Most Motivational "Music" to get you going and keep you going!

[JoshKoopman]

It depends on what genre you like. Once you find that song that you can listen to hundreds of times and it never gets old, then you have it.

Remember the Name!

[BunnyRabbs]

[rjw99]

gonna give this a go at gym tomorrow!!

[rjw99]

gonna give this a go at gym tomorrow!!

Ended up puttin WAIT AND BLEED on repeat haha lol ...got a few extra reps out!!

[BodyPsych]

This Is A Very Interesting Thread.

From those that replied it is apparent that there are many individual differences present in the music (if used) that people listen to when lifting. Accordingly, I would suggest that the power of music is largely mediated by personal preference.

Secondly, there is a great opportunity for everybody to use music as a pre-performance motivator. After a long day in the office or an early morning start the pronounced beat of a preferred track can invigorate, energise and even inspire us.

A few examples:

- “For an hour-and-a-half between the Olympic semi-final and final I just lay on a couch and listened to the same Craig David song, ‘Rendez-Vous’ over and over again”
(Darren Campbell, 200m Olympic Silver Medallist)

- “I listened to Japanese classical music as a means to induce relaxation and focus rather than aggression” (Audley Harrison, Olympic superheavyweight boxing)

The point is, we are all different, find what motivates you and use that source on the way to the gym for 5-10 minutes. Below are a few tips which outline what can help make the music you use effective and INCREASE YOUR RESULTS!

1) There is a fit between the tempo and your expected HR
2) Lyrics which include affirmations of activity “i.e. Roy Jones Can’t be touched posted by ICELAND 93”
3) The volume should not be disrupted by environmental noise
4) There is a fit between the rhythm of the tune with nature of activity

[AliveiAm]

Pre-workout Joe Esposito- You're the best
Change the World- P.O.D.
Running Eye of the Tiger-Survivor
Burning Heart- Survivor
TIESTOOOO
Lifting: Kraddy-Android porn
Maximal Crazy- Tiesto
Three days grace-Riot
Infected Mushroom
Dubstep loud ****ing dubstep

[AdamsN79]

White Zombie/Rob Zombie
Anthrax
Biohazard
Suicidal Tendencies
Steel Panther (lol)
Austrian Death Machine (Arno-core with such classics as: Get to the Choppa, If it Bleeds we can Kill It, It's Not a Tumor, and I Need your Clothes, Your Boots, Your Motorcycle)

[kreggkregal]

Elton John

[WBFFProSam]

i have an awesome house mix for those who like house. i am new to the forum so it wont let me post the link unfortunately. you can search sam ly on soundcloud and there is a free download. ive made two so far it definitely gets me through my cardio

[johnsuterjr]

I like a mix of Godsmack and Korn and a few other heavy metal bands. But those two mainly.

[karinabe16]

dmx gets me pumped up

so does rage against the machine!

[karinabe16]

ratm
rob zombie
eminem
e-40
korn
system of a down
Nine inch nails
disturbed


80's for cardio

[mic8400]

I've got a pretty decent mix going on, but I have AC/DC, Guns n Roses, Jay Z, Kanye, DMX, Metallica, Santana, and SO many more. Tough to keep track of all of it.

[CitizenZERO]

Probably a bit different to everybody else's choices but my favourite are as follows;

The black angels - young men dead
The underground youth - Morning son
The velvet underground - I'm waiting for the man
Motörhead - Motörhead
CCR - Run through the jungle

Aswell as loads of stuff by Hawkwind

I would post links but I'm on my iPad and cannot, plus like I said its a bit different to mists tastes, I prefer a slow but powerful tempo, drum and bass and dub step and other types of music just do nothing for me.

[BobbyJG]

90s Style Rap

Wu Tang Clan
Mobb Deep
M.O.P.
Snow Goons
And pretty much the entire beastcoast movement

[Domicron]

[Edwared001]

I liked the effects Sounds ! thanks u men !

