Training Tunes

[Solidman82]

I'm not sure where the Mods are going to put this thread but it's about your favorite training music and why. Maybe we can pick up some decent tunes from eachother.

Nightwish - Ghost Love Score:
The perfect training song IMO. It goes on for 9 minutes, has a few changes in tempo so you get a time to rest, And picks up perfectly at about 5 minutes making you feel like working as hard as you possibly can. An awesome combination of Rock, Orchestra and operatic vocals.


Rocky IV Soundtrack - Training Montage:
Well really, does this one need anymore explaination. Good to keep rythm to. Reminds you of Rocky training. It's gotta work!

Minibosses - F-Zero (Big Blue):
A nice remix of an F-zero song done in rock fashion. Upbeat and high-tempo all the way.

I've got more but I'll post them as I think of them.

[Navarre]

Offhand only 3 come to mind.

You've Got Another Thing Coming by Judas Priest
The Last Command by WASP
All We Are by Warlock

In all 3 cases I like them because the tempo is hard and fast. More importantly, the lyrics speak of determination and rising to higher levels of being.

I'm a heavy metal fan from the '80s I guess. Maybe I can think of more when I get home from work.

[arnisador]

Most of the people I work out with seem to play 70s/80s rock when we train. It must be that we're all of a certain age.

[OnlyAnEgg]

For weight training and basics, I have a mix with Rammstein, Tool, Danzig, Slipknot, Godsmack and Disturbd. For kata practice, I listen to koto and Chinese/Japanese court music.

[Navarre]

Y'mean you don't listen to Weird Al Yankovic, Egg?

[OnlyAnEgg]

Y'mean you don't listen to Weird Al Yankovic, Egg?

Not for working out, Navarre :) Wierd Al is only for looooovin'

[arnisador]

Ah, a man of class and distinction!

[Solidman82]

Egg, you should try a band called Megaherz. They're almost exactly like Rammstein.

[Solidman82]

More importantly, the lyrics speak of determination and rising to higher levels of being.


You should check out a song called Spirit Never Dies by Masterplan.
It's got an 80s metal feel to it and the harmony and lyrics are perfect for what you mentioned. It's even got a wicked guitar solo in the middle.

[Xequat]

There's an instrumental song that was used in the movie Requiem for a Dream and then again in a bunch of previews, like the current one for Zathura and one of the LOTR:Two Towers trailer as well, but I have no idea what it's called. I just put the words "requiem" and "two towers" into Kazaa a couple years ago when I was a member and found it that way. It's a great song, but I wish I knew who performs it and what it's called.

[Solidman82]

The song is called Requiem and it's by the composer Clint Mansell. I don't know if you can really train to it though.

[twayman]

I've been on a Symphony X kick latley so... my vote goes to them... Listening to them right now in fact. :supcool:

[Makalakumu]

Slayer is a good choice for hittin' anything. I like Native pipe music or nature sounds when doing tai chi. I like lzeppelin for kata. And I like the Conan the Barbarian soundtrack for conditioning...particularly the track called Wheel of Pain.

[Icewater]

No country music? David Allen Coe will get me stirred up for some bag work!

[Jonathan Randall]

"The Eye of the Tiger" by Survivor! If you combine it with bad boxing technique, you could literally become ROCKY BALBOA!!!

Seriously, though, I like Vivaldi and Tchaikovsky. Sometimes we forget and overlook classical music.

[Solidman82]

I love classical music, it's just I find it hard to skip for 10 minutes to Beethoven's 5th. The music makes me want to meditate or go to sleep, not kick my shins into a tree.

[138]

Nothing motivates me like the Ramones. God bless those guys....

[Solidman82]

Agreed, god bless the Ramones.

[arnisador]

Yeah, if "What I like About You" doesn't get you pumped, nothing will.

[OnlyAnEgg]

That's The Romantics

[arnisador]

Ouch! My mistake!

