{for this week's workout wednesday post, I've asked my very cool friend Nena to create a workout playlist! Nena is one of the fittest girls I know, and she's known throughout our social circles as the person with the coolest [and most extensive] taste in music! you can find her music blog on tumblr, and her hilarious thoughts on life on twitter. enjoy!}
Hello everybody! My name is Nena. I am a 20-year-old Sociology major/ German Language minor who has a thirst for good tunes and for being active. When the beautiful and lovely Robin asked me to be a guest writer on her rad blog, I was beyond stoked. To top it off, she asked me to write about my two favorite topics in the universe: music and working out (or well, more specifically, music to listen to while working out).
There is no doubt in my mind having the perfect playlist can immensely improve your workout . Listening to upbeat music has been proven to motivate you to put in more effort, it keeps you focused and a good beat can really help you keep a steady pace. I find that the playlist people listen to while they get their sweat-on can be a very personal thing. Everyone likes a variety of different genres and I've found that different songs work differently for the type of work out as well.
The playlist I have crafted for you today is categorized for the different stages of a good full body workout, including a warm-up, cardio, lifting and a cool down. I tried to mix up the genres and keep it fresh 2 death to tickle the fancy of all of you fit readers (Did I mention your ass looks great? Must be all those stairs you did listening to awesome jams eh?) Also I’m just going to do a shameless plug here and say all the tunes are soundcloud links. Soundcloud is seriously (in my opinion) the best listening/streaming site out there. If you make an account here you can make your own playlist or follow this 1-hour Get Sweaty Playlist that I made specifically for this post! Okay - now down to the nitty gritty (and sweaty?)!
Hello everybody! My name is Nena. I am a 20-year-old Sociology major/ German Language minor who has a thirst for good tunes and for being active. When the beautiful and lovely Robin asked me to be a guest writer on her rad blog, I was beyond stoked. To top it off, she asked me to write about my two favorite topics in the universe: music and working out (or well, more specifically, music to listen to while working out).
There is no doubt in my mind having the perfect playlist can immensely improve your workout . Listening to upbeat music has been proven to motivate you to put in more effort, it keeps you focused and a good beat can really help you keep a steady pace. I find that the playlist people listen to while they get their sweat-on can be a very personal thing. Everyone likes a variety of different genres and I've found that different songs work differently for the type of work out as well.
The playlist I have crafted for you today is categorized for the different stages of a good full body workout, including a warm-up, cardio, lifting and a cool down. I tried to mix up the genres and keep it fresh 2 death to tickle the fancy of all of you fit readers (Did I mention your ass looks great? Must be all those stairs you did listening to awesome jams eh?) Also I’m just going to do a shameless plug here and say all the tunes are soundcloud links. Soundcloud is seriously (in my opinion) the best listening/streaming site out there. If you make an account here you can make your own playlist or follow this 1-hour Get Sweaty Playlist that I made specifically for this post! Okay - now down to the nitty gritty (and sweaty?)!
warm up
Latch (Disclosure) - the lovely voice of Sam Smith
and the endless talent of the 2 Disclosure brothers never fails to get me ready
for a killer sweat.
cardio
Sunshower (Rusko) - annnnnd now its time to get in
a groove. Falling into step with this fresh off the press Rusko track is like
second nature.
Green Gardens (Djemba Djemba) - this remix of a great original
makes for a great cardio pusher
Girls (The 1975) - changing the pace with some
good British rock boys and a dance jam can get me motivated like no other
Inspector Norse (Todd Terje) - nu-Disco has this way of
getting me into a cardio trance.
Go (Grimes) - Grimes and Blood Diamonds wrote
this jam for Rhianna who turned it down and I cant imagine why ?!!?!?! The trap
break down can get anyone goin 3hunnit.
All Good (Av Av Av) - keep on going with the smooth
as butter track by Av Av Av will have you running longer than you ever thought
you could
Feel of Love (i-D) - feel the love. The love of the
feeling of pushing your body to the limits.
Cloudy (Feel so Real) - the endless groove you’ll be in
after this jam will have you wanting to keep going FOREVER!
lifting
Push 'Em Up (Boyz Noize) - PUSH UP THOSE WEIGHTS. I KNOW
YOU CAN DO ONE MORE.
Fancy Remix (Iggy Azalea) - hard twist on the song of the
summer to get you lifting more than you ever thought you could
Affection (Crystal Castles) - trap remix of the year. Hits
hard and so do you
Rock U Tonite (Wave Racer) - the synth drop for ultimate
motivation
Shabba (A$AP Ferg) - the bass beats got you like “do
you even lift bro?
Gibberi$h (Zooly) - ~LETS GO~ this track hits
harder than any weight out there. FINISH OFF STRONG.
cool down
As We Strive (TWOS) - wow good work out! You were really
striving for greatness *high five*
Amazing workout! Find the Get Sweaty Playlist on Soundcloud.
Huge thanks to Robin for featuring me today!
Hopefully I'll be back with another playlist soon!
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