Nerdy Workout Music

[Sanjh]

What do y'all listen to while working out?

I typically just throw on Radio Free Hipster.

[kahn265]

When I listen to music, which is rare...

Star Wars Soundtrack - yeah really. I get a real burst of energy when I hear the opening bars of Duel of the Fates, The Asteroid Field, or Return of the Jedi (the music from the battle on Jabba's sail barge).

Sometimes for a change of pace

Weird Al Yankovic, Iron Maiden, Metallica.

Often though, I listen to books on Audible (Currently on the 2nd book of the Belgariad) when I'm walking/running.

[Sanjh]

Never thought about the Star Wars soundtrack, it sounds like a fairly epic idea though. I may have to try that.

[justinhamlin]

I typically trend towards the non-nerdy side there. Mostly good dance/hip-hop/electronica mixes, something to keep the blood flowing and the energy level high.

[Oogiem]

I house clean to Rocky Horror Picture Show ;-) I've also been known to crank up the bagpipes too on occasion. No idea on workout music, I think I need some, never really thought how it might help me get off my arse and get moving....

[67alecto]

My current playlist is Iron Maiden: Flight 666. It's a double-CD live album of their hits from the first 7 albums, plus Fear of the Dark thrown in for good measure.

My wife got it for me for my birthday 2 weeks ago, and I have been listening to it constantly.

[kahn265]

Never thought about the Star Wars soundtrack, it sounds like a fairly epic idea though. I may have to try that.

Thanks! I figure if I'm going to train to be a "Jedi", I should have appropriate music. It also helps me to realize that every WoD I do is my battle against the Sith Lord Darth Sloth and Lardo the Hutt.

My current playlist is Iron Maiden: Flight 666. It's a double-CD live album of their hits from the first 7 albums, plus Fear of the Dark thrown in for good measure.

ooo, As an Iron Maiden fan since the 80's, I'm going to have to check that out.

[chemkarate]

My workout playlist is so nerdy, it's ridiculous. While there's definitely a lot of rock (nothing gets me pumped like Green Day's "Know Your Enemy" and Coheed & Cambria's "Gravediggers & Gunslingers"), as well as some pop (Lady Gaga FTW), a huge portion of the playlist is video game music. Some of the music on there includes:

• Nobuo Uematsu's battle music from the Final Fantasy series (inc. the Black Mages' metal versions) and Lost Odyssey
• Yasunori Matsuda's battle music from Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, and Xenosaga: Episode I
• Anamanaguchi's chiptune soundtrack to Scott Pilgrim: The Video Game
• Some tracks from Persona 3, Persona 4, and The World Ends With You

Yeah, I'm kind of a JRPG nut...

[CokeCanNinja]

I'm surprised that no one mentioned the obvious. Daft Punk: Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger.

[67alecto]

Thanks! I figure if I'm going to train to be a "Jedi", I should have appropriate music. It also helps me to realize that every WoD I do is my battle against the Sith Lord Darth Sloth and Lardo the Hutt.

ooo, As an Iron Maiden fan since the 80's, I'm going to have to check that out.

Definitely. I am blown away by how good Bruce still sounds. He sounded pretty rough on No Prayer For the Dying, but he has definitely recaptured his sound.

Check out this performance that is on the Flight 666 CD - you will get chills at the 2-minute mark when the lights come on and Bruce laughs.

http-~~-//www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysBKm2bIS3k

[Sanjh]

My workout playlist is so nerdy, it's ridiculous. While there's definitely a lot of rock (nothing gets me pumped like Green Day's "Know Your Enemy" and Coheed & Cambria's "Gravediggers & Gunslingers"), as well as some pop (Lady Gaga FTW), a huge portion of the playlist is video game music. Some of the music on there includes:

• Nobuo Uematsu's battle music from the Final Fantasy series (inc. the Black Mages' metal versions) and Lost Odyssey
• Yasunori Matsuda's battle music from Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, and Xenosaga: Episode I
• Anamanaguchi's chiptune soundtrack to Scott Pilgrim: The Video Game
• Some tracks from Persona 3, Persona 4, and The World Ends With You

Yeah, I'm kind of a JRPG nut...

