Songs for Indoor Training?

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This must be a common question to this group, but now that it's getting colder in the northeast
US, more people would be retiring to their indoor trainer. I find this very tough, but music helps
me pass the time.

This year I want to spend a lot of time training for hills, and hence be out-of-the-saddle even on
my trainer. Any good suggestions for hill climbing songs?

I like the older Boston, Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osborne, Foreigner, Styx and Pat Benatar albums for
energetic workouts; lots of energy in them.

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How about warm-up and cool-down songs?

I usually just listen to the radio for easier workouts, but don't switch music between
warmup/cooldown and training sections of the same workout.

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This is a little off your topic, but last night I did a roller workout for the full duration of the
movie Breaking Away. I now understand why Italians are such good cyclists -- they have incredible
music to train with. I can't tell you what operas or symphonies are in that movie, but the music is
fantastic for all kinds of pedaling.

Bob C.

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Quoted message said:

This must be a common question to this group, but now that it's getting colder in the northeast
US, more people would be retiring to their indoor trainer. I find this very tough, but music helps
me pass the time.

This year I want to spend a lot of time training for hills, and hence be out-of-the-saddle even on
my trainer. Any good suggestions for hill climbing songs?

How about warm-up and cool-down songs?

Thu, 06 Nov 2003 13:15:44 GMT, <[email hidden]>, "FeDude"

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This year I want to spend a lot of time training for hills, and hence be out-of-the-saddle even on
my trainer. Any good suggestions for hill climbing songs?

Basque dance music.
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Zoot Katz <[email hidden]> wrote:
: Basque dance music.

ha! damn straight. i'm in boise, idaho where you can't swing a dead cat without hitting a basque.
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Quoted message said:

This must be a common question to this group, but now that it's getting colder in the northeast
US, more people would be retiring to their indoor trainer. I find this very tough, but music helps
me pass the time.

This year I want to spend a lot of time training for hills, and hence be out-of-the-saddle even on
my trainer. Any good suggestions for hill climbing songs?

Are you listening to the songs or singing them yourself? If you're doing the singing, I recommend
using the techniques described on my website
(home.earthlink.netInspirational Music.htmOpen ↗) in choosing them.

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FeDude said:

This must be a common question to this group, but now that it's getting colder in the northeast
US, more people would be retiring to their indoor trainer. I find this very tough, but music helps
me pass the time.

This year I want to spend a lot of time training for hills, and hence be out-of-the-saddle even on
my trainer. Any good suggestions for hill climbing songs?

How about warm-up and cool-down songs?

It's an oldie, but I *really* like "Where's the Walrus?" by Alan Parsons Project. I sliced and diced
this one into 8+ minutes, copied to cassette for the car, and converted to MPG for biking.
"Lucifer", also by Parsons and also an oldie, became entry #1 on my personal "Autobahn Muzik" list
away back in the 80's.

06 Nov 2003 18:07:29 GMT, <[email hidden]>, David Reuteler

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Zoot Katz <[email hidden]> wrote:
: Basque dance music.

ha! damn straight. i'm in boise, idaho where you can't swing a dead cat without hitting a basque.

I've heard of weird by-laws before, but that one takes the cake.
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Quoted message said:

This must be a common question to this group, but now that it's getting colder in the northeast
US, more people would be retiring to their indoor trainer. I find this very tough, but music helps
me pass the time.

This year I want to spend a lot of time training for hills, and hence be out-of-the-saddle even on
my trainer. Any good suggestions for hill climbing songs?

How about warm-up and cool-down songs?

The Rocky soundtrack works well. Most of it, anyway. Once in a while.

Zoot Katz <[email hidden]> wrote:
: I've heard of weird by-laws before, but that one takes the cake.

they don't seem to have many laws here in idaho .. so they try and make the ones they do have
interesting.

for instance title 49-720 is a real trip. in idaho cyclists don't technically have to stop for
stop signs. merely slow down and yield. bicyclists are allowed by law to treat stop signs as yield
signs. same for right turn on red (you don't have to stop). you do have to stop for stop-lights
but there was a court case and some hub-bub over it (the statesman, the local paper had said it
was ok to treat them as yield signs). you can ride two- abreast (sanely) and on the interstates
(which i like).

but there appears to have been a critical mass to assert the right to ride on downtown sidewalks.

here's the bit:

Attention!!!

There will be a City Council Meeting on Oct 6th at 7:30pm to discuss banning bikes from
downtown sidewalks. On September 29 at 7:30pm, the city council discusses expanding the current
dismount zone.