[mike_tully]

bone crusher never scared ,disturbed ,prodigy, metallica , busta rhymes ...

[Desmoore]

I listen to really hard stuff when I'm lifting. Angrier and louder the better. Pumps me up.

[Desmoore]

2) Lyrics which include affirmations of activity “i.e. Roy Jones Can’t be touched posted by ICELAND 93”

This. Lyrics (usually heavy stuff and the current popular music have a lot of activity affirmations. Like, "Let's Get it Started" by the Black-Eyed Peas.

[RockNRollaX]

I love seeing that other people are working out to the exact same music as me! Gotta blast my headphones, I enjoy the crazy adrenalin from that just as much as the workout itself, helps me go beast mode and really concentrate! I can workout without it, but if my gym is playing some ****ty Florence the Machine or something it really distracts me. And people standing around BS'ing distracts me too.

For cardio I tend to go with hip hop or electro stuff, slower chiller beats I can match my pace to. Lately, podcasts have been a great way to pass some low intensity cardio (running is so boring for me, throw on a good Joe Rogan podcast helps a lot).

For the weights I usually gotta go heavy, there's a lot of good lists here so I just wanna mention a few:
Deftones - this is one of my go to's - heavy and melodic without the constant barrage of double bass drums that can tire me out sometimes
Chiodos, Atreyu, Anberlin, Alien Ant Farm, Fall of Troy, Funeral for a Friend, Korn, Machine Head, Protest the Hero, Snapcase, Thrice

[fulk85]

Wake up/ Pre run- Atreyu: Bleeding mascara

Pre workout- Eminem: till i collapse, Forgot about dre, Marshall Mathers

Workout: As blood runs black, all that remains, the devil wears prada, lamb of god, anything with some sick double bass

Run- Bullet for my valentine, Atreyu

Good selection except eminem... Bleeding mascara gets me jacked for sure... Avenged sevenfold is a good one too

[BestoftheBeast]

Disturbed, system of a down, breaking benjamin, sevendust, skindred, rammstein, amon amarth, coal chamber, slipknot, mushroomhead, metallica, ALLL THAT GOOD SHUT! rap sucks dont listen to it while you work out or you will become a girl...trust me I have a page of bro science on it and I'm a bro BRO!

[SolidKeith]

Any and all.

Wu Tang Clan.

my Shaolin Shadowboxing playlist has a couple bangers to get my fired up, including..
Ol Dirty Bastard- Skrilla
Ghost Face Killah- 2getha Baby
Rza- You can't stop me now
Method Man/Redman- For all my smokers

[juliochivo28]

First to get myself pumped (sorta like my pre-workout drink) for lifting I watch some DBZ videos on youtube of people powering up and listen to Vegeta's theme song. When I'm at the gym lots of Gojira, some Machine Head, Deftones, and a little Dubstep during the workouts.

[fatchris1980]

When I hit the gym I listen to a mix of high energy trace (Eifel 65, Daft Punk, etc) and a bunch of high energy rock/metal (Lady Gaga, Evanessence, Remstein, heck I've even got a few Selena Gomez songs on my mp3 player lol).

[jlaporte]

HED P.E. - raise hell

ozzy - crazy train

NWA - always into something

Dayton Family

AC/DC

I usually have a variety of rap and rock.

[BeastmodeIcons]

Pre-workout/warm up - mostly listen to Attack Attack, Deadmau5.

Cardio - upbeat electronic and techno music

Weight Lifting - Pierce the Veil, Saliva, Killswitch Engage, Rob Bailey and the Hustle Standard, Tyga, and Five Finger Deathpunch.

Cooldown - The Temper Trap, Saosin, Pierce the Veil

[SolidKeith]

First to get myself pumped (sorta like my pre-workout drink) for lifting I watch some DBZ videos on youtube of people powering up and listen to Vegeta's theme song. When I'm at the gym lots of Gojira, some Machine Head, Deftones, and a little Dubstep during the workouts.

DBZ power ups for the win. Haha

[beastmode50000]

Tupac of course