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The Ultimate Workout Music Collection
The following is a collection of the best workout tunes to get you pumped up for your one-rep max day! Submitted by readers over the last seven years. Be sure to add your own at the bottom of the page!
The Song List
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| 2 Unlimited | Get ready for this |
| 3 Doors Down | Kryptonite |
| 311 | Hydroponic |
| Accept | Balls to the Wall |
| ACDC | Back in Black Big Dog Guns for Hire Hells Bells If You Want Blood Rising Power Thunderstruck You shook me all night long |
| Alien Ant Farm | Smooth Criminal |
| Andrew Wk | Party Hard She Is Beautiful |
| Animotion | Obsession |
| Anthrax | Among the living Bring the Noise Room for one more |
| APC | Judith |
| Apoptygyma | Nonstop violence |
| Audioslave | Shadow of the Sun Show Me How To Live |
| Avril Lavigne | Girlfriend |
| Beatles | Paperback writer |
| Benni Benassi | Satisfaction |
| Big Tymers | Real Big |
| BiGod20 | Like a prayer |
| Biohazard | New World Disorder Switchback |
| Birmingham 6 | Birmingham 6 |
| Black Sabbath | Ironman Sabbath Bloody Sabbath |
| Blink 182 | All the small things (live version) |
| Blondie | Dreamin |
| Blur | Pop Scene Song 2 |
| Bodycount | Cop Killer |
| Bon Jovi | Bounce |
| Breaking Benjamin | Blow Me Away |
| Brothers | Dieci Cento Mille |
| Buck Cherry | All Lit Up Again |
| Butthold Surfers | L.A Who was in my Room Last Night? |
| Cake | Going the Distance |
| CCR | Up around the bend |
| Clawfinger | Biggest and Best |
| Coal Chamber | Bradley |
| Controlled Bleeding | Squeal |
| Corrosion of Conformity | Clean My Wounds |
| Creatures, The | Exterminating Angel |
| Cult, The | Fire woman |
| Damage Plan | Breathing New Life |
| Danzig | Bringer of Death |
| David Bowie | LAW Under Pressure |
| David Grey | It's not Easy to be Me |
| Dead Kennedys | California Uber Allis |
| Deep Purple | Space Truckin' |
| Deftones | Engine No. 9 Head Up |
| Deicide | Deicide Legion Once Upon The Cross |
| Demon Hunter | Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck |
| Descendents | Everything Sucks This Place |
| Destiny's Child | Survivor |
| Disturbed | Down with the sickness Meaning of Life The Game The Sickness Violence Fetish Voices Want |
| DMX | Bring your Whole Crew Roff Riders Anthem |
| Don Felder | Heavy Metal |
| Downing Pool | Bodies |
| Dropkick Murphys | Barroom Heroes Fightstarter Karaoke |
| Eminem | Collapse Fight Music - D12 One Shot Role Model Run Rabbit Run |
| Entombed | Clandestine |
| Exodus | Fabulous Disaster |
| Exploited, The | Beat the Bastards |
| Fall Out Boy | Dance Dance |
| Fear Factory | Pisschrist |
| Front Line Assembly | Bodycount Circuitry Liquid Seperation Millenium Plasticity Vigilante Virus |
| Fudge Tunnel | ? |
| Georgia Satellites | Battleship Chains |
| Godsmack | Awake Bad Religion I Stand Alone |
| Guns & Roses | Mr. Brownstone Welcome to the Jungle |
| Hate Dept | Bored & Stupid |
| Hatebreed | Doomslayer I Will Be Heard What Consumes You |
| Helmet | In the Meantime Just Another Victim Milktoast Unsung |
| High Wire | Reality Town |
| Hoobastank | Crawling in the Dark From the Heart |
| Insane Clown Posse | Chicken Huntin Slaughterhouse Mix |
| Iron Maiden | Aces High Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner Powerslave Run to the Hills |
