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20 SONGS for LIFTING WEIGHTS – PART VIII

The first seven editions of “20 Songs for Lifting Weights” series (links at the bottom) have been pretty popular, I have been happy to see.

It had been a while since Volume 6, so in conjunction with Volume 7, we’re going to double up and toss in 20 more decent tracks to get you through your gym session.

So, from my iPod to yours, her are another 20 songs for your playlist, making 140 (so far).

They’ve been getting me through some tough workouts and I hope they can help you through yours when you need that extra push.

• Guns n’ Roses – Think About You
• Gregg Allman – I’ll Be Holding On
• Haywire – Dance Desire
• Heart – If Looks Could Kill
• Khaled – We Taking Over
• The Killers – Somebody Told Me
• Marilyn Manson – Tainted Love
• Michael Jackson – Give in to Me
• Orgy – Blue Monday
• Queen – I Want it All
• Savage Garden – Carry on Dancing
• T.I. and Rihanna – Live Your Life
• Three Days Grace – Just Like You
• Van Halen – Don’t Tell Me
• Van Halen – Humans Being
• Will Smith – Black Suits Coming
• 2Pac – Me and My Girlfriend
• 2Pac – Hit ‘em Up
• Tim Feehan – Where’s the Fire
• Tears for Fears – Tears Roll Down

I trust that these 20 and the other 140 previously mentioned songs will keep us busy in the gym for a while. But you can never really have too much motivation in the gym and a bit of music can go a long way.

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20 SONGS for LIFTING WEIGHTS – PART VII

The first six editions of “20 Songs for Lifting Weights” series (links at the bottom) have been pretty popular, I have been happy to see.

So, after a while since the last contribution, it is time to add a few more selections to the power list.

Thus, from my iPod to yours, her are another 20 songs for your playlist, making 140 (so far).

They’ve been getting me through some tough workouts and I hope they can help you through yours when you need that extra shot.

• Timbaland and Fallout Boy – One and Only
• AC/DC – Are You Ready
• Aerosmith – The Other Side
• Billy Idol – Rebel Yell
• Billy Squier – The Stroke
• Bon Jovi – Roulette
• Bon Jovi – Price of Love
• Bricklin – Walk Away
• Cake – No Phone
• Class of 99 – Another Brick in the Wall
• Creed – I’m Eighteen
• Cypress Hill – Cock the Hammer
• Def Leppard – Rocket
• Depeche Mode – Policy of Truth
• Disturbed – Land of Confusion
• Eminem – You Don’t Know
• Eric Clapton – It’s in the Way that You Use It
• Foxy Brown and Jay Z – I’ll Be
• Frou Frou – Holding Out for a Hero
• Geto Boys – G-Code

I trust that these 20 and the other 120 previously mentioned songs will keep us busy in the gym for a while. But you can never really have too much motivation in the gym and a bit of music can go a long way.

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20 SONGS for LIFTING WEIGHTS – PART VI

The first five editions of “20 Songs for Lifting Weights” series (links at the bottom of the post) have been pretty popular (thanks for the feedback) and I am on my way for a late workout and – tired as I am – thought I might benefit from a bit of fresh blood on the iPod playlist.

As a result, I sat down and added another 20 songs from the library to the Anvil of Crom workout playlist that I am using for the current, fairly grueling regime. By the time I am on the 25th set of legs, I am pretty happy for every little bit of adrenaline I can muster.

So from my iPod to yours, her are another 20 songs for your playlist, making 120 so far, enough to get through more than a couple solid workouts.

• Bon Jovi – It’s My Life
• Lonely Island – I’m on a Boat
• Loverboy – Lovin’ Every Minute of It
• Mark Safan – Win in the End
• Marky Mark – Good Vibrations
• Michael Jackson – They Don’t Care About Us
• Mike Jones – Mr. Jones
• Moby – Bodyrock
• NWA – Straight Outta Compton
• Nine Inch Nails – Head Like a Hole
• Outkast – Gasoline Dreams
• POD – Alive
• Rob Thomas – This is How a Heart Breaks
• Rupert Hine – With One Look
• Screaming Trees – Nearly Lost You
• Survivor – Burning Heart
• Tom Cochrane – Life is a Highway
• Tom Cochrane – Willie Dixon Said
• Toto – Hold the Line
• Wire Train – I Will Not Fall

I expect these 20 and the other 100 songs previously mentioned will do us all right for a bit. But you can never really have too much motivation in the gym and a little bit of music can go a long way.

