Music as a Motivational Tool

Posted by: adambolanos in Untagged  on Mar 24, 2010 Print PDF

Here's a situation everyone can relate to...You get home from work/school and you're tired as hell. You know you want to work out but...you're tired as hell! Somehow, you gather the momentum to get changed, get in your car, and go to IHP...ehem...I mean the gym. ;-) You get there, and you start your workout. A quarter of the way into it, you lose track of yourself and lose the enthusiasm. All of this leads to you leaving early and going home to watch The Biggest Loser and feeling like a loser!

Now...here's a trick to getting and more important KEEPING your momentum...music. For me, music is the key to my emotions. I can hear a song in my car and all of a sudden...WHAM...I'm feeling the happiness of a wonderful memory of my wedding or...WHAM...I'm hit in the gut with a bad memory of an old heartbreak. But for me, the best songs are the ones that put me into "beast"mode. You know...the way you feel when absolutely NOTHING can stop you! Those are the songs I LOVE to hear.

I've made it a habit to play songs on the way to a workout that put me in that mood. My iPod has a playlist I call "workout". As soon as I get into my car, I start the playlist and the songs come at random. On more sluggish days, I start with the song(s) that puts me in the most vicious and chest-pounding moods. I'm an eclectic person when it comes to music. I like everything from hip-hop to rap to country to rock. Give me some Usher, Lil' Wayne, Rascal Flatts, and some Disturbed to boot! My "power" song - the song that just puts me on another level - is "Bring Me to Life" by Evanescance. Oooooo boy...don't get around me when that song is playing!

Does this sound primal and savage...yeah it does! However, that's what works for me. This atmosphere transports me into another mindset.

I believe everyone should have something that brings them to their "workout" attitude. So I challenge all of you to find some music of your own that motivates you. I don't care what it is...Busta Rhymes, Britney Spears, Zac Brown Band, Rise Against, or Mozart...find a piece that inspires you. Music is a great instrument. Try it...I PROMISE you won't be disappointed!

Let's do this...let's name some songs and/or artists that inspire you most. Let's see what we listen to out there!

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written by Scott Fleurant, March 25, 2010
I can relate, Carlos. If I realize I forgot my headphones when I arrive for my workout......I go home and get them. :-)

Here are some personal workout favorites of mine:
1) Indestructible ~ Disturbed
2) Bodies ~ Drowning Pool
3) Feel Like I do ~ Drowning Pool
4) Monster ~ Skillet
5) Cryin Like a Bitch ~ Godsmack
6) Voodoo Child ~ Stevie Ray Vaughan
7) Mind Control ~ Tantric
smilies/cool.gif Forever ~ Red
9) Heavy ~ Collective Soul
10) Fire It Up ~ Thousand Foot Krutch

I hope these work for you like they work for me!
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Music to my ears
written by Alex D, March 25, 2010
I couldn't agree more! I just bought a bunch of new music at the trade show at ECA and gave the best Kickboxing class tonight! I mean we sweat so bad people didn't know what hit em! On this CD they have the New York remix, and being from New York that's all I had to hear to kick into high gear! Rhiana Go Hard is another one that gets me going. Love this post!
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written by meghan vitti, March 25, 2010
I agree 100% with your statement. I am movitated daily through music. it dosent dictate my mood but like u said it has the ability to alter it. i work out to what i like to call my "break stuff" music. Disturbed, ac/dc, metallica, drowning pool, godsmack, hard core metal. or the other option is rap. Biggie, DMX, 2pac. anything with a hard hitting beat that will get that last rep out no matter how tired i might be. my music helps me stay mentally tough...cant ask for more then that.
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5 Songs that you NEED
written by Jennifer Norton, April 01, 2010
I absolutely LOVE music and listen to just about everything although techno and house really get me going during a workout. Download my 5 favorites and I promise you it will give you that extra boost!

1. Mc Mario (Party Mix 2k5)- The World is Mine
2. Three Six Mafia(Feat. Tiesto, Flo-Rida, & Sean Kingston- Feel It
3. David Guetta - Love Is Gone(The Real Club Sound Remix)
4. The Prodigy - First Warning
5. DJ Tiesto - He's a Pirate
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Music that motivates me
written by Ricardo Bolivar, April 20, 2010
There is something very primal and empowering with certain types of music. For me, it is the sounds of Metallica's early albums as well as their newest releases (St. Anger & Death Magnetic). It reminds me of the War Songs that the Native Americans played before going off to war.
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