I’m a newbie at the gym, but for as long as I remember, I’ve
kept a running playlist on my phone to ‘motivate’ me. One day my flatmate asked
me what songs I had on there, and I thought it’d make an interesting blogpost
for you exercise buffs out there –or y’know, you wanna do your cardio in the
form of dancing around to hella upbeat tunes.
First of all, it’d make sense for me to tell you that I have
a little routine (which I switch up every now and then to keep my body
challenged. I start off with a 10 minute warm-up at Level 8 on an exercise bike
(obviously these levels vary depending on the bike’s brand, but let’s just say
it’s around gear 5ish?) After this, I stretch
those freakin legs out before they feel stiff. That’s probably the wrong way to
do it but y’know, I like the way I do it. Anyways, after I warm up, I do
interval cardio. I walk for 10 minutes at a high incline and medium speed, to
warm my legs up gradually again.
I then run like the wind. Or, try to, I guess. I run a
kilometre in about 8ish minutes. That’s where the real shit kicks in and I’m
sweating like a p i g. …never really
got that saying. I drink water every time a song ends to keep super hydrated.
Also, trying to drink large volumes of water every 10 minutes as opposed to
small gulps every 4 really screws up with my breathing- and I hear getting
oxygen into your blood stream is pretty important.
So, on to my playlist! Of course, I have it on shuffle so I
don’t know what comes next.
- Accidentally In Love – Counting Crows
- Anklebiters – Paramore
- Angel of Small Death & The Codeine Scene – Hozier
- Big Yellow Taxi – Joni Mitchell
- Black Skinhead – Kanye West
- Break It Down – Traphik & Twankstar
- Burn – Ellie Goulding (Codeko Dubstep Remix)
- Come On Eileen – Dexys Midnight Runners
- Dear River – Kina Grannis
- Dirty Litte Secret – The All-American Rejects
- Diva – Beyonce
- Feel The Love – Rudimental (Kill Paris Remix)
- Girls – The 1975
- Gives You Hell – The All-American Rejects
- Hero – Childish Gambino
- Let’s Get It Started – Black Eyed Peas
- Love Lockdown – Kanye West
- Love On Top – Beyonce
- No Interruption – Hoodie Allen
- Pump It – Black Eyed Peas
- Ring The Alarm - Beyonce
- Say My Name – Destiny’s Child
- Sorry feat. Big Sean – Naya Rivera
- Still Into You – Paramore
- Sweet Louise – The Belle Brigade
- Swing, Swing – The All-American Rejects
- Slow Down – Selena Gomez
- Stronger – Kanye West
- Timber – Ke$ha ft. Pitbull (Gordon & Doyle Quick Fix Remix)
- Touch The Sky – Kanye West
- 3005 – Childish Gambino
I hope you get a couple new songs
from this playlist! Happy exercising :)
L.