GO TO: 20 Songs for Lifting Weights – Part 1
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20 SONGS for LIFTING WEIGHTS – PART V

The first four installments of my “20 Songs for Lifting Weights” series (links at the bottom of the post) have been pretty popular, so I am bringing out Part 5.

And not just for you, I’ve been playing these first 80 songs into the ground with my current workout routine and I need a little bit of fresh blood infused into the playlist.

So here are another 20 songs for your iPod playlist, bringing the total to an even 100 so far. And you’ll need more than 100 on your lifelong fitness journey so I’ll keep them coming.

• Bon Jovi – Runaway
• Bon Jovi – Game of the Heart
• Bruce Springsteen – Lucky Town
• The Cult – Fire Woman
• Da Shop Boyz – Party Like a Rockstar
• Depeche Mode – People Are People
• Dio – Holy Diver
• Eddie Money – Take Me Home Tonight
• Eminem – Go to Sleep
• Eminem – Say My Name
• Europe – Rock the Night
• Evanescence – Bring Me to Life
• Fall Out Boy – Beat It
• Gym Class Heroes – Clothes Off!
• Helix – Rock You
• Joe Lynn Turner – Heartless
• Juvenile – Back that Ass Up
• Kiss – King of the Mountain
• LeAnn Rimes – The Right Kind of Wrong
• LL Cool J – Mama Said Knock You Out

I imagine this and the other 80 songs previously mentioned will tide you over for a little while, but the day will soon come a time that more variety is called for and another 20 songs shall then be forthcoming.

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20 SONGS for LIFTING WEIGHTS – PART IV

Well, we all know that the right music can go a long way for enhancing your motivation or sometimes even synthesizing it from zero. There’s been more than a few times that I’ve needed to call on the iPod to get through the last couple of sets on a tough day, and of course keeping the songs going is also a good way to time your rests in between sets.

Upon providing the original 20 Songs for Lifting Weights Playlist and the sequels with Part II and Part III, I have needed to add a new 20 to my repertoire and here they are…

This will bring the grand total to 60 songs that will serve you well in the weight room when you need to dig deep for that extra pump.

So here are 20 more songs for your iPod workout playlist that will be your “performance enhancer” when you need to power through one more rep of the bench press, squeeze out the last bicep curl, or make it back up to the top of the squat rack.

• Jay Z – 99 Problems
• Slim Thug – Boss of All Bosses
• Bomfunk MCs – Kingstep
• Bon Jovi – You Give Love a Bad Name
• AMG – Bitch Betta Have My Money
• DMX – Mike Tyson Entrance Song
• E.G. Daily – Mind Over Matter
• Eminem – Business
• Fat Joe – We Run This Shit
• Foreigner – Say You Will
• Glass Tiger – Animal Heart
• Kiss – Psycho Circus
• Lo Fidelity Allstars – Battleflag
• Michael Jackson – Jam
• Nelly – Boom!
• Paul Engemann – Push it to the Limit
• Shannon – Let the Music Play
• Tommy Faragher – So Close to the Fire
• Trick Daddy – Let’s Go
• 2Pac – Holla at Me

I imagine this and the other 60 songs previously mentioned will last for a little while, but there will come a time that more variety is needed and then 20 more songs from my personal playlist shall be forthcoming.

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Today I present another sample of my iPod playlist for the heavy weight training days in the gym. This is one of Jay Z’s signature songs and is about as hard-hitting as his stuff gets. Pretty good for a kick around the fourth or fifth set of an exercise when you need a little bit of extra fuel.

Below are a couple of versions of the much-remixed track.

And here is an interesting remix I came across in my travels. Bears little resemblance to the original but is kind of catchy…

20 SONGS for LIFTING WEIGHTS – PART III

Well, after sharing the original 20 Songs for Lifting Weights Playlist and the follow-up with Part II, the time has come to make it a trilogy.

This will bring the grand total to 60 songs that will serve you well in the weight room when you need to dig deep for that extra pump.

So here are 20 more songs for your iPod workout playlist that will be your “performance enhancer” when you need to power through one more rep of the bench press, squeeze out the last bicep curl, or make it back up to the top of the squat rack.

