When I use to go to the gym, there was some good music playing over the speakers around the place but sometimes, some songs don't always cut it and I love music that fires me up and gets the adrenaline pumping. You can always wear headphones and play some tunes on your phone which was what I did when I would warm up in the MMA room before grappling or just to get away from the rest of the gym pack but nothing at least to me is more meaningful than listening to your own list working out by yourself at home or wherever except the gym.
I'm pretty big on metal and hard rock which a lot of gym owners play but when you can make up your own list at home or play music suited to you in your home gym, it just fuels you up more. I'm big on playing bands many have heard of but plenty of those that big fans of the genre listen to and the rest of the world doesn't know who the hell they are. Those heavy riffs, the epic poetry of the lyrics and the fire that burns within when a certain chorus just hits you in the gut and makes you push harder.
I've broken many PR's listening to good tunes and anything I find that is new to me, I add it to the list. The power, the rush, the hard focus and the fuel to just make you bust your ass and have a blast doing it. It almost becomes meditative and you're in this trance of epic proportions, nothing scares you, everything else in life becomes a blur and the drive that pushes you to the very limit, that's how music should be played when you train.
My list is pretty long but here are a few songs that put me into a state where once I get going, very few people will last with me......
Rebellion by Van Canto
Break Me Down by Our Waking Hour
Torn By Disturbed
Seven Windows Weep by Sirenia
Master Of Puppets by Metallica
Stillborn by Black Label Society
Bloodbound by Hammerfall
Declaration Day by Iced Earth
Hail To The King by Avenged Sevenfold
Resist And Bite by Sabaton
Breakdown by Beasto Blanco
That's basically a full album alone to listen to. Some of these bands you'll never hear in a gym, the majority yes but at least 4 I have never heard in a gym. There's a reason music can be incredibly powerful to have and be in a hypnotic state of seeing epic imagery and hearing sounds that make you feel strong as hell or have stupid endurance. If you don't have a training partner, this list alone will pump you up and just hammer shit out.
Do you have a specific playlist? Some people aren't into metal or hard rock which I can understand and other forms of music are more their style, Brooks Kubik for example is a big fan of Epic Orchestras that play songs like the Flight Of The Valkyries. Some classic music is very workable for certain people, however, I just don't understand how people can work out to bands like ABBA or Michael Jackson LOL; I want to train hard, not dance the night away. Subtract that with Judas Priest or even Jimi Hendrix and you're golden bro.
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