[James Kovacich]

Santana Live at the Filmore. The congas are distinct through out the double CD and gives a constant beat especially for banging sticks.

[DeLamar.J]

Superbeast by rob zombie.

[MartialIntent]

Yep, Rob Zombie natch! Though anything with a steady, fast and powerful beat eg. from the Prodigy helps to focus more energy into bagwork etc. Let's not forget the black album from Metallica [a classic]...
Far from being tacky - I gotta say, kata / forms / drills done along with some banging music is really quite cool indeed! Anyone seen that??

[Jonathan Randall]

Yep, Rob Zombie natch! Though anything with a steady, fast and powerful beat eg. from the Prodigy helps to focus more energy into bagwork etc. Let's not forget the black album from Metallica [a classic]...
Far from being tacky - I gotta say, kata / forms / drills done along with some banging music is really quite cool indeed! Anyone seen that??

"Apocalyptica"! I've got to dig out my old CD. It is just instrumentals - psuedo-classical music with a heavy metal touch. A karate friend loaned it to me and I liked it so much I bought my own.

[terryl965]

Well I love to listen to Iron Butterfly (In a Garden of eden) when I train by myself, nothing like old hard core Rock n Roll for me. Also Metallica Sand Man.
Terry

[Solidman82]

this thread may be long gone but I'd like to add that Final Fantasy 7: Advent Children OST (disc 2 prefferrably) has some very awesome training tunes and the entire soundtrack is worth a listen as well. A few of the songs almost made me cry they were so good (nostalgia).

[Sin]

Matrix Trilogy Soundtrack is the best way to go, especally fight before you sparr listen to the final fight music...I belive the title of it is Neorammorong(sp)

[terryl965]

Tea Matrix trilogy is a great one for sure.
Terry

[Sin]

I don't know what it is about it...the mix of old and new intramental music just get the blood pumping, and theres nothing like remisesing about that epic battle

[beauty_in_the_sai]

"Come Get Some" by TLC! :ultracool

.....oh and Evanescence!

gets the blood pumping :)

Becky

[muffin_cup_of_death]

I love doing bag training to AC/DC! lots of adrenaline pumping songs. I love rap too, so listen to WUTANG alot, since they have martial arts references in their songs...cool stuff man. Afu-Ra is a good one.

I think the gayest music to listen to while working out is....(drum roll)...

That stupid mortal kombat song! How annoying! I hate Tech-NO!

[Martial Tucker]

I don't usually train to music, but when I do, I particularly like Stevie Ray Vaughan. The beat of his stuff, and similar blues stuff works for me. I also like
"Bad To The Bone", by George Thorogood, but I have to admit it also makes me laugh.

[Navarre]

I hate Tech-NO!

I like some techno, particularly Crystal Method. I don't listen to it usually when I train though. It's too...hyper, I guess. I feel like I'm being attacked by my stereo. *panicked front snap kick to subwoofer*

[Touch Of Death]

"Evil Thing" by Danzig is Da Bomb!
Sean-vampfeed- .

[Martial Tucker]

I like some techno, particularly Crystal Method. I don't listen to it usually when I train though. It's too...hyper, I guess. I feel like I'm being attacked by my stereo. *panicked front snap kick to subwoofer*\


I'm not a techno fan per se, but my daughter has an extensive collection, and there are a few of her songs I do like for when I do bag work. My reference in my earlier post to SRV and blues in general was more for kata.

[Henderson]

"Apocalyptica"!...It is just instrumentals - psuedo-classical music with a heavy metal touch.

A little more on this if anyone cares.....Apocalyptica is a four-piece cello arrangement. The members are from Finland, I believe, but don't quote me on that one. They are classically trained. Basically, they attended a european equivalent to Juliard (NYC). They perform Metallica covers flawlessly, note for note. It really proves the validity of Hetfield's writing and Hammett's playing.

Sorry...got carried away.

Usually, if it's not traditional Japanese music, we're listening to OLD blues. Robert Johnson, Muddy Waters, etc.