| Joe Budden | Fire |
| John Cafferty | Hearts on Fire |
| Judas Priest | Delivering the Goods Hell Bent for Leather Lick it Up |
| Killswitch Engage | Rose of Sharon |
| KISS | Detroit Rock City Plaster Caster Thou Shalt Not |
| Kittie | Brackish |
| Klute | Guilty |
| KMFDM | A Drug Against War Glory Thunderkiss '65 Trust |
| KoRn | Blind Divine Got the Life Here to Stay |
| Led Zeppelin | Kashmir Out on the Tiles The Ocean |
| Leonard Skynyrd | Call me the breeze |
| Limp Bizkit | Break Stuff Counterfeit Faith My Generation My Way Pollution Rollin' |
| Linkin Park | A Place in my Head Breaking the Habit Crawling Cure for the Itch Faint In The End It's Going Down Lying from You Nobody's Listening Numb One Step Closer Paper Cut Points of Authority Somewhere I Belong |
| Live | T.B.D. |
| Lords of Acid | Lust Voodoo-U |
| Lost Prophets | Start Something |
| Ludacris | Act a Fool |
| Machine Head | Bulldozer Burn My Eyes |
| Madball | Set it Off |
| Madonna | Free |
| Marilyn Manson | Beautiful People CD: Antichrist Superstar Disposable Teens Hate Anthem Irresponsible Hate Song |
| Meatloaf | Wasted Youth |
| Megadeath | Angry Again CD: Countdown to Extinction Symphony of Destruction |
| Metallica | Aint My Bitch Battery Better than You Blackened Enter Sandman For Whom the Bell Tolls Fuel Harvester of Sorrow King Nothing Master of Puppets Of Wolf and Man One Ride the Lightning Sanitarium Seek and Destroy St. Anger Sweet Amber The Thing that Should Not Be Wasting my Hate |
| Ministry | Breathe Burning Inside Jesus Built My Hotrod NWO Psalm 69 Thieves |
| Misfits | Death Comes Ripping Earth AD Hellhound |
| Missy Elliot | Lose Control |
| Monster Magnet | Ego, the living planet Ozium Twin Earth |
| Morbid Angel | Domination Fall from Grace Where the Slime Live |
| Mortal Kombat | Scorpion Theme Techno Theme |
| Motley Crue | Girls, Girls, Girls Kickstart My Heart |
| Motorhead | Ace of Spades |
| Napalm Death | From enslavement to Destruction |
| Nazareth | Hair of the Dog |
| Nelly | Boom Heart of a Champion (Sweat CD) |
| NERD | It's Almost Over Now |
| Nickelback | Never Again |
| Nine Inch Nails | Closer Happiness in Slavery March of Pigs |
| Nirvana | Aneurysm Breed Scentless Apprentice School Smells like Teen Spirit Territorial Pissings |
| Nobody | Broken Fight Till You Die Get a Life |
| Numb | Bliss |
| Offspring | Gotta Get Away Self Esteem Session The Kids Aren't Alright |
| Oingo Boingo | Who Do You Want to Be Today? |
| Outkast | BOB |
| Ozzy Osbourne | Nativity In Black Perry Mason |
| P Diddy | Victory |
| Pantera | A New Level Art of Shredding CD: Reinventing the Steel F***ing Hostile Hollow I'm Broken Regular People (Conceit) Sandblasted Skin This Love Walk War Nerve |
| Papa Roach | She Loves Me Not |
| Pennywise | Bro Hymn Peaceful Day Same Old Story |
| Peter Murphy | Line Between the Devil's Teeth |
| Powerman 5000 | When Worlds Collide |
| Prince | Baby I'm a star |
| Prodigy, The | Experience Smack my bitch up |
| Prong | |
| Puddle of Mudd | Away from Me Control |
| Pulley | Second Best |
| Queens of the Stoneage | No One Knows |
| Rage Against the Machine | Bulls on Parade Killing in the name of People of the Sun Wake Up |
| Ram Jam | Black Betty |
| Rammstein | Benzin Du Hast Feuer Frei Ich Will Sonne Zerstören |
