I’m putting together a CD of music that I love to listen to before training and racing. Tired of changing CDs so I’m finally gonna burn my own hits. Throw me suggestions. Some of my favs are Silent Lucidity by Queensryche (gets me focused) and Sad but True by Metallica (gets me pumped).
The standard stuff while going hard on the Computrainer: Metallica, Static X, Godsmack, Rammstein. It is amazing how much of an effect the music has on your performance. Loud, angry music does mangle your hearing though.
Oh, Oh, try this… Get your favorite training CD and a heart rate monitor. Practice some active relaxation while wearing the heart rate monitor (neurophysiological autoregulation)only. Calmy watch your heart rate drop. Now, put on the head phones- don’t move- and crank the music. Wow! look at that! You heart rate totally goes up. that’s cool. Add Prodigy to my list too.
“Lunatic Fringe” by Red Ryder rocks (but that may be only because I’ve seen Vision Quest about a hundred times). Alice In Chains, Tool, Sponge, The Toadies, Mustard Plug, Ned’s Atomic Dustbin…pretty much anything with a pretty quick, driving pulse.
I don’t have quite the hard-edged taste that y’all seem to have, but here’s a small sample of some of the stuff I put on my mixed CDs:
“Bullet the Blue Sky” - U2
“I Got Drunk” - Uncle Tupelo
“You Wreck Me” - Tom Petty
“Heartspark Dollarsign” - Everclear
“Drank Like a River” - Whiskeytown
Anything by Green Day
Anything by The Ramones
(I save the Hank Williams Sr. and Johnny Cash for my post-workout cooldown!)
If I’m trying to get really pumped up energetic, I go for some Blink 182 (Duderanch CD), Garbage (Version 2.0), Sum 41, and some Ja Rule.
If I want to get relaxed because I’m tood amn nervous (Like at regionals when there’s over 300 guys running in the same race) I’ll throw on some WallFlowers or Eagles.
Pick up the album “Pornografitti” by Extreme. They are MUCH harder than their trademark song “More than Words.” You could pick just about any song off that album and it will get you jazzed.
Someone mentioned AC/DC – their “Back in Black” album is the greatest ever for getting psyched.
P.O.D. has some great songs on “Satellite.” “Youth of the Nation” will fire you up and stick with you (solid Christian message, too.)
Tribe of Judah is a new band with Extreme’s singer (and former Van Halen frontman, too.) The album is called “Exit Elvis” and it really delivers a punch. I lift a couple times a week early in the morning and it gets me going from note 1.
Call me a freak, but I love listening to Classical music while I work out. Kind of a zen thing, but some of it can be quite inspiring (try vivaldi: the four seasons, or some Mozart). I think it’s especially good before a race because I’m usually freaking out then, and violins make me feel good.
Oh yeah…let’s see…and I take no responsibility for how lame or geeky other may think these choices are. Even though they are after all mine. Anyway, some artists I like:
I see nothing strange about classical music… so, I guess I’ll join the club of “strange” by saying the only time I like to listen to blue grass is while I’m on my CT - after about 2 hrs… I slowly begin to loose touch with reality and crank up a little…:
I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow-Soggy Bottom Boys - Dan Tyminski
John Law Burned Down the Liquor Sto’ - Chris King
And let’s not forget the Dixie Chicks
White Trash Wedding, Sin Wagon, Lil Jack Slade, Tortured Tangled Hearts…
Top off with non-blue grass music such as…
Crawling in the dark by Hoobastank, some Nickle Back, Staind, The Calling, Foo Fighters, Joe Cocker, Mamma’s and the Pappa’s and some Carlos Santanna to bring me back to reality - also called pain.
I prefer to say I’m a bit eclectic… and not so much - strange.
FWIW Joe Moya
BTW, If it’s classical music - I like Mozart’s “Flight of the Bumblebee” - short, fast and to the point. Great pick me up music.
Tool, Face to Face, Nickelback, Rage against the Machine, Metallica. There are just so much to choose from. There is no better way to burn the time indoor training then with a solid CD to listen to.