Working out regularly each and every week can begin to get just plain boring. For those that choose to use in home workout routines via DVD’s that statement is especially true. Most of the in home DVD”s are old and the music is anything but inspirational, at best it’s good for a quick ride in the elevator.
Having a great playlist is essential to motivation and pushing yourself to your limits. Music gets in your head, passes the time by and makes an hour of a workout feel like 20 minutes. I strongly encourage anyone that has trouble keeping their workout routines alive to put together a playlist.
Because your playlist is about you and your workout routines it needs to be unique and tailored to motivating you to keep on exercising. It probably is not going to be something that you’re going to introduce your friends too, because I’m sure some of the songs are going to be cheesy. This is okay because the point of this playlist is not to woo your friends with your incredible musical tastes but to keep you pumped up. The playlist you’ve created is between you, your routine, and Almighty God. So get to it and make your playlist raw, bad as hell, and downright dirty to give you the push to keep on going and exercising.
Go ahead and make several different playlists. If you find that on a regular and consistent basis you exercise six days a week try to make at least six different playlists that you can move between. It’s always a nice idea to go ahead and make sure that the playlist is as long as the workout routines you typically use are. If you find yourself generally working out for an hour and a half each day make your playlist fit the length of your workouts. Where you can get into trouble is when you have a playlist that is too short so that the last crucial few minutes of your workout you have no original song. That can be a real workout killer when the last few important minutes of your workout need that last favorite song to keep you going.
Why not just put the Ipod on Shuffle? The ipod shuffle is a great little tool that for many is the best thing to use when they workout. A word of caution though when using the shuffle feature. I often find that when I’m working out to a non thought out playlist like the shuffle feature I find myself reaching for my ipod and skipping to another song sometimes skipping several because it lands on Bach or some downer coldplay song. There’s nothing wrong with coldplay or classical music in fact I love it, but it’s just not the time or place for those songs. So go ahead and make your playlist you won’t regret it.
One of my favorite movies High Fidelity of all time stars John Cusack as a man who several times throughout his life makes his personal and favorite top 10 lists on various subjects. When thinking about this movie and exercising I figured it was a good idea to copy him and build my top 10 list of all-time favorite pump me up workout songs. Now you need to know that with my personal playlist I decided to include extremely eclectic music due to my eclectic music palette. So if you were to examine my playlist you would probably laugh at some of the songs or be boggled as to why on earth I was using certain music to motivate me. But remember that your playlist is yours and no one else’s. The idea is it that if someone laughs at it, no big deal because it works and helps motivate you and keeps you going giving you that needed edge.
Keeping a good playlist of music that fires you up can make the difference, it will also give you a much needed advantage with added energy to push your body harder, and to dig deep within yourself to go the extra mile with your workout routines. Music that’s right for you and your exercises will re-energize you and help to pass time so that while you exercise your not focused on the pain but rather the outcome and the enjoyment of what you’re doing. Enjoying your exercise routines is essential if you are to lose weight and get fit because without it you will tire out, not accomplish your goals and see few results; which is the last thing you want.
Building an energized playlist of songs is just as crucial as the Workout Routines you choose to help you lose weight and get in shape. Another handy tool is the in home workout program Slim in 6, created to reshape your body in 6 weeks.