to a slower song to help bring my heart rate back down and get ready for the next set.

Wait and Bleed - Slipknot
The second Coming - Juelz Santana
Duality - Slipknot
My 64 - Mike Jones
Dig - Mudvayne
Motivation - TI
Fuel - Metallica
Like Father Like son - The Game

It has been studied that listening to music does not increase the amount of work you can do, but the psychological effects that you perceive the music to have allows you to work harder.

Left by Peter on July 23rd, 2007 at 12:19 pm

i like elton john, rick james, britney spears , and anything gay in workouts

Left by dick butter 69.2 on August 5th, 2007 at 12:47 am

Well, I’m still putting my workout playlist together, but here is what I have so far:

Never Gonna Stop - Rob Zombie
Demonoid Phenomenon - Rob Zombie
I’m your Boogy Man - Rob Zombie
Now You’re Messin With A Son of A Bitch - Nazareth
Scum of the Earth - Rob Zombie
Black Betty - Spiderbait
This Is Not - Static-X
Black and White - Static-X
Push It - Static-X

I need to add some AC/DC, Metallica, and some other favorites.

Left by Adele on September 30th, 2007 at 12:14 am

I started working out and i like hip-hop and upbeat music that keeps me going and has a fast pace because i like cardio/eliptical/biking. So here is my playlist.

1) Low - Flo Rida ft T-Pain
2) Good Girl Gone Bad - Rhianna
3) Oh - Ciara & Ludacris
4) Superman - Eminem
5) Cyclone - Baby Bash ft T-Pain
6) Down With the Sickness - Disturbed
7) Piece of Me - Britney Spears
Money Maker - Ludacris
9) Switch - Will Smith
10) Crank That - Soulja Boy Tell ‘Em
11) Outta My System - Bow Wow ft T-Pain
12) Get Buck In Here - Dj Felli Fel ft. Akon
13) Sugar (Gimme Some) - Trick Daddy ft Ludacris, Lil Kim & Cee-Lo
14) Dem Jeans - Chingy ft. Jermaine Dupri
15) Lose Yourself - Eminem
16) Candy Shop - 50 Cent
17) Kiss Kiss - Chirs Brown
18) Lose Control - Missy Elliot ft. Ciara & Fatman Scoop
19) Crawling - Linkin Park
20) Fuego - Pitbull
21) Crazy Bitch - Buckcherry

That is some of the songs, i like variety and so I put it on shuffle and that can for sure get me through an hour workout. Hope this helps and gives you some more ideas.

Left by Jessica on January 16th, 2008 at 12:04 am

Here is a decent workout playlist

http://beachbodytips.com/gym-playlist-2/

Left by Nate on March 4th, 2008 at 10:47 am

Twisted Transistor-Korn
Dragula- Rob Zombie
Down With the Sickness- Disturbed
Enter Sandman- Metallica
Bombshell- Powerman5000
Raining Blood- Slayer
Reap the Storm- Suidakra
Comming Undone-Corn
Inside the Fire-Disturbed
Dropping Plates-Disturbed
Full Circle- Drowning Pool
Bodies- Drowning Pool
Stricken-Disturbed
Sons of Plunder-Disturbed
Guarded Disturbed
Breaking me Down-Soil
Before I forget-Slipknot
Beast and the Harlot-Avenged Sevenfold
Cant Be Touched- Roy Jones Jr (this song is bad ass)
Heart of a Champion-Nelly

Left by RedOx on April 20th, 2008 at 8:43 pm

Everyone who posted playlists on here, you did a great job! Thank you all- it’s just what I was looking for. A lot of my personal faves made it onto various lists and I’m glad to see that there was some thought given to the different circumstances for which one might be needing a playlist (fasted paced cardio versus steady, rocked out galvanizing inspiration for weights, versus sing-along viability for paddling.) Google rarely steers me in the wrong direction and so I’m glad my search for “ipod workout playlist” landed me here at this blog and with these posts. If I come up with anything original to contribute, I’ll be back to put up my own list!

PS - The ipod-getting canoe-paddling hubby who owns the blog is adorable. Being genuinely grateful to your wife is always a good thing. Cute~

Left by emmjay on October 7th, 2008 at 2:46 am