What kind of music do you listen for motivating...

[Balage]

For me, it's gotta be related to somewhat...fighting. In a movie, or dunno. Examples: Rocky main theme, Eye of the tiger, Rocky: Going the distance, SWAT 911, Mortal Kombat theme(s), Music of some Van Damme movies, etc.

[ksan]

The Kooks, Nirvana, Within Temptation, Snow Patrol, The White Stripes, Arctic Monkeys, Maria Mena, Cold Play, Fall Out Boy, The Red Hot Chilli Peppers, The Pogues, Floggin Molly.

And then some

Its depends largely on my mood. Nirvana and the peppers are from years ago. I travel a lot lately and havin an MP3 player is kinda obligatory then...


Osu

[Martin H]

Rammstein. Nightwish. Within Temptation. Epica. Trail of tears. Lots of other metal/goth/industry.

Pogues. Floggin Molly. Mahones and a few other "Irish punk".

Only the high tempo/heavy beat tunes work as inspiration. Other music styles that I listen to (trad celtic, blues, classic etc etc) just dont work as training music -but sometimes works as relaxation music.
Techno, Rap and others dont work either, since they are just not my kind of music.

LoQi. Same here in sweden. Our libraries has music CDs (and DVDs in some places) that you can borrow. The selection is not always the best though (actually, the selection sucks, but I am not sure if it is the fault of the libraries that dont stock good stuff, or of morons who steal/destroy the CDs for amusement).

[L.K]

Depends on what I'm training at the moment . Classical metal when i lift weights, techno for running and any kind of metal for sparring

[aromaster]

I just listen to feuer frei by rammstein
Makes me feel like i got lotsa energy

[rsobrien]

All the cool old school punk. I like the more anarchist type bands like Dead Kennedys, Bad Religion, Minor threat, love the Cro Mags. All Oi is cool Templars, Sham 69, etc

I'm Filipino and Irisih (not white or Aryan in anyway) and in no way condone Nazism but for pure adrenaline pumping I love Nazi Oi. Romper Stomper soundtrack, Skrewdriver, anything where someone's radical convictions cause them to play really fast.

[Sonik]

Classic, Modern, Jazz, Blues, Dub, Reggae, Ska, Klezmer, Sirba, Celtic, Middle Eastern, Indian, African, Brazilian, Chinese, Japanese (Minzoku), Korean (Pansori), Balinesian (Gamelan), Metal, Noise, Punk, Rock, Fusion....

I' into stuff such as Bob Marley, Roots Tonic, King Tubby, Dub Trio, Jimi Hendrix, King Crimson, Dead Can Dance, Tool, Soundgarden, Muse, Audioslave, Faith No More, Mr. Bungle, John Zorn, Naked City, Masada, Pain Killer, Marc Ribot, Bang On A Can, Fred Frith, Kronos Quartet, David Gould, Raz Messinai, Jamie Saft, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Fantomas, Hella, Melvins, Melt Banana, Ruins, Tatsuya Yoshida, Be Your Own Pet, Foxy Shazzam, Tub Ring, Estradashpere, God Of Shamisen, Secret Chiefs 3, Aphex Twin, Massive Attack, Bjork, Venetian Snares, Darque Science......

[grandcanuck]

It really depends on my mood... about 75% of the time, I'll listen to heavy rock or metal. Working the bag, I have used tempo kickboxing music before and it does good forcing me to keep the pace. Other times, I could just be listening to anything that fits my mood. I've even listened to 'mellow' music working the bag and it was an interesting combination. Even though I was hitting really hard, the music was keeping me calm and composed.

[Wu-tang Clan]

usually don't listen to music when i train, but if I would I would listen to hiphop, although it can be hard to find fast tracks. Two good tracks are STUNT 101 and BEG FOR MERCY, both with G-UNIT. Note: both tracks have explicit language

[Taiji X]

meditation music to calm my nerves before i do anything that requires focus and willpower

death metal or power metal when i'm actually doing it

[swollen knuckles]

good smooth reggae music with a nice rhythm so i can work on my footwork. also, its good music, you just want to keep listening, therefore, you'll keep traing...getting in 5 more pushups, or one last rep for the road. You should try it....we used to listen to it while training in he afternoon with shuseki shihan oliver.
OSU

[boldbhoy]

I love most kinds of music, but for some strange reason I never listen to any while trainig. Perhaps I'm losing out here?
A few have mentioned music for meditation. Do you mean "Meditational
music", or do you mean you actually practice meditation with music on? I learned to meditate many years ago by attending a Tibetan Buddhist Vihara on a regular basis, and also by what I learned from books. I can only really get in that meditational "zone" with little noise around me.
If practiced very regularly, I found that my tolerance to outside noise
and potential distractions was much better.
Sorry, I've strayed from the thread a bit.
By the way, Martin H, I like your taste in music. Have you listened to Shane MacGowan and the popes? I think they are better in some ways as Shane was allowed to express himself a lot more without pressure from record companies. Osu!

[seienchin]

Well- no surprises here. I listen to ....classical guitar. There's an American composer called Andrew York who is one of my current favourites. Bach rocks. (no, seriously, he does). My favourite guitar quartet is Saffire, 2nd fave LAGQ.
Did I mention that i love classical guitar?

[boldbhoy]

just tried short workout listening to the Pogues very loud.
Problem is I forget the music's on, at least I think so anyway. I can't seem to remember being aware of it while in the midst of exerting myself.
Perhaps the start of senile dementia??

[Kyokugen]

I love to listen Linkin park music when I train by myself,it is so lifely

[koji112091]

For kyokushin I don't lissen to music but I think metal's the best.

OSU!

[Paedde]

hmm I prefer some rap tracks, but I see not many will share that with me here hehe

[andyhugfan33]

when i train home i l listen to punk rock .
when i train in the dojo i listen to my sensei.

[seienchin]

Originally Posted by andyhugfan33

when i train home i l listen to punk rock .
when i train in the dojo i listen to my sensei.

Nice one Andyhugfan. Whilst I have very different taste in music to you, I do like your in-dojo sentiment. How much have we all NOT learned over the years by not listening?

[StasR]

When a proper training session is being conducted I listen to my instructor, however when I do a general fitness class/ fighting class where we work on bags I allow my students to brings their music and we take turns in doing so. So far my iPod training list consists of the the following:
Nas - Hip Hop is Dead; Kanye West - Stronger; Metallica - Fuel; Rage Against The Machine - Renegates of Funk, How Could I Just Kill A Man; Linking Park: - Somewhere I Belong, Faint, By Myself; Prodigy - Smack My Bitch Up, Voodoo People; The Hives - Because I Wanna; Unwritten Law - Shoulda Known Better; Chemical Brothers - Block Rockin' Beats; Pendulum - Tarantula, Planet Oreon; Asian Dub Foundation - Flyover; Zuthority Zero - Everyday; DJ Marky - Barcelona; Feel Good Inc (DnB Remix); Drowning Pool - Man Without Fear; Jurassic 5 - Whats Golden; Rob Zombie - Two Lane Blacktop, More Human Than Human; Slipknot - Wait & Bleed; John Marks - Insanity; DDR - Stomp To My Beat; Bluejuice - Ventriole.
Our training list is always being updated with new beats. God bless iTunes.