Work It! The Perfect Workout Playlist

We’ve all been through this before: you’re on the elliptical at the gym for about 5 minutes before you get tired/bored/lazy and want to go home to a pint of Ben and Jerry’s.  Methinks the right music could make all the difference – try these suggestions below:

Buy Workout CDs/MP3s: The Power Music website specializes in music to get you motivated for any fitness activity, from cardio and dance to kickboxing and yoga.  They also have personal trainer CDs to guide you through your workout, as well as downloadable MP3 files.

Make Your Own Playlist: After doing a little research by Googling "workout music" and reading people’s suggested playlists, I’ve also compiled a list of songs for your MP3 player that are guaranteed to get you pumped for a cardio workout:

1. Basement Jaxx – Where’s Your Head At
2. Ace of Base – Beautiful Life
3. Linkin Park – Faint
4. Britney Spears – Toxic
5. Groove Armada – I See You Baby
6. The Chemical Brothers – Galvanize
7. Moby – Bodyrock
8. Justin Timberlake – SexyBack
9. Gorillaz – DARE
10. Eminem – Lose Yourself
11. Kelly Clarkson – Since You’ve Been Gone
12. Linday Lohan – Rumors
13. Method Man & Redman – Rockwilder
14. Pussycat Dolls – Beep ft. Will.I.Am
15. Outkast – Hey Ya
16. Missy Elliot – Work It
17. The Killers – Mr. Brightside
18. Rihanna – Pon De Replay
19. The Vines – Get Free
20. Chris Brown – Run It
21. Ciara – 1, 2 Step ft. Missy Elliot
22. Amerie – One Thing Remix ft. Jay-Z
23. Roots & BT – Tao of the Machine
24. Survivor – Eye of the Tiger (play it while doing your best Rocky imitation)
25. Jamiroquai – Canned Heat (play it while doing your best Napoleon Dynamite imitation)

Know some other good ones?  Post ‘em here! 

Now, get to the gym!

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