Music Playlist: Strength Training & Weight Lifting
by David Eckoff · 18 comments
I’ve been getting numerous requests for the music playlist from my strength training workouts, here’s what’s on my iPod when I train. What’s your take? What songs would you add to the playlist?
Track, Artist, Album
Gonna Fly Now, Rocky Balboa: The Best of Rocky
Eye of the Tiger, Rocky Balboa: The Best of Rocky
Burning Heart, Rocky Balboa: The Best of Rocky
Gonna Fly Now (John X Remix), Rocky Balboa: The Best of Rocky
Remember The Name, Fort Minor, The Rising Tied
‘Till I Collapse, Eminem, The Eminem Show
Going the Distance, Rocky Balboa: The Best of Rocky
Fanfare for Rocky, Rocky Balboa: The Best of Rocky
Welcome To The Jungle, Guns N’ Roses, Appetite For Destruction
Ain’t Talkin’ ’bout Love, Van Halen, Best Of Van Halen
You Really Got Me, Van Halen, Van Halen
Smells Like Teen Spirit, Nirvana, Nirvana
You Shook Me All Night Long, AC/DC, Back In Black
Live And Let Die, Guns N’ Roses, Use Your Illusion I
Back In Black, AC/DC, Back In Black
Lose Yourself, Eminem, Curtain Call
Refugee, Tom Petty, Anthology
Born In The U.S.A, Bruce Springsteen, Born In The U.S.A.
Panama, Van Halen, Best Of Van Halen
Born To Be Wild, Steppenwolf, Steppenwolf
Lithium, Nirvana, Nirvana
Desire, U2, The Best Of 1980-1990
Overture, Rocky Balboa: The Best of Rocky
Warm Down & Celebrate, Anthony Robbins, Get The Edge (Bonus Day #8)
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some songs on there suck..not in a way that the song isn’t good. but that its not for working out. It doesn’t get your blood pumping.
Great Weight Lifting Song
Behind the Mask by Anarchy Club
Running Song to sooth you and get you past that last mile
Speed of Sound by Coldplay
or
Viva La Vida by Coldplay
Other work out songs are
Paranoid by Black Sabbath
Point Of Authority by Linkin Park
Hey Agron, thanks for stopping by and for making suggestions for these other songs.
What do you’all think? Which of these songs would work for you? Which do you not like? What songs would you add to the play list?
Anything by staind is good 4 warming up,4 getting focused on the task ahead.
Once your ready 2 start sum heavy lifting,especially Back and Legs day,you ought 2 consider sumthing by the Breaking benjamins,So cold is an awsome track that u cant ignore.
Couple more good ones- Korn-coming undone
papa roach-forever
switchfoot-meant to live
seether-gasoline
Nick, thanks for those suggestions! I’ll check them out on Rhapsody!
I have lower body workout this weekend, will have to check out “So Cold”.
Good stuff, and looking forward to adding them to my playlist.
What else do you guys like? What would you add to the list?
Rob Zombie – Scum of the earth
Rob Zombie – Dragula
Korn – Coming undone
This is just to get pumped up, im listening to this and many more while training boxing and strength. I also like to listen to some techno songs once in a while.
Please stope with the Rocky tunes!!!!!! Very cheesy music. Mine involves some “Tears don’t fall”- Bullet for my Valentine
“Click Click Boom”- Saliva
Alot of songs by Mudvayne
Some songs by Egypt Central
Just go with what pumps you up I guess. Some times a hardcore rap song can even pump me up. You just gotta feel it! :)
Lose Yourself & Till I collapse – Eminem
Temperature – Sean Paul
Stronger – Kayne West
Dude I’m sorry but this is not good. I think your mind might be blown if you try working out to some metal. This is playlist is for chilling with a beer. Try Indestructible by Disturbed or Killing in the Name of by Rage.
Fort Minor- Remember the Name
Motorhead- The Game
Drowning Pool- Bodies
Deboniare- Dope
Powerman500- Bombshell
Disturbed-Sickness
RobZombie- Dragula and Human
POD- BOOm
Stemm- Face the Pain
Saliva- Click Click Boom
Mudvayne- Determined
Trapt- Headstrong
Ozzy- Dont wanna stop
BuckCherry- Lit Up
Nickelback- Animals and something in ur mouth.
Rap and R&B work well for cardio for me
I gotta say, that I am not to big on all the Rocky movie songs. and I have to believe that you can find music for weightlifting that wasn’t popular in the 80’s.
Anyway here is my contribution.
