Some of Paul’s Favorite Workout Songs [PLAYLIST]
I don't always listen to music when I workout.
But when I do, it's pop music.
I'm not one that requires music to be heavy or hard to get me going.
I'll admit, heavy, driving beats, filthy, rocking, slamming, crunk and all types of other aggro music does do a great job in driving physical activity.
I have to be careful listening to music when I ski, because when something by Muse comes on mid-descent, my spirit wants to ratchet it up to a level that my body is incapable of keeping up with.
This is not a knock on working out to aggro-rock. I love heavy music. Always have, and always will.
Rather, it's an acknowledgement that pop songs, rock from the blues or R&B category, even slow songs can be inspirational in an intense workout.
Heavy music is great for working out. You know what else is great? Any other kind of music that moves you.
Example. I was playing Rachel Platten's Fight Song during a workout recently. Some muscle-head heard a female singing beautifully, cut if off and replaced it with metal, right when me and a couple others were about to sing along with the chorus while lunging:
This is my fight song, take back my life song....
So, if you're looking for a workout playlist filled with only rock, move on. This one has some rock, some pop, but all of the music on this 45 minute playlist has soul, and that's what I think is needed to get pumped for a workout.
1. Awolnation - Sail
Megalithic Symphony2. Coldplay - Paradise
Mylo Xyloto3. Willy Moon - Yeah Yeah
Here's Willy Moon4. Muse - Supermassive Black Hole
Twilight (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)5. Yeah Yeah Yeah's - Heads Will Roll
It's Blitz! (Deluxe Edition)6. Charli XCX - I Love It
This Is... Icona Pop7. Outkast - The Way You Move
Speakerboxxx / The Love Below8. Can't Hold Us - Macklemore
The Heist (Deluxe Edition)9. Far East Movement - Like a G6
Free Wired10. Flo Rida - Good Feeling
Wild Ones11. Journey - Stone in Love
The Essential Journey12. Meat Puppets - Backwater
Too High to Die13. The Darkness - I Believe in a Thing Called Love
Permission to Land (Bonus Track)14. Queen - Another One Bites the Dust
Greatest Hits15. Foo Fighters - Learn to Fly
Greatest Hits