| Rancid | Blood clot I wanna riot Roots Radicals |
| Red Hot Chilli Peppers | Dani California Suck my Kiss |
| Redd Kross | Shonen Knife |
| Reo Speedwagon | Tough Guys |
| Revolting Cocks | Beers, Steers and Queers |
| Rise Against | Give it All |
| Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock | It takes 2 |
| Rob Zombie | Demon Speeding Living Dead Girl Superbeast |
| Robert Tepper | No Easy Way Out |
| Rocky Soundtrack | Gonna Fly Now The Distance |
| S. O. D. | March of the S.O.D. |
| Saliva | Always Click Click Boom |
| Sepultura | Altered State Roots Bloody Roots |
| Sevendust | Black Home |
| Shillelagh | Shillelagh Resurrection |
| Sick of it All | Built to Last Scratch the Surface |
| Silverchair | Anthem of the Year 2000 Pure Massacre |
| Sisters of Mercy, The | Ribbons |
| Skinny Puppy | Dig It Tin Omen |
| Slayer | Angel of Death At Dawn they Sleep Mandatory Suicide Reign In Blood Stain of Mind War Ensemble |
| Slipknot | CD |
| Social Distortion | Story of my life |
| Soufly | Jump Da F*** Up Pain |
| Soundgarden | Jesus Christ Pose Outshined Spoonman |
| Stabbing Westward | Shame |
| Static X | Bled for Days Control It Push It |
| Stereophonics | Vegas Two Times |
| Stuck Mojo | Rising |
| Suicidal Tendencies | You Can't Bring Me Down |
| Survivor | Eye of the Tiger |
| System of a Down | Deer Dance Sugar |
| Thousand Foot Krutch | Rawkfist |
| Three Days Grace | Burn |
| Tom Petty | Apartment song (full moon fever album) |
| Ton Loc | Funky cold medina Wild thing |
| Tool | H |
| Triple Six Mafias | Tear Tha Club Up |
| Twisted Sister | ? |
| Type O Negative | Summer Breeze |
| U2 | MOFO |
| Untouchables, The | Free Yourself |
| Van Halen | Panama Right Now |
| Vince DiCola | Training Montage (Rocky IV) |
| Violence | Oppressing The Masses |
| Warrior Soul | Rocket 88 |
| White Zombie | Black Sunshine Dracula More Human than Human Super Charger Heaven Thunderkiss '65 |
| Xzibit | X |
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... and many others who submitted their songs before I kept track!
Reader's Comments:
Please leave your comments or suggestions below!guns n roses : welcome to the jungle
8 mile : run rabbit run
At the gates - suicide nation, unto others, nausea, cold, world of lies
unearth - glorious nightmare, the march, unstoppable, the chosen
drowning pool - sinner
iron maiden - ces high , the prisoner
tool - bottom, opiate, sweat
korn - yall want a single, lets do this now
slayer - exile, scrum
mudvayne, nothing to gein
KMFDM - ww3, drug against war
kittie - _ussy sugar, wolves
far factory - h-k, zero signal, christploitation
i killed the prom queen - headfirst from a hangmans noose, like nails to a casket
evergreen terrace- cheney cant qutie riff like pages hamilton page, taking care of the dead fish, my heart breaks in beatdowns
cradle of filth - death comes ripping, cthulu dawn
the black dahlia murder - vice campaign, deathmask divine
Army of the Pharoahs : Gorillas
Asian Dub Foundation : Oil
Autopilot Off : Make A Sound
Bill Conti : Gonna Fly Now (Theme From "Rocky")
Busta Rhymes : Break Ya Neck
Children Of Bodom : Needled 24 / 7
Children Of Bodom : Bed Of Razors
Children Of Bodom : Downfall
Children Of Bodom : She Is Beautiful
Coolio feat. L.V. : Gangsta's Paradise
Cypress Hill : Get It Anyway