Have you heard of the Voices of the Lifestream project? http://ff7.ocremix.org/

They have some interesting interpretations of the ff7 soundtrack.

[Joe Freedom]

Holy **** I'm not the only one who'll rock out to FF music? Hahaha this is a dream come true. Best rendition -ever- is by some Japanese dude on the FF6 end battle, which you can enjoy here:

It will blow your mind

[prefect42]

My workout playlist is so nerdy, it's ridiculous. While there's definitely a lot of rock (nothing gets me pumped like Green Day's "Know Your Enemy" and Coheed & Cambria's "Gravediggers & Gunslingers"), as well as some pop (Lady Gaga FTW), a huge portion of the playlist is video game music. Some of the music on there includes:

• Nobuo Uematsu's battle music from the Final Fantasy series (inc. the Black Mages' metal versions) and Lost Odyssey
• Yasunori Matsuda's battle music from Chrono Trigger, Chrono Cross, and Xenosaga: Episode I
• Anamanaguchi's chiptune soundtrack to Scott Pilgrim: The Video Game
• Some tracks from Persona 3, Persona 4, and The World Ends With You

Yeah, I'm kind of a JRPG nut...

Anamanaguchi, YES. So good. Do you have the game itself? It's awesome.

I haven't actually put any FF music on my iPod, but I have the soundtracks for FFVI and FFVII around somewhere. Also Chrono Trigger. They're from back when the internet was so small, you didn't bother with search engines, you just entered www.[THINGYOUWANTTOFIND].com. In this case, it was www.videogamemusic.com, which having done a brief check, still exists! May be time to look through there...

[MegaCarp]

I think I use a pretty eclectic blend of NIN, Dropkick Murphys, Def Leppard, and just a lot of songs from my childhood. Ahh the days of gaming on the Atari 2600

[blahblabhlabh]

I found this yesterday through Twitter. It may not be the best workout music, but I still love it

http://whomix.windbubbles.net/play

[Sanjh]

I found this yesterday through Twitter. It may not be the best workout music, but I still love it

http://whomix.windbubbles.net/play

Kindof reminds me of http://www.videogameorchestra.com/

[MMyers]

[sandman]

For working out i try to pull from my library stuff that keeps an energetic pace. Lately it's been alot of

, the new My Chemical Romance album, selected

, Metallica, Crystal Method, Fatboy Slim, and of course

..

[Owen-j]

I've had good success with metal for doing weights: Fear Factory - Digimortal, Five finger death punch, Machine head, trivium, Infectious Grooves etc. Shuffle all will generally do for cardio, but then perhaps that means I'm taking it easy a little bit?

[jim]

I've been listening to the Inception soundtrack on runs lately. It makes me feel so awesome in every way that my running does not.

[sandman]

I've been listening to the Inception soundtrack on runs lately. It makes me feel so awesome in every way that my running does not.

BRAAAAAAAAAAHMMMM

BRAAAAAAAAAAHMMM

Seriously though, it's a wicked soundtrack for a wicked movie and I'm sure a great one for running to.

Other scores that are faves of mine for moving to -

Waterworld (seriously)

Dark Knight

Black Hawk Down

Resident Evil series

Tron Legacy

[jim]

Ooh Dark knight. Good call. What I really want is dance remixes of the Inception soundtrack but I haven't seen any floating around yet.

[67alecto]

Other scores that are faves of mine for moving to -

Black Hawk Down

I have Gortoz A Ran in my cardio set. The Gladiator soundtrack has some great music for both cardio and lifting.

[Brometheus]

I tend to listen to disturbed, disciple, eminem, mushroomhead, breaking benjamin, and brian 'head' welch.

The more obnoxious the music, the better the workout seems to go!

[Mad Sci]

I tend to listen to politically oriented music with a good beat. Politics make me angry and when I'm angry I work harder. At this point I'm transfixed on Flobots and Bad Religion.