what are you NOT listening to??

I was at the gym at DePaul in Chicago one day and they were playing 70's soft rock. Not a very good choice if you want to get motivated for one more rep or spin till you puke. One girl had enough and asked them to change the music. I can't recall if they did or not. I like your description "sticky sweet". I try to avoid any of the so-called pop music today. Too over produced, not enough substance.

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listening to just angry music, nothing sweet or kind....I ran across an old, old favorite the other day, LLCoolJ's "Mama said knock you out".

I have to admit that I don't like a lot of this "organic x" music, its just too goofy. I gotta have a beat and some emotion to keep those feet pumping.

I don't listen to the little voice that says "it's okay to stop now, 3 miles is far enough to run..."

If you mean music, I *do* listen to just about everything. Miles Davis just doesn't work for me when I'm training though. When I'm working out, I like more rock / faster beats. Anything slow or mellow doesn't work for me as good as harder/faster stuff.

The slow/mellow is great for post-workout decompression though. ( And for entertaining guests :P )

-Chris

funny - i go to the gym at depaul, and they often do have awful music. the most offensive i can remember was a substitute kickboxing instructor who had a terrible tape with a couple of beatles songs mixed into crappy dance music followed by the requisite brittney. gag.

I'm absolutely sick of my spinning instructor playing techno music. I never can seem to keep a good cadence going

But when she pops in some 70's disco or a little Billy Idol... it pumps me up like nothing else