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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!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...
SHut Your Mouth -Pain
Thanks For The Memories -Fallout Boy
How far We've Come -Matchobx 20
Pedal to THe Metal -Kazzer
Puddem Up -Kazzer
Welcome to the Club -Manian (I beleive)
Butterfly -CrazyTown
Let's Get Crazy -Pitbull
Hotel Room Service -Pitbull
FastBack 69 -Buck Cherry
Whiskey in Tee Morning -BuckCherry
Lawless in Lulu -Buck Cherry
Ride Wit Me -Nelly
Touch Your Toes - DJ Deekline
I F***ing Hate you -Godsmack
Paradise City -Guns and Roses
What is Love -Haddaway
Holy Diver -Killswitch Engage (cover)
Blow Ya Mind -Lock and Load (find a remix)
Cross my Hear -Marianas Trench
Shake Tramp -Marianas Trench
Man Eater - Nelly Furtado
F***ing Hostile -Pantara
Bro Hymm -Pennywise
Fuck Authority -Pennywise
Boom Shake Drop -Pitbull
Boom -Soulfly
Walkie Talkie Man -Stereo Gram
Papa Roach- Not Listening
check out - flaw - "get up", "decision", "best that i am", pretty much anything from flaw is awesome.
check out - digital summer - "suffocate" it is great song
dimmu borgir - angels decay
dimmu borgir - mourning palace
lamb of god - again we rise
mastadon - call of the mastadon
throwdown - day of the dog
Refused - New Noise
Thrice - Image of the Invisible
Pantera - Cowboys from Hell
The Used - Pretty Handsome Awkward
30 Seconds to Mars - Battle of One
Outkast - B.O.B.
Volbeat - sad man's tongue
black eyed peas - push it
gwen stephani - hollaback girl
Crack a bottle- Eninmem
AC/DC-TNT
Linkin Park-Bleed it Out
Bloc Party-Flux
Dope-Die M*********** Die
DMX-X Gon' Give it to Ya
DMX-Up In Here
Eminem-Lose Yourself
Foo Fighters-The Pretender
Kanye West-Stronger
Limp Bizkit-My Way
The Subways-Rock and Roll Queen (favourite)
NERD-RockStar Jason Nevins remix
Offspring-The Kids Aren't Alright
Dropkick Murphys-Shipping off to Boston
Motorhead-Ace of Spades
UFC - Ultimate Fighter Theme Song
The Point of No Return - Immortal technique
50 cent - Many Men
Eminem F. 50 Cent, Cashis & Lloyd Banks - You Don't Know
Ice Cube - Why We Thugs (Dirty) Prod. By Scott Storch
Run It - Chris Brown
2 Pac Ft. Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - Untouchables
Trick Daddy ft. Chamillionaire - BET THAT
2-Pac - When We Ride On Our Enemies
Coolio - Gangsters Paradise
Fort Minor - Remember The Name
Chamillionaire Feat. Lil Flip - Turn it up
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Across the Nation - Union Underground
Act a Fool - Three 6 Mafia
Bet That - Trick Daddy
Corporate Thuggin' - U.S.D.A.
Dammit - Blink 182
Damn - Lil Jon & the Eastside Boys
Dem Boyz - Boyz in the Hood
Don't Push Me - 50 Cent ft. Eminem
Don't Turn Around - Three 6 Mafia
Dr. Feelgood - Motley Crue
Du Hast (English Version) - Rammstein
Evil Deeds - Eminem
Fire Your Guns - AC/DC
Get Your Roll On - Big Tymers
Ghetto Soldier - Papoose
Girl You Really Got Me - Van Halen
Git Up - D12
Heatseeker - AC/DC
High Voltage Live - AC/DC
Hit a Motha***** - Three 6 Mafia
I-E-A-I-A-I-O - System of a Down
I Wanna Rock - Twisted Sister
Icky Thump - White Stripes
It's Me Bitches Remix - Swizz Beatz ft. Lil Wayne
Juicy - Biggie Smalls
Kill Em- Juelz Santana
Knock the Black off yo Ass - Three 6 Mafia
Last Resort - Papa Roach
Let's Get It Up - AC/DC
Let Me In - Young Buck
Make em Mad - Chopper City Boyz
Make It Work fo Ya - Juelz Santana ft. Lil Wayne
Number 1 Stunner - Big Tymers
One Blood - The Game
Patiently Waiting - 50 Cent
Read a Book - D'mite
Relax and Take Notes - Eightball MJG ft. Project Pat
Riff Raff - AC/DC
Shoot to Thrill - AC/DC
Squealer - AC/DC
The Anthem - Pitbull
The Realist Killaz - 50 Cent ft. Tupac
The Second Coming - Juelz Santana
Throw Some D's Remix - Richboy
Top Back Remix - T.I. ft. Young Jeezy
Touch It - Busta Rhymes
Warrior Pt.2 - G Unit
We All Die Someday - G Unit
We In Here - DMX ft. Swizz Beats
We Taking Over Freestyle - Lil Wayne
Weak Azz Bitch - Three 6 Mafia
What U Drinkin On? - P. Diddy ft. Jim Jones
What U Gon Do? - Lil Jon and the Eastside Boys
Whip Game Proper - Twista ft. Lil Wayne
Who the F is that? - Dolla
Who We Be - DMX
Whole Lotta Rosie - AC/DC
Wipe Me Down Remix - Foxx, Webbie, & Lil Boosie
Woman Hold Her Head - Biggie Smalls
You Don't Know - G Unit
Hope That Helps
I'm a Rebel - Accept
Bia Bia - Lil Jon
The Tweaker - Moistboyz
It's Time to Play the Game - Motorhead
List of Demands - Saul Williams
Drop the Bombshell - Powerman 5000
Step Up - Disturbed
Whoop that Trick - Hustle and Flow Soundtrack
Metal Health - Quiet Riot
New Noise - The Refused
Bawitdaba - Kid Rock
Boom Boom - Big Head Todd And The Monsters
Mother - Danzig
Johnny B. Goode - Chuck Berry
Rebel Yell - Billy idol
Ballbreaker - AC/DC
Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap - AC/DC
Let There Be Rock - AC/DC
Rocker - AC/DC
40 Ounce - D12
Boy Looka Here - Richboy
U Don't Know Me - T.I.
Go To Sleep - Eminem ft. DMX
Pizza Pie - System of a Down
Don't Approach Me - Eminem ft. Xzibit
Old School Hollywood - System of a Down
check out - flaw - "get up", "decision", "best that i am", pretty much anything from flaw is awesome.
check out - digital summer - "suffocate" it is great song
Here's a couple you may want to consider adding....
Feed My Frankenstein / Alice Cooper and
Pick Up The Pieces / Average White Band.
I never get tired of running on treadmill to these songs and lots of the ones already on this list.
Cheers !!