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Heavy Metal, Hard Trance and generally whatever realises adrenaline and endorphins!

i dont listen to music. I zone out on my breathing and feel the blood flow. i prefer silence. Weird I know.

Disturbed.
Breaking Benjamin.

Basically, if it involves a driving beat, distorted guitars, and possibly some screaming, I'm down with it for squats & deadlifts. If I am doing presses or curls, Yanni or Enya will even do the trick

--Matt B.

goatacon wrote:i dont listen to music. I zone out on my breathing and feel the blood flow. i prefer silence. Weird I know.

If I had that option I might use it, but I have to do something to block out the craptacular teeny-bopper garbage they play at my gym. 92 pound girls couldn't get motivated to do level 1 elliptical workouts on that messed-up junk!

I have a wide variety of stuff on my mp3 player, which I need to shake up right now because it's not very good for weightlifting. I like "Issachar" and "Devil's Night Out" by the Mighty Mighty Bosstones. Some of my favorite jogging songs are "Dragon Attack," "We Will Rock You," and "Another One Bites the Dust" (Queen) and "Don't Fear the Reaper," because sometimes you just need more cowbell! And when I'm down to the nitty-gritty on my shoulder therapy, I have two copies back to back of "Roll Away the Stone (Sisyphus)" by Rush, with a tip of my hat to the Sisyphus Working Party.

I wish I could think of some more Rush to put on there... Maybe "By-Tor and the Snow Dog?" Any other suggestions?

Not just Metal, but Epic Metal, like the kind you can slay dragons to should you run across one on the way to the gym. Black Majesty, Sonata Arctica, Edguy, Dragonforce, Kamelot, etc.

It depends when I am gonna listen to music before or during workout.Generally when my workouts concentrate at 85%+ of 1RM I am not listening to music during workout.You mind and concentration must be there when using heavy weights. The best is when the gym has great music by its own but most gym owners have the worst music taste I can imagine.Or at least our likes do not match . Gyms tend to use music for cardio workouts that keep a constant beat etc... and not nerve music like metal that drives you into weights.

anything upbeat works for me... if a techno tune comes on thoug it does my head in!

SurferX wrote:Not just Metal, but Epic Metal, like the kind you can slay dragons to should you run across one on the way to the gym. Black Majesty, Sonata Arctica, Edguy, Dragonforce, Kamelot, etc.

Dude, check out Ensiferum and Eluveitie. I can't tell you how many times I've lifted to those bands and pictured... well... slaying dragons at the gym.

For me, anything with rythm that reveals inner piss and vinegar. Unearth, Reveille, Soilwork....

Unearth - March Of The Mutes (Fa-nta-stic Breakdowns)
Soilwork are great

Dude, check out Ensiferum and Eluveitie. I can't tell you how many times I've lifted to those bands and pictured... well... slaying dragons at the gym.

triple wrote:slaying dragons at the gym.

You sure you didn't mean laying cougars at the gym?

--Matt "dirty minds think alike" B.