This Valentine’s Day, give yourself a gift that’s good for your mind and your heart by buying yourself some new workout music. Listening to music that is different from your everyday mix will stop you from getting bored and incentivize you to get your blood pumping--which, in turn, leads to lower blood pressure, better lung efficiency and decreased cholesterol. Now that’s a valentine that will do everyone’s heart good. Literally.
Here are our top 10 songs that are above 128 beats per minute (the Aerobics and Fitness Association of America’s recommended speed for cardio) and that you won’t find on your typical Top 40 station.
1. Kasabian, Reason is Treason
2. Yeah, Yeah Yeahs, Y Control Tommie Sunshine Remix
3. Metric, Combat Baby
(If you like Metric, Dead Disco is also a great song for a workout)
4. Daft Punk, Like a Prayer Remix
5. Kate Nash, Foundations
6. Teddybears Stockholm, Hey Boy
7. Veruca Salt, Volcano Girls
8. Mika, We are Golden
9. Dan Winter, Fading Like a Flower Remix
10. The Killers, All These Things That I've Done (There are some great remixes of this some out there as well.)
Here are some other great songs for a variety of workout styles that were suggested by Examiner Readers:
Beyonce, Single Ladies
Baracude, I Leave the World Today
Beatles, I Should Have Known Better
Black Eyed Peas, I Gotta Feeling
Bon Jovi, It's my Life
Bon Jovi, Keep the Faith
Bon Jovi, Living on a Prayer
Bruce Springsteen, No Surrender
Bruce Springsteen, Thunder Road
Dave Matthews Band, Two Step
Eminem, Lose yourself
Erasure, Oh L'Amour - erasure
Foo Fighters, Pretender
James, Sometimes
Jeckyll &Hide, Freefall
Jimmy Eat World, Big Casino
Joe Esposito, You’re the Best Around (Yes, this is from the Karate Kid Soundtrack. It’s a classic.)
Justin Timberlake, Lovestoned
Kanye West, Stronger
Kings of Leon, Sex on Fire - kings of leon
Madonna, Ray of Light
Madcon, Beggin’
Mary J. Blige, Just Fine
Metallica, Battery
Ne-Yo, Closer
Ozzy Ozbourne, Crazy Train
Pakito, Living on Video
Phoenix, 1901
Postal Service, Such Great Heights
Prince, Baby I’m a Star
Rhianna, Please Don't Stop the Music
Ryan Adams, So Alive
Snow Patrol, Hands Open
Snow Patrol, Just Say Yes
Soul Asylum, Black Gold
U2, Miracle Drug
U2, Beautiful Day
U2, City of Blinding Lights
Vampire Weekend, A-Punk
Van Halen, Dreams
Van Halen, Right Now
Got your own favorite song to add to our mix? Leave a comment below or contact April by email at AprilRedzicFitness@gmail.com, on Facebook at April RFitness, or on Twitter at April Fitness. We’ll add your suggestions to our list of Examiner reader favorites.
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