Workout Music Mix – Kick Up the Cardio

Workout music is an important part of how most of us get motivated to exercise.  In an effort to keep your music playlist up-to-date and helping you stay motivated to work your best at the gym, TodaysFitnessTrainer.com has put together a music playlist that’s perfect for your cardio workout day!  This music playlist is over two hours long (2 hours, 15 minutes) and all music tempos range between 120 and 140 beats per minute (scientifically proven to be more effective and motivating than other music tempo speeds).

Check out the music compilation list that spans the ages, from rock to alternative to pop!  The list starts with slower songs for warm up and moves into music between 120 and 140 beats/minute.

1. Let’s Go Crazy (4:40) – Prince & The Revolution, Purple Rain (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture), 98 beats/min
2. Best Day of My Life (3:14) – American Authors,”Oh, What a Life”, 100 beats/min
3. Bangarang (3:35) – Skrillex (featuring Sirah), Bangarang, 110 beats/min
4. The Monster (4:10) – Eminem (featuring Rihanna), The Marshall Mathers LP2 (Deluxe), 110 beats/min
5. Black Betty (3:57) – Ram Jam, The Very Best of Ram Jam, 120 beats/min
6. Blackout (3:30) – Breathe Carolina, Hell Is What You Make It, 123 beats/min
7. Don’t Stop the Music (4:27) – Rihanna, Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded, 123 beats/min
8. Livin’ On a Prayer (4:11) – Bon Jovi, Cross Road, 123 beats/min
9. Goodbye (3:34) – Glenn Morrison (featuring Islove), Goodbye – Single, 124 beats/min
10. Keep Hope Alive (6:13) – The Crystal Method, Vegas, 124 beats/min
11. Dude (Looks Like a Lady) (4:25) – Aerosmith, Big Ones, 126 beats/min
12. Evacuate the Dancefloor (3:30) – Cascada, Evacuate the Dancefloor, 127 beats/min
13. Baby Got Back (4:23) – Sir Mix-A-Lot, Mack Daddy, 128 beats/min
14. Good Feeling (4:07) – Flo Rida, Good Feeling – Single, 128 beats/min
15. I’m Too Sexy (2:50) – Right Said Fred, Up, 128 beats/min
16. Morning After Dark (3:52) – Timbaland (featuring Nelly Furtado & SoShy), Shock Value II, 128 beats/min
17. Moves Like Jagger (3:21) – Maroon 5 (featuring Christina Aguilera), Hands All Over (Deluxe Version), 128 beats/min
18. Push It (4:29) – Salt-n-Pepa, 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Salt-N-Pepa, 128 beats/min
19. Relax (3:57) – Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Welcome to the Pleasuredome, 128 beats/min
20. Sexy Chick (3:16) – David Guetta & Akon, One More Love, 128 beats/min
21. She Wolf (3:08) – Shakira, She Wolf – Single, 128 beats/min
22. Starships (3:31) – Nicki Minaj, Starships – Single, 128 beats/min
23. Stereo Love (4:08) – Edward Maya & Vika Jigulina, Stereo Love (Remixes), 128 beats/min
24. Summer (3:44) – Calvin Harris, Summer – Single, 128 beats/min
25. Sweet Nothing (3:34) – Calvin Harris (featuring Florence Welch), 18 Months, 128 beats/min
26. Uprising (5:05) – Muse, The Resistance, 128 beats/min
27. Fergalicious (4:52) – Fergie, The Dutchess, 129 beats/min
28. Pompeii (3:34) – Bastille, Bad Blood, 129 beats/min
29. Timber (3:24) – Pitbull (featuring Ke$ha), Timber – Single, 130 beats/min
30. 3 (3:33) – Britney Spears, 3 – Single, 132 beats/min
31. Beautiful (6:33) – Eminem, Relapse: Refill, 132 beats/min
32. Gotta Get Thru This (2:41) – Daniel Bedingfield, Gotta Get Thru This, 134 beats/min
33. Sandstorm (3:45) – Darude, Before the Storm, 136 beats/min
34. That’s Not My Name (5:11) – The Ting Tings, We Started Nothing, 145 beats/min

TodaysFitnessTrainer.com is dedicated to continuing to create tools and resources to keep you motivated and working towards your fitness goals.  Stay tuned for more workout music playlists in future weeks (for any recommendations on songs to include in other workout music playlists be sure to contact us)!

Written by TodaysFitnessTrainer (trainer@todaysfitnesstrainer.com).