I never know how these posts go over but I just love writing them. Finding new music is hard for me since the stuff I like to play in the gym isn’t mainstream and I’m cut off from so much where i am. I just stumble on this stuff.
I’m very protective of what we play in the gym. Until recently we’ve let people play a little of whatever they want and I’ve gone in sometimes and thought WTF is this?!? I hated it because I hate rap and pop just in general. Don’t like it in any way. Plus people were getting a bit bitchy about turning it up when we said it was too loud. So I got a new stereo that we locked up and now we play set music.
This is important to me because we’re trying to establish a certain culture in the gym. It isn’t for everyone, it isn’t supposed to be. It reflects my values and beliefs and I was letting other people play their stuff but it alienated me. I felt like a stranger in my own house. That’s not gonna happen.
So here’s the stuff we’re playing these days. Hope you like it and if you don’t, you will after hearing it over and over. 🙂
This was so epic that when I first heard it, I actually got out of my chair and started working out. That’s how powerful this is. It’s like aural testosterone. If this doesn’t make you want to work out, there’s no hope for you and you should join an aerobics class with the other nice ladies.
BIG fan of As I Lay Dying. I realize the style doesn’t suit everyone’s taste. But again, if this doesn’t make you want to work out then nothing will. Look at the singer, he even has big delts!!
Here they are working out in a gym like ours:
Good bunch of guys.
And for the ladies, we have something more hard rock-ish. Great band, good tunes. See that look in her eyes? Oh, man!
Enjoy!