Better Workouts

While you wait for the FindIt catalog to come back up (Thursday or Friday, we hope) you can download some recommended music to improve your workouts. The first list of recommended workout music is from LL Cool J, Grammy-winning rapper, television and movie actor (Wall Street Journal Aug, 2007). He has also written a popular workout book that the Library owns - LL Cool J's Platinum Workout: Sculpt Your Best Body Ever with Hollywood's Fittest Star.

LL Cool J's Favorites

Puff Daddy
It's All About the Benjamins
James Brown
Think
Boogie down Productions
The Bridge is Over
50 cent
In Da Club
LLoyd
You

I have come across articles and websites which list other workout favorites that may help you keep the treadmill moving or the weights lifting. Good workout music needs a high B.P.M count and a rhythm to coordinate your moves with, or at least a catchy melody and a rhythmic force. It's best if you make a playlist that will last as long as your workout.

Slow Pace
Le Freak - Chic
Don't Phunk with my Heart - Black Eyed Peas
Moderate Pace
Umbrealla - Rihanna
SOS - Rihanna
Push it - Saltnpepa
Fast Pace
American Idiot - Green Day
Mr. Brightside - The Killers
Do it Well - Jennifer Lopez
Freestarter - Prodigy
Dancing Queen - Abba
Heat is On - Glenn Frey
Gold Digger - Kanye West
Tell Me - P. Daddy
All Around Workout Music
Deja Vu - Beyonce
Closer - Nine Inch Nails
Down with Sickness - Disturbed
Give It Away - Red Hot Chile Peppers
Shake That - Eminem
Until It Sleeps - Metallica
Walk This Way - Aerosmith