Cypress Hill : Trouble - Explicit LP Version
Cypress Hill : It Ain't Easy - Explicit Version
Drowning Pool : Bodies
Evanescence : Going Under
Evanescence : Bring Me To Life
Foo Fighters vs. Beastie Boys : Monkey Wrench vs. Sabotage
Freeway : Will I ever be free
Freeway : Look Around
Freeway : Movin' Out
Freeway : Mental Note
Geto Boys : G Code
The Grouch : Healing Of The Nation
Guitar Vader - Hideki Naganuma : Love Love You (Love Love Super Dimension Mix)
Hoobastank : Same Direction
Hoobastank : Out Of Control
Ill Nino : Liar
Ill Nino : What You Deserve
Ill Nino : Te Amo...I Hate You
Ill Nino : This Time's For Real
Ill Nino : When It Cuts
Limp Bizkit : Break Stuff
Linkin Park : Papercut
Linkin Park : Crawling
Linkin Park : Faint
Linkin Park : Numb
M.O.P. : Fire
Michael Jackson : P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
Millencolin : Kemp
Millencolin : Afghan
Millencolin : Novo
Millencolin : No Cigar
Nappy Roots [featuring Marcos of P.O.D.] : Awnaw [Rock Remix]
Nural : The Hits Keep Coming
The Offspring : The Kids Aren't Alright
The Offspring : Come Out Swinging
The Offspring : Come Out Swinging
The Offspring : Million Miles Away
The Offspring : (Can't Get My) Head Around You
Onyx : Slam Harder
Papa Roach : Getting Away With Murder
Papa Roach : Last Resort - Album Version Explicit
Papa Roach : Broken Home
Papa Roach : ...To Be Loved
Powerman 5000 : Bombshell
Powerman 5000 : Supernova Goes Pop
Powerman 5000 : When Worlds Collide
Propellerheads : Spybreak - Short One Album Version
Public Enemy : Bring That Beat Back
Raga Rockers : Noen å hate
Rage Against The Machine : Guerilla Radio
Rage Against The Machine : Killing In The Name
Rage Against The Machine : People Of The Sun
Rage Against The Machine : Take The Power Back
Rage Against The Machine : Know Your Enemy
Rage Against The Machine : Renegades Of Funk
Rage Against The Machine : How I Could Just Kill A Man
Rage Against The Machine : Bombs Over Baghdad (Outkast)
Redman : Smash Sumthin'
Rise Against : Savior
Rise Against : Architects
Rise Against : Help Is On The Way
Rise Against : Disparity By Design
Rise Against : Satellite
Rise Against : Paper Wings
Rise Against : Under The Knife
Rise Against : Prayer of the Refugee
Rise Against : Worth Dying For
Rise Against : Behind Closed Doors
Rob Dougan : Clubbed To Death - Kurayamino Variation
Soil : Breaking Me Down
Story Of The Year : Ten Years Down
Sum 41 : The Hell Song
Sum 41 : Over My Head (Better Off Dead)
Sum 41 : Still Waiting
Sum 41 : All Messed Up
Sum 41 : Speak Of The Devil
Sum 41 : Count Your Last Blessings
t.A.T.u. : Not Gonna Get Us
Talib Kweli : We Got The Beat
Three 6 Mafia : It's A Fight
Turbonegro : The Age Of Pamparius
Turbonegro : Get It On
Turbonegro : All My Friends Are Dead
The Von Bondies : C'mon C'mon
Within Temptation : Ice Queen
Within Temptation : Running Up That Hill
Spotify link: http://open.spotify.com/user/oyshan/playlist/7zURTpD929pTUJo8r1DhYF
Disturbed - Indestructible, The Game, Shout 2000
Godsmack - Sick of Life
Linkin Park - One step closer, Given up, what I've done
Megadeth - Peace Sells
Metaliica - Sad but True, My Apocalypse
Nickelback - Something in your mouth, SEX
Nevermore - Narcosynthesis, The Sound of Silence, Love Bites
NIN - 1,000,000, Survivalism, Every Day is Exactly the same, Love is not enough, The hand that feeds, Head like a hole.
