What do you listen to while lifting?

[ossizen]

Usually heavy metal for me, like Rammstein, Metallica, Disturbed, whatnot. Sometimes late '80s (Benjamin Orr, Robert Palmer, Bon Jovi).

[JBWarren70]

It doesn't make me work any harder, either. So I just try to tune out whatever's playing in the background and stay focused.

This is the same for me as well. I am motivated to lift when I am in the gym. I think about what lifts are ahead of me, and think about completing my lifts. On a day I am not motivated, I don't go in, or I go and do what I can.

Music is not a motivator for me.




* Pet peeve of mine are people who have to look cool while lifting, wearing Beats headphones and other swag, and never do legs.

[tank316]

AC/DC Van Halen/Hagar Bon Jovi, Static X, God Smack, Volbeat Metallica, Pandora lately . Podcasts when I'm doing boring cardio!!

[Keoking]

I listen to commercials with the occasional EDM / hip hop / metal song thrown into the mix. I really should upgrade to Spotify premium.

[daveherr13]

metal for me....the only thing that works!

[CHILDOFGO12]

my hubby and me just deal with the music they have at our gym. we train hard, we don't even hear the music, lol

[ArchAngel'73]

I don't like listening to music when I'm training, it totally fukcs with the spiritual connection I have with the weights.
DGAF how hardcore the musicians think they are none of them train.
None.

[NMS3]

Before the gym (warming up): Slipknot or Eminem
At the gym (lifting): Gym Radio

[Plateauplower]

I don't like listening to music when I'm training, it totally fukcs with the spiritual connection I have with the weights.
DGAF how hardcore the musicians think they are none of them train.
None.

Mick Jagger's legs are bigger than yours. . Jk

My gym plays elevator music at 5am so I use waterproof wireless headphones. Was using pandora heavy metal, or classic rock stations. Now just found Amazon prime has free streaming music, already planning a Rage Against the Machine athon tomorrow morning.

Im fine with no music too, but bad music is worse than none to me.

[Keoking]

I don't like listening to music when I'm training, it totally fukcs with the spiritual connection I have with the weights.
DGAF how hardcore the musicians think they are none of them train.
None.

Henry Rollins comes to mind. I've seen some big metal guys (Danzig?).
But yeah, having to think this hard to prove you wrong is really just proving your point.

[mcbourque]

My get psyched song

[robosphere]

My get psyched song

Whoa, Girlschool! I like your style!

[JungleBoots]

Im way too cheap to buy Pandora premium, but I do love my Faith No More channel - brings me back to old school 90s alt rock - plus, I forgot I loved the band Helmet.

[jamest2k]

Front 242, Front Line Assembly, Killing Joke, Tech Diff, Phil Western is really cool.

[pandapower315]

Slayer, all day long...

[kimm4]

Our gym plays metal, so it works for me.

[nixter]

Are they pretty durable? I was looking at these or those green Plantronics.

I just picked up the Plantronics today. I'll give them a go tonight and report back.

[jldxn626]

I listen to Hip Hop Marine Corps Cadence. Absolutely love it!

[stainedthrowing]

I always hear heavy metal inside the gym so when I work out at home I play hiphop/rap music to tone down a little.

[JRT6]

I don't like listening to music when I'm training, it totally fukcs with the spiritual connection I have with the weights.
DGAF how hardcore the musicians think they are none of them train.
None.

I work out so often that getting all psyched up really would be like pushing a rope up a hill if I tried it all the time. I love metal but after twenty minutes of working out it just annoys me. I'm trying to calm my anxiety while training not crank it up.

[melDorado]

At my gym they let anyone plug their tunes into the speakers which is fine but these 2 guys always put reggae on and I'm not talking drumnbass ragga I'm talking some chill lovers rock. I swear its so unmotivating just makes me wanna lie down and light a huge blunt!

[nixter]

I just picked up the Plantronics today. I'll give them a go tonight and report back.

Tried it out last night and loved it.

http://www.cnet.com/products/plantronics-backbeat-fit/

[Brdprey]

prodigy, deadmau, skrillex and various matrix trax

[PiperBill]

Heavy metal.. That is the klunking of bar on rack and the thud of bbs on the floor. To be honest the best workouts I have are when someone has turned off the music at my gym.

[Old-Time-Lifter]

Lately they've been playing classic rock at the gym. My wife loves that, personally I don't even notice what's playing.

[anonymous]

prodigy, deadmau, skrillex and various matrix trax

Matrix is a combo breaker in a list of dad-rock, I've actually had Matrix and futurebounds set from last years let it roll on rotation in my home gym. I think this is playing in my last lifting vid, lol.



The other sets from that event are great too

[JungleBoots]

I usually can't work out with my wife because she insists on listening to hip hop - I find the intensity to be a tad low for my motivation.

Lately they've been playing classic rock at the gym. My wife loves that, personally I don't even notice what's playing.

[gedaom]

Henry Rollins comes to mind. I've seen some big metal guys (Danzig?).
But yeah, having to think this hard to prove you wrong is really just proving your point.

The biggest musician I know of is Kane Roberts, ex-guitarist for Alice Cooper, he was huge. Also George Lynch, guitarist for Dokken got pretty big a few years ago. But yeah, most of them don't workout at all.

[BAVE]

I use pandora and listen to hardcore metal bands like Stryper, Winger, Poison, and WASP.

[67fastback]

Interesting hearing what everyone else has on their playlist. Pretty cool selections actually.

My workout playlist is usually uptempo hard rock to heavy metal and all over the place from Linkin Park to Deep Purple, Ozzie to Rammstien

Wifey doesn't like it, but there is no Madonna or Adele or crap like that allowed in the home gym. The harmonics would definitely break the subwoofer and cause the paint to melt on the bench and weights.