Rob Zombie- Never gonna Stop
Kid Rock- American Bad Ass
– Cocky
– I got one for ya
– No woman no cry (very kewl remake, if you can find it)
– wasting time
Nickelback – Animals
Korn – coming undone
Breaking Benjamin – I will not bow
Linkin Park – One step closer
drowning pool – step up
Eminem – the way i am
saliva – click click boom
Marilyn Manson – rock is dead
Rob Zombie – scum of the earth
Slipknot – wait and bleed
Pantera – Walk
Metallica – anything from their early albums
– better than you
Three days grace – Riot
Acid Bath- a lot of good stuff, gotta do some research.
ENJOY!!!!!!
Deuce, thanks for stopping by and for contributing those songs. Good ones!
Hit up some Tech N9ne:
Drill Team
Absolute Power
Like Yeah
Everybody Move
I Am Everything (ft. Hed P.E.)
Let’s Go
Too Much
Alot of the songs are good… The rocky songs are good if you grew up in the era, when i hear them i think of a machine training, i think it hits the point of training music. Not everyone can listen to heavy music, i like to switch it up.
what i listen 2..
passenger – deftones ft. Maynard of Tool
run rabbit run – eminem
session – linkin park
under the knife – rise against
behind closed door – rise against
drones – rise against
give it all – rise against
hell alot of rise against songs are good, and i just noticed i have alot of them, as well as some stuff from muse.
My workout mix uses transition songs between some harder rocking music. Have the music crossfade between tracks and it really flows together. For example:
Alan Parsons Project – Siruis (good opening/Chicago Bulls intro)
Survivor – Eye of the Tiger (I know – cheesy, but it transitions well with Sirius)
Adelitas Way – Invincible
Disturbed – Down with the Sickness
Drowning Pool – Bodies
Rage Against the Machine – Killing in the Name of
Van Halen – 1984 (another transition – cool synth!)
Rush – Tom Sawyer
Living Colour – Cult of Personality
Billy Squire – The Stroke
Queen – We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions (can’t have one without the other)
Cage the Elephant – Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked
Seether – Gasoline
AC/DC, Metallica, Megadeth
Etc…
Put in your “Rocky” music throughout the mix instead of one after the other. They can separate these music block (3-5 songs) and give you the pump you need between sets. I hope some of this helped. Enjoy!
Man, i like this harder sh*t. but you should check out some of this songs:
-pursuit of happiness (steve Aoki remix)
– go hard – DJ Khaled
– Dat new new – kid cudi
– overtime – ace hood
i do my thang – snoop dog ft. kid cudi
spaceship – benny benassi
time to win – down with webster
and most of that harder shit that people left already.
Mostly sh*t suggestions. Here is some good stuff:
Queen – I Want It All
Dropkick Murphys – The Warrior’s Code, Your Spirits Alive, Flannigans Ball, Worker’s Song
Steel Panther – Eyes Of A Panther
Rise Against – Incjection
Dead By April – Stronger
Bullet For My Valentine – Scream Aim Fire
Glamour Of The Kill – A Hope In Hell
Enjoy.
Thanks for the suggestions, Boss! “Eyes of a Panther”… wasn’t that the theme song to Rocky III? :)
Here’s whats in playlist at the moment for when I’m lifting:
Coming Undone Korn
Remember The Name Fort Minor
We Own It (Fast & Furious) [feat. Wiz Khalifa] 2 Chainz
Crazy Bitch BuckCherry
Show Me How To Live Audioslave
The Hand That Feeds Nine Inch Nails
Point of no return Immortal Technique
Boom P.O.D.
Devour Shinedown
Frontline Pillar
Hell Yeah Rev Theory
Riot Three Days Grace
Dragula Rob Zombie
Party Up DMX
We Right Here DMX
Ruff Ryders’ Anthem DMX
Y’all Don’t Really Know DMX
Word Up! Korn
Right Now Korn
Futures Jimmy Eat World
Pain Jimmy Eat World
Nickelback Woke Up This Morning
The Way You Like It Adema
Undead Hollywood Undead
Burn it to the Ground Nickelback
Drop The Bombshell PowerMan 5000
Million Miles Away The Offspring
Ante Up M.O.P.
Can’ Be Touched Ray Jones Jr.
Exploration Of Space Cosmic Gate
Hate Me Now Feat. Puff Daddy Nas
Komodo (Save A Soul) Mauro Picotto
Mortal Kombat Theme Unknown
Headstrong Trapt