What’s in your music library?
Because I’m not the biggest fan of sitting on the trainer for hours, I’ve been using intervals during the week for most of the new year and leaving my LSD (lond-steady-distance) rides for the weekend (when is this snow going to disappear!?).
I like them mainly because an hour or so seems to fly by – The fact that everything is broken into little chunks (be they 4 minutes, or 40 seconds) helps me get through the time. All I’m really able to focus on is making it to the end of the current interval and maintaining form – I don’t have enough brain power to worry about anything else ;-)
For my LSD weekend rides I usually pop in a movie or TV series and just do my best to avoid boredom, but for intervals I generally rely on music to keep me rollin’.
Now anybody who’s ever been in a spin class knows that those big techno beats are pretty popular and although I dig ‘em, after a while they wear on me a bit. Looking to mix it up a bit, I’ve been looking at some alternate music choices.
So I guess I’m looking to you guys. What do you listen to? What keeps your legs moving?
Usually I don’t need something with a huge thumping beat, just something with a good groove that I can get into – Here are a few of my non-techno choices of late:
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9 Comments
Big Ben on March 23rd, 2009
One word for ya – Sepultura
Two words for ya – Metalica, Metalica. I say it twice cause they are that good.
Ken Hurd on March 23rd, 2009
@BigBen – Yeah good call, I should give Metallica a go. I’ve also been known to toss a bit of Dragonforce in the mix…
Graeme & Myra on March 23rd, 2009
Myra says: Wolf Parade (You are a runner…), Clap Your Hands and Say Yeah, Radiohead (15 Step, Jigsaw falling into place)
Graeme says: for a completely random sample: De La Soul (Say No Go), DJ Shadow (The Number Song, Walkie Talkie, High Noon), Herbaliser (Goldrush), Jaga Jazzist (Day), Zepplin (Immigrant Song), Pedro the Lion (Never leave a job half done), The Heavy (That kind of man), The Damned.
Sheldon Smart on March 23rd, 2009
Although I am an eclectic music fan, and have invested a scary amount of dollars on iTunes over the years, I am definately into the slighltly heavier stuff vs. the techno while I ride:
Metalica
Offspring
Social Distortion
Queens of the Stone Age
Foo Fighters
Guns and Roses
Motley Crue
Ozzy
I Mother Earth (v1)
Stone Temple Pilots
Headstones
Monster Voodoo Machine
Led Zeplin
I think my age is showing with some of those;-)
Sheldon Smart on March 23rd, 2009
PS. I am down with Radiohead 15 Step Fo Sho!
Ken Hurd on March 23rd, 2009
@Sheldon – Social Distortion & Headstones, NICE!
Jon Larson on March 24th, 2009
Arcade Fire
Broken Social Scene
Bloc Party
Interpol
Wolf Party
TV On The Radio
Metric
Pixies
Brendan Canning
Butthole Surfers
Steve K. on March 24th, 2009
For intervals, I’d personally reach for some hard fast Drum n’ Bass (no, it’s not even remotely the same as techno).
But failing that, I’d opt for the heavier rock, metal, or even punk. “God Forbid” and “Propagandhi” seem to be doing it for me these days.
Kerstin Hurd on March 22nd, 2009
I tend to go for the inspirational movie music… I think about scenes from movies like Rocky and try to picture myself in those kind of moments, so for me it’s music like Eye of the Tiger or Final Countdown. Especially when I get to a point where I think I can’t go any further, I play one of these songs and it totally pushes me to keep going.
Plus, I also like the techno kinda spin class music too, but I agree it can be kinda wearing after a while.
One thing that I find helps when I’m trying to maintain a certain cadence is finding songs that are to the beat of that cadence so I can just spin to the beat of the song rather than focusing on my computer… It helps the time go by faster doing it that way.