Best Album to listen to while working out!

[bossbear062]

Posted: 10/26/11 at 9:03am

I personally enjoy HAIR while running and Jesus Christ Superstar while lifting, but I was wondering what other albums and or songs help you guy get through a workout by listening to them.

[After Eight]

Posted: 10/26/11 at 9:53am

I've never worked out, so I can't advise you on that score.

But listening to Passion, Marie Christine, or Hello, Again is a workout itself.

So you might want to try one of them. You'd get two workouts for the price of one.

[WithoutATrace]

Posted: 10/26/11 at 10:29am

I find that listening to IN THE HEIGHTS while working out gets me very energized.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 10/26/11 at 10:38am

Chicago

All That Jazz - motivates you to get up and start working out

When You're Good To Mama and All I Care About Is Love - are great warm up songs

We Both Reached For the Gun - uptempo you should be hitting the zone

I Can't Do It Alone - become one with your weights

When Velma Takes The Stand - push until you feel the burn

Razzle Dazzle - think how good you'll look in a few weeks

Nowadays - is there a better cool down song?

[charlesjguiteau]

Posted: 10/26/11 at 12:35pm

WEST SIDE STORY is a score that keeps on pumping adrenaline all the way up to "One Hand One Heart". Great for my jogging route. (And you can work little bits of Jets or Sharks choreography into your stride as you go.)

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 10/26/11 at 12:37pm

I can do showtunes when I'm lifting but when on the treadmill or the elliptical, they're torture. I need loud hard rock music then.
Updated On: 10/26/11 at 12:37 PM

[Gothampc]

Posted: 10/26/11 at 12:40pm

^^^ I would think it would be the other way around. It's hard to do jazz hands while pushing 100 lbs.

[themysteriousgrowl]

Posted: 10/26/11 at 1:22pm

I don't work out, but I usually find any score that I love, even if it's relatively sedate, will get me very energized and dancing all around my apartment in front of my mirror in my underwear like an idiot.



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[Nettik]

Posted: 10/26/11 at 5:08pm

Rent (OBC)
Children of Eden (Papermill)
Hair (OBC)
Legally Blonde (OBC)
Little Shop of Horrors (OBC)
Songs for a New World (OOBC)

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 10/26/11 at 5:17pm

Try listening to "And The Money Keeps Rolling In (And Out)" from EVITA while running on a treadmill or on the elliptical machine.

[DefyGravity777]

Posted: 10/26/11 at 5:19pm

I don't work out at all but I listen to A LOT of showtunes while at work. If not I would go crazy or insane.

[abstract19]

Posted: 10/26/11 at 5:20pm

If you ignore the lyrics, Spider-man is actually not a bad. The only decent thing that came from the production.

[husk_charmer]

Posted: 10/26/11 at 5:37pm

I find musicals with a disco-ish sound really do it for me, so Chorus Line, Dreamgirls, Seesaw, Legally Blonde (I think it has some disco feel to it) all do well for me.

[husk_charmer]

Posted: 10/26/11 at 5:37pm

I find musicals with a disco-ish sound really do it for me, so Chorus Line, Dreamgirls, Seesaw, Legally Blonde (I think it has some disco feel to it) all do well for me.

[Marianne2]

Posted: 10/26/11 at 5:43pm

Priscilla Queen of the Desert

[gogogreg]

Posted: 10/26/11 at 5:56pm

"Smokey Joes Cafe" is a great one to work out to!
2 disc set. Each one is around 46 minutes.
If you do 10 minute miles, you can get around 4-1/2 miles on the first CD, and it really goes fast! Used to do it on the treadmill when I sang for Cunard Cruises all the time.
LOVE that one!

[MermansMan]

Posted: 10/26/11 at 5:59pm

I warn you, some questionable choices... lol
My workout playlist includes:
The Baker's Wife
The Boy From Oz
Chicago
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Dreamgirls
Evita (Disco Album)
The Full Monty
Ghost- I'm REALLY diggin' this right now...
Guys and Dolls- 1976 Revival
Gypsy- 2008 Revival
Jerry's Girls
Jesus Christ Superstar
La Cage- 2010 Revival
Patti LuPone LIVE
Mamma Mia
Sail Away- OLC
Side By Side By Sondheim- OAC
Steve & Eydie- Together on Broadway
Wicked
Witches Of Eastwick- OAC
Women on the Verge
Young Frankenstein
9 to 5

[Jane2]

Posted: 10/26/11 at 6:29pm

Disco

[Unknown User]

Posted: 10/26/11 at 8:00pm

I couldn't imagine listening to any of my fave cast albums while working out--unless working out means a leisurely walk or something...... I guess some of the more disco/dance tracks on cds like Pet Shop Boys' Closer to Heaven (which actually I did work out to once but only as it was the only CD in my car when leaving for the gym)...

Howabout Boris Midney's divine (yes, I'm serious) "Festival - EVITA" disco album? :P

[goldenboy]

Posted: 10/27/11 at 6:08pm

IRMA LA DOUCE!!!
LOTS OF ENERGY. BETTER THAN CREATINE