• Scorpions – Rock You Like a Hurricane
• Skid Row – Youth Gone Wild
• Snoop Dogg – Lollipop
• Stevie Nicks – Edge of Seventeen
• Survivor – Eye of the Tiger
• T.I. – Top Back
• T.I. – What You Know
• 3 6 Mafia – It’s a Fight
• 3 6 Mafia – Stay Fly
• Tommy Faragher – Look Out for Number One
• Triumph – Lay it on the Line
• U2 – Beautiful Day
• Van Halen – Right Now
• Yngwie Malmsteen – Gimme Gimme Gimme
• 2Pac – Out on Bail
• 50 Cent – Piggy Bank
• Aerosmith – Magic Touch
• Alice Cooper – Poison
• Beastie Boys – Right Right Now Now
• Black Box – Ride on Time

When these start to wear a little thin or lose a bit of their rocket fuel, I’ll be back with 20 more from my personal playlist.

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20 SONGS for LIFTING WEIGHTS – PART II

Well, not long ago I put together the original 20 Songs for Lifting Weights Playlist. But due to the extremely long sets and fairly long breaks during the Anvil of Crom training period, I am going through songs a little quicker than I planned and wearing them out pretty fast. If a few of them aren’t working for me on a given day, I end up recycling the same few more than I would like.

So I went back to the computer and put together an additional 20 songs for the weightlifting playlist. Here they are, from my iPod to yours…

• Jay Z and Linkin Park – Numb
• Madonna – Die Another Day
• Madonna – Like a Prayer
• Method Man – The Rock (Know Your Role)
• Nine Inch Nails – Just Like You Imagined
• NY Confidential – It Really Don’t Matter to Me
• Papa Roach – Last Resort
• Paul Stanley – Live to Win
• Phil Collins – In the Air Tonight
• Platinum Blonde – Crying Over You
• Power Station – Some Like it Hot
• Puff Daddy – Victory
• R.A.T.M. – Killing in the Name Of
• Ratt – Round and Round
• Rick Ross – Push it to the Limit
• Robert Tepper – No Easy Way Out
• Run DMC – Down with the King
• Rush – Cold Fire
• Sammy Hagar – Winner Takes it All
• Sans Pression – Numero 10

I will be back with another twenty when it is time to add some novelty to the playlist for some extra fuel.

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Today I present another sample of my playlist for the grueling weight days in the gym. This one is a fairly obscure song by one of the masters of rap and, more importantly, a master of weightlifting-inspiration rap.

This is Pain by 2Pac. And if you are doing your job right in the weight room, your pain will run deep! Share it with me!

20 SONGS for LIFTING WEIGHTS

Well, I have been doing some pretty taxing training as of late, and with my two minute rests between sets and my iPod or party shuffle, I am literally spending most of those two minutes skipping crappy songs and getting annoyed, rather than resting and focusing and prepping for the next and more intense set. This is especially not a good use of my energy in the current Anvil of Crom training period.

So I went into iTunes and took a few minutes now to save myself countless minutes and premature grey hairs listening to crappy music in between sets. I custom-crafted a 20-song playlist to get me through the tough sets and I’m sharing it. From my iPod to yours, here’s some good weightlifting music.

• 2Pac – When We Ride on Our Enemies
• 2Pac – Numero 10
• 2Pac – Pain
• 50 Cent – Hustler’s Ambition
• Akon – Clap Again
• Bon Jovi – Livin’ on a Prayer
• Breakfast Club – Right on Track
• Cypress Hill – Rock Superstar
• Eminem – ‘Till I Collapse
• Eminem – Sing for the Moment
• Eminem – Spend Some Time
• Eminem – Lose Yourself
• Fat Joe – Does Anybody Know
• Fat Joe – Make it Rain
• Fort Minor – Remember the Name
• Hall and Oates – Cold Dark and Yesterday
• Honeymoon Suite – Burning in Love
• Immediate Music – Serenata
• Kanye West – Stronger
• R. Kelly – Rock Star

Sooner or later, these songs will wear a little thin and need a few weeks off before they regain their effectiveness. At that point, I’ll make a new list and give another 20 good iron-pumping songs for your rotation. Keep pushing through the pain barrier!

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