# What's your favorite workout music? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 25, 2011, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-workout-music/607321 "2011-12-25T00:04:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![purple\_haze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@purple\_haze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purple_haze)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-workout-music/607321/1 "2011-12-25T00:04:11Z")
I need some great treadmill music to keep me motivated - what’s your favorite song to run to? Any and all suggestions would be great! ---
**Author:** ![slm2955](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c6cbf5/32.png) [@slm2955](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slm2955)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-workout-music/607321/2 "2011-12-25T00:24:49Z")
Any kind of dance/techno music. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-workout-music/607321/3 "2011-12-25T00:37:24Z")
It might not be to everyone’s taste, but I came across cellist [Zoe](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIZTcfrXVMs&feature=related) [Keating](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfdPtNf7c4Y&feature=related) by way of a Radiolab episode, and I find that a lot of her stuff has a great beat for running to. (Edit: As well as just being generally gorgeous.) ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-workout-music/607321/4 "2011-12-25T03:09:47Z")
Jogging this thread over to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![Svejk\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@Svejk\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Svejk_1)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-workout-music/607321/5 "2011-12-25T03:11:43Z")
I quite like Daftpunk for this purpose - that live show (Alive) in particular. ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-workout-music/607321/6 "2011-12-25T03:26:43Z")
> [@slm2955](#): > > Any kind of dance/techno music. Yeah, but my playlist is also somewhat eclectic. Few songs that always show up on my running playlist (in no particular order): [ul] [li][The Prodigy - _Run With the Wolves_](http://youtu.be/T9y9NLarXTk) This is my goto song when I’m running out of steam and need a bump. I never stop during this song no matter how much my lungs feel like they’re going to explode. Actually, I have lots of The Prodigy on my playlist.[/li] [li][Lo Fidelity Allstars - _Battleflag_](http://youtu.be/B99nd2iKGOw)[/li] [li][Apollo 440 - _Stop the Rock_](http://youtu.be/aW7xg2Lxkbk)[/li] [li][The Crystal Method - _Blunts and Robots_](http://youtu.be/-YIvueWPDNk) Great weekend long run song.[/li] [li][Fatboy Slim - _Funk Soul Brother_](http://youtu.be/SBClImpnfAg) Pretty good song for fartleks.[/li] [li][Incubus - _Megalomaniac_](http://youtu.be/MuZhnNR6vzc)[/li] [li][Nine Inch Nails - _The Hand That Feeds_](http://youtu.be/xwhBRJStz7w)[/li] [li][Muse - _Supermassive Black Hole_](http://youtu.be/Xsp3_a-PMTw)[/li] [li][P!nk - _Get the Party Started_](http://youtu.be/mW1dbiD_zDk) Don’t judge me. It’s about my attitude walking out the door. :p[/li][/ul] Some classics: [ul] [li][AC/DC - _Thunderstruck_](http://youtu.be/RukUetw0hAM)[/li] [li][Deep Purple - _Burn_](http://youtu.be/LCnebZnysmI) Another good one for keeping up the pace and ekeing out the last of my effort.[/li] [li][Led Zeppelin - _Communication Breakdown_](http://youtu.be/bZNkLyQSZVg)[/li] [li][Guns N Roses - _Welcome to the Jungle_](http://youtu.be/o1tj2zJ2Wvg)[/li] [li][The Cult - _Love Removal Machine_](http://youtu.be/EjZTN11fp9U)[/li] [li][B-52s - _Rock Lobster_](http://youtu.be/tDZy6-fMCw4) - I can’t help it, but I always sing this one out loud breathlessly while bopping my head. It probably sounds terrible. :o[/li] [/ul] There’s a lot more, but there you go. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-workout-music/607321/7 "2011-12-25T03:28:16Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#): > > It might not be to everyone’s taste, but I came across cellist [Zoe](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIZTcfrXVMs&feature=related) [Keating](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfdPtNf7c4Y&feature=related) by way of a Radiolab episode, and I find that a lot of her stuff has a great beat for running to. > > (Edit: As well as just being generally gorgeous.) That’s some good stuff! ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-workout-music/607321/8 "2011-12-25T03:34:13Z")
Take a look: [http://www.workoutmusicvideo.com/](http://www.workoutmusicvideo.com/) Take a _good_ look, okay? Don’t just close it out! These guys have helped me keep fit for 15 years (and no, I am not affiliated) and I love the music! Quasi ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-workout-music/607321/9 "2011-12-25T04:15:49Z")
When I go to the track, I listen to a potent mix of thrash, hardcore and death metal. Ya know, Slayer, Hatebreed, Exodus, Madball, Amon Amarth, Every Time I Die, shit like that. For fun sometimes I’ll throw in some doom (Electric Wizard, YOB) or some grindcore (Bolt Thrower, Iron Monkey) or deathcore (Chelsea Grin, Trigger The Bloodshed). ---
**Author:** ![Surbey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@Surbey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Surbey)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-workout-music/607321/10 "2011-12-25T05:04:11Z")
The Arcade Fire - Neon Bible. It’s not conventional but it _keeps the car running._ ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-workout-music/607321/11 "2011-12-25T05:27:24Z")
[The Jonny Quest Theme](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40FsKwX-K8U), as covered by The Reverend Horton Heat. I use a stationary bike; the tempo may be a little too high for a treadmill. But I swear, if that song was long enough I could win the Tour de France. ---
**Author:** ![Jaledin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jaledin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaledin)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-workout-music/607321/12 "2011-12-25T08:36:38Z")
Laibach, “Let It Be” Early Sepultura. That is all. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2011, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-favorite-workout-music/607321/13 "2011-12-25T13:56:07Z")
Personally I listen to a wide variety depending on the mood of the day, from prog rock, to blues grass, to blues, to medieval, almost all by way of free podcasts and an internet radio app that a thread here recommended to me called [TuneIn Radio](http://tunein.com/). Specific for running I will sometimes do the [MotionTraxx podcasts](http://www.motiontraxx.com/). The [Best Radio You Have Never Heard](http://bestradioyouhaveneverheard.com/) podcasts have never failed to be good to work out by, and good music to boot (in comparison to MusicTraxx which works very well for exercise but I’d never listen to otherwise). But today I am really looking forward to those Zoe Keating albums I downloaded!