Pantera - Walk
Prong - Who's fist, Snap your fingers
Rammstein - Links, Asche Zu Asche, Moskau
Rob Zombie - Dragula, Superbeast, Feel so Numb.
Slipknot - Psychosocial
Snake River Conspiracy - Breed
Judas Priest - Breaking the law
Soil - Breaking me down, Halo
thanks........
Do check out the list we did of rock workout songs too -
http://backdoormag.com/the-best-workout-music-the-rock-n-roll-way.html
Drowning Pool - Tear Away
Puddle of Mudd - Stoned
Puddle of Mudd - Bring Me Down
Eminem - Not Afraid
Spineshank - New Disease
Young Jeezy - Put On
Cee Lo Green - F___ You
DMX - What's My Name
Wu-Tang Clan - Triumph
Three 6 Mafia -Lollipop
Nelly - Grillz
Limp Bizkit - Break Stuff
KoRn - Falling Away From Me
Kevin Rudolph - Let it Rock
Foo Fighters - The Pretender
T.I. - Top Back (Remix)
Flo-Rida - Right Round
Cool Down Music:
Mike Posner - Cooler than Me
Lupe Fiasco - Day Dreaming
AC/DC - For those About to Rock (We Salute You)
Machine Head Imperium
Bullet For My Valentine Scream Aim Fire, Your Betrayal, And Hit The Floor.
A big improvement would be to categorise it by style.
For instance, almost straight away, I can think of two major categories:
* Metal
* Electronica/Techno
All the best,
David
I like that it's mostly rock/alternative/metal but you even threw some Prince in there for good measure :) I went to a lot of other crappy lists before finding this one!
Only song I could think to add was Breathe by Prodigy
Definitely could use some White Stripes too: Seven Nation Army, Icky Thump, Girl, You Have No Faith in Medicine, or Ball and a Biscuit.
Ca M'enerve (in French, more for cardio) - Helmutz Fritz
Bestrafe Mich - Rammstein
Wollt ihr das bett in Flammen Sehen - Rammstein
You're Gonna Go Far Kid - Offspring
Give it All - Rise Against
Savior - Give it All - Rise Against
Re-Education Through Labor - Rise Against
Green Hell - Misfits
Sonne - Rammstein
Drop the World - Lil Wayne
Sehnsucht - Rammstein
Asche Zu Asche - Rammstein
Ich Tu Dir Weh - Rammstein
Conteo - Don Omar ft. Juelz Santana
Drowning pool - Bodies
These make you want to eat the weights, nevermind lift them
metal is not dead
I would add Three days Grace for sure!!! Gets me pumped everytime I hear them sing! Or just go old school with "Last Resort" by Papa Roach
Long Hard Times To Come ; Gangstagrass
Pumping Iron, Keetleballs, Bike or Treadmill just set it on repeat and let it roll. Like taters an gravy...taters an gravy
Dj Shadow 6 days
Showtek-Here we f**n go
Showtek-Freak
timbaland - bounce
akon - hypnotze, beautiful, troublemaker, go hard, holla holla, sexy bitch, daydreaming, dangerous (remix)......
breaking benjamin - the diary of jane, i will not bow,
eminem- lose yourself, never enough, till i collapse, sing for the moment
pitbull - crazy
3 days grace - riot, everything about you
mj - beat it
linkin park - we made it ( where is my money), numb ( encore),
Toadies---Heel
Nine Inch Nails--Starf*****s Inc.
Les Savy Fav-- The Equestrian and Blackouts on Thursday
Cursive-- Art is Hard
Mudvayne- Not Falling, Determined
Drowning Pool- Step Up, Bringing Me Down
Motograter-Down, Get Back
Hardcore music for hardcore lifters. Enjoy!
Kid Rock-Bawitaba, I Am the Bullgod
311-Creatures, Unity, F*** the Bulls***
Slipknot-Wait and Bleed
Alice in Chains-Dam That River
Undead, Young, Sell Your Soul, City, Paradise Lost, and This Love This Hate... all solid workout songs...
The Pot, Vicarious!
Great Thread...keep it going...