padraig (u.s.)
a monkey that will go ape
right, so, I realize that many Dissensus regulars are may be aghast at the very idea of exercise.
and there is also an old general exercise thread but as the title states this is what music, if any, you fancy while you work out, what works best for you, etc.
when I'm running sometimes I prefer silence. when I do listen to music it's almost always something w/a 4x4 pulse - depending on my mood anything from full-on vocal garage house to the most sparse minimal techno (DBX-style tho, not mnml), so long as there's that steady kick which doubles a metronome to keep pace. often when I sprint the last few hundred yards I kick in some nutty '92 hands in the air piano anthem as like a sugar rush.
the main time I listen to music is when I'm in the gym lifting weights or rowing or whatever (I've been into Crossfit - which got a mention in the exercise thread - for a while) it's almost exclusively jungle, mostly the harder end of the '94-96 stuff (never anything 2-step, it's too sluggish). sometimes a bit of 4x4 speed garage or if it's a really crazy workout Jeff Mills - Waveform Transmissions or something like that. most gyms I've been too play terrible music at ridiculous volumes so it's necessary to drown it out.
anyway I dunno if this will interest anyone but the thought struck me when I was out running on my lunch break today.
so, preferences? suggestions? exercise is a waste of time?
and there is also an old general exercise thread but as the title states this is what music, if any, you fancy while you work out, what works best for you, etc.
when I'm running sometimes I prefer silence. when I do listen to music it's almost always something w/a 4x4 pulse - depending on my mood anything from full-on vocal garage house to the most sparse minimal techno (DBX-style tho, not mnml), so long as there's that steady kick which doubles a metronome to keep pace. often when I sprint the last few hundred yards I kick in some nutty '92 hands in the air piano anthem as like a sugar rush.
the main time I listen to music is when I'm in the gym lifting weights or rowing or whatever (I've been into Crossfit - which got a mention in the exercise thread - for a while) it's almost exclusively jungle, mostly the harder end of the '94-96 stuff (never anything 2-step, it's too sluggish). sometimes a bit of 4x4 speed garage or if it's a really crazy workout Jeff Mills - Waveform Transmissions or something like that. most gyms I've been too play terrible music at ridiculous volumes so it's necessary to drown it out.
anyway I dunno if this will interest anyone but the thought struck me when I was out running on my lunch break today.
so, preferences? suggestions? exercise is a waste of time?