BOTH MEETINGS ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! YOUR ATTENDANCE IS VITAL!

but my best boise biking moment was riding up bogus basin road about 8 or 10 miles out of town (and
up, up, up) and hearing semi auto rifle fire off to the side of the road. they waved. i cleverly
suppressed my minneapolis- honed instincts to duck and cover at the sound of gun fire and waved
back. friendly bunch, thankfully.
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Originally posted by Robert Chambers
This is a little off your topic, but last night I did a roller workout for the full duration of the
movie Breaking Away. I now understand why Italians are such good cyclists -- they have incredible
music to train with. I can't tell you what operas or symphonies are in that movie, but the music is
fantastic for all kinds of pedaling.

Bob C.

The signature symphonic pieces are from Mendelssohn's "Italian Symphony", and the memorable operatic piece is from Verde's "Aida". You can usually pick these up for cheap in the "budget classical" rack at the CD store.

In article <%IEqb.134686$e01.455114@attbi_s02>, "Claire Petersky"

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Are you listening to the songs or singing them yourself? If you're doing the singing, I recommend
using the techniques described on my website
(home.earthlink.netInspirational Music.htmOpen ↗) in choosing them.

I dunno what it is, but I find the theme from that 'Sponge Bob Square Pants' TV cartoon kind of
inspiring. Well, I just like doing the ol' "Sea Cap'n" voice. I find it rather cheery. The 'toon
itself ain't no great shakes. Certainly not a patch on Rocky & Bullwinkle.

Well, now I've gotta get back to transcribing a boring documentary about Canadian/Nigerian Olympic
wrestling champion, Daniel Igali. No 'toons for me right now.

"Who lives in a pineapple under the sea ..."

I feel better now just by thinking of that tune.

cheers, Tom

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Originally posted by Fedude
This must be a common question to this group, but now that it's getting colder in the northeast US,
more people would be retiring to their indoor trainer. I find this very tough, but music helps me
pass the time.

This year I want to spend a lot of time training for hills, and hence be out-of-the-saddle even on
my trainer. Any good suggestions for hill climbing songs?

How about warm-up and cool-down songs?

Am lucky I guess, have a close friend who produces rave-techno music. So I listen to him and attempt to maintain his music pace. Some of his song are over 180 bpm. Also enjoy "Clockwork Orange" soundtrack, Rammstein, NIN, Ministry, etc.. I even reply to email as I spin.....

Memph

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This must be a common question to this group, but now that it's getting colder in the northeast
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trainer. I find this very tough, but music helps me pass the time.

This year I want to spend a lot of time training for hills, and hence be out-of-the-saddle even
on my trainer. Any good suggestions for hill climbing songs?

How about warm-up and cool-down songs?

Warm up - Rush 2112 Cool Down - ELO or Ben Folds

Kerry

FeDude <[email hidden]> wrote:

: This year I want to spend a lot of time training for hills, and hence be out-of-the-saddle even on
: my trainer. Any good suggestions for hill climbing songs?

There's some tunes from Hardfloor (trance/acid) that scream hill climbing for 8 minutes.

I also tried C-Tank (the grand classic of hard core tekno) for anaerobic intervals but I found out
they are only suitable for maybe hard sprints.

Dunno if this helps, I think this music would be only useful for preventing overtraining with most
people anyway.

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The theme song for "The Rush Limbaugh Show".

Perfect in frequency, intensity, and duration.

Memphmann <[email hidden]> wrote:

: Am lucky I guess, have a close friend who produces rave-techno music. So I listen to him and
: attempt to maintain his music pace. Some of his song are over 180 bpm. Also enjoy "Clockwork
: Orange" soundtrack, Rammstein, NIN, Ministry, etc.. I even reply to email as I spin.....

How about spinning music as an idea for an album? :-)

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Zippy, you mean "My City Was Gone", From the album "Learning to Crawl" by Chrissy Hinds and the
Pretenders?

Personally I prefer Jethro Tull; Thick As A Brick, or Aqua Lung (whole album.)

Zippy the Pinhead said:

The theme song for "The Rush Limbaugh Show".

Perfect in frequency, intensity, and duration.

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TomP said:

Zippy, you mean "My City Was Gone", From the album "Learning to Crawl" by Chrissy Hinds and the
Pretenders?

Yes, that's the tune, but I was only having fun.

I'll take Bruce Hornsby and the Range. Any album except "Here Come The Noisemakers".

The Air-Dyne doesn't allow for "spinning". Its cadence is a bit slow at a given workload. I'm going
to get a new indoor bike or maybe a Kurt Kinetic Trainer for my summer bike, then I will be in the
market for faster tunes.