blog post Live on CBC Radio 3 w/ Grant Lawrence: All-Request Workout Songs!

I bike to work year round, it's not far, but enough to keep me in decent shape.  However I'm still recovering from that trip I did, Vancouver in particular did a number on me, you guys have great food and tons of local brew pubs!

I also run, and when I run I take my mp3 player with me, and very often it's on Shout Out Out Out Out.  There's a perfect song of their new album in fact, called Run, which I think is entirely appropriate for the podcast, and this request show!

Martin

according to my lovely wife, who I just helped load up her mp3 player with indie artists for working out, Gimme Sympathy is a good song for when she's running

Most of my exercise is from either biking or tai chi (yes, tai chi is exercise- more than you'd think). Neither is conducive to listening to music.

Hi Grant,

I would like to request Runner by Daniel, Fred and Julie. Excited for the Attack in Black show in the Queen City next week. Unfortunately the Regina show will be minus Julie and Fred.  

Adam

Regina

There are so many great songs I've discovered through R3 for running, but for climbing training I always have Hawksley Workman's When These Mountains Were the Seashore - It's a great song that seems to connect me to why I love being on the mountains, and keeps me calm when my arms and legs really start to shake.

-mike

I think I can name names for ya except for the person in the yellow on the left as I can't really see their face well enough. But from left to right excluding them,

Lana, Grant, Chris, Mark and Tariq.

@Grant - who is that in the yellow?

I find that Peaches' song "Why won't you talk to me" (if that's the title) makes me want to work up a sweat, one way or another.

I've been taking a weekly spinning class since last year, and it's the only exercise I do to music (almost the only exercise I do), but the best song to come up there that gave me that extra energy boost: Buck65, Wicked and Weird.

why does it look like you are haunting CITR?

A good friday night on the old '51 Schwinn.  Not really into the road bikes or mountain bikes.  I indulge usually in a New Pornographers/reggae mix, on the external speakers I have mounted on the bike.  Easier to hear cars and other traffic that way.

'Keep the Car Running' by Arcade Fire has an awesome beat for running and keeps my spirits up on a cold winter run!

(Thnaks. Yup, my fave nonword.)

I shoulda known 'twas Tariq, not Vish. I mean.

Thnaks agian. ;)

Liked "When I was a lifeguard, I was a stereo dictator..."

I am currently training for Around the Bay 30K Road Race - held annually in Hamilton, Ontario.   I had Joel Plaskett & the Emergency pulling me through my last run - with EXTRAORDINARY and WORK OUT FINE....  but I would like to update the MP3 player with some new stuff like: K-OS - I WISH I KNEW NATALIE PORTMAN or poppy tunes by The Zolas...

I meant to say "Also, aquafit classes..."

Just in case anyone is confused as to what an Anso Aquafit class might be

I slept like a baby last night, completely oblivious to the wind and rain.  I chickened out on the cycle into work this morning, so I should probably hit the pool this afternoon. 

Does anyone have experience with those waterproof headphones/music players?

I saw The Secretaries at a torch relay thing last week, and I've had "Highway to my Heart" stuck in my head since.  It's got some high-energy parts, but the verses are quieter.  Still, I'd think it wolud be thematically appropriate for cardio, maybe.

Except so far as I know, the only song of theirs in your system is "Hey Girl," so if I could hear that instead that would be great.

For exercise, I'm one of those people who starts workout regimens regularly, but doesn't stick to them.  I used to use this computer program, for a while, but I'm trying to find other things because I'm preparing to move into an apartment with thinner walls.

I got a Pilates book earlier this month, and I'm kind of enjoying it, except that after a week or so my back was all stiff.  I took a bit of a break, and now I'm trying to ease into it a little more slowly.

I do need to take up some sort of cardio.  I walk a lot, but I rarely get my heart rate up.

The song that brings us up to the next level? 9NYne's "The greatest"! Its anthemetic! I can't make out the words so maybe its inappropriate. But if you need a motivational positive affirmation, the title says it all. The song also seems to amplify the effects of the post workout endorphins.

http://r3.ca/04Hx

Seriously, you are the greatest for riding into work regardless of the weather. More people are hopefully discovering that cycling into work is a real alternative.

We all ride the bike everyday into work. We love it. I think the secret to getting fit is to find something you like and then keep doing it for the rest of your life, like going to Rushmore.

I have an Oregon Scientific waterproof mp3 player and it works most fantastically (or I could say it works swimmingly...). I love it. I think it's only 512 MB or something like that, but that is more than enough music for an hour of swimming or other working out. The nice thing is that you can also plug normal headphones into it and use it elsewhere.

A friend of mine had one of the OtterBox brand cases for an ipod nano a few years ago, but something got stuck in the washer and it didn't seal properly one day, thus rendering her ipod wet and useless.

I see now that Apple has created a waterproof contraption for the newest version of the ipod shuffle... but I have no idea on how it functions or what it costs.

It is a group fitness class on stationary cycles

genreally speeding up and slowing down and adjusting the tension to make things difficult, also some instructors do punches and push-up style arm work during the class as well

The sun is out?! There are fluffy white clouds? Blue sky???

I fully expected to put every layer of waterproof clothing I owned on today when I had to go outside.

This city is bizarre.

Thanks for the info...  I really enjoy working out with music and adding some good tunage to my swims would be awesome.

Kickboxing, mountain biking and bike commuting for me...

good for the start/warmup: Cloth Coat Revolution - Two Koreas

middle stuff: !000 Cigarettes - MSTRKRFT, DO IT! - Death From Above 1979, Hawaii - Young Canadians, Chinball Wizard - Wet Secrets

when it gets really hard to do, I tend to listen to stuff like Sideways - Priestess and Cancer Rat - Bison BC

cooling down more like Young Lions (acoustic) - Constantines

Here's a better one than runner

Jacuzzi by Radio Radio

Or Shine a Light or Working Full Time by the CONS

Adam

Regina

I like to flex my drinking muscles while listening to some good ol' fashioned BC rock.

i.e.) Ladyhawk, Black Mountain, Pride Tiger, the Smugglers, etc etc etc ;-)

I am not a gym person - I joined once and only liked going to the sauna after.. although I found my yoga teacher (who I love) through that gym.

I like to play sports more. And walk, although my current job doesn't allow for as much of that as my downtown job did.

So, weekly, I do yoga, play volleyball (beach in the summer, indoor otherwise) and floor hockey every Sunday.

I love the "executive work" out at the YMCA. For me it consist of a massage, a dip in the hot tub, some time in the sauna, a shower and a shave...best couple of hours anyone can spend. 

If you're a runner, Plants & Animals 'Mercy' is a great cool down song!  Still upbeat, but can help bring your heartrate down after an hour of listening to Woodhands!

I work at the YMCA YWCA of Greater Victoria and the front desk is right across from the spinning classes.  For those who don't know, spinning is a group fitness class that is on spin bikes doing drills with a teacher and is usually accompanied by upbeat music.  

The odd teacher will have a good sound track but most of them consist of club music or the most recent Britiny pop clone.  

I would just love to have an instructor play anything from sweatin to the indies for their class.

One of my favorite songs to spin to is "The Kids Don't Know" by Sam Roberts.

Fembots - Gilded Age always gets me moving when I'm out on the bike.

K'naan - the Beginning

One of my first albums.  Love it.

LOVE IT!

Thanks for the giggle

Workout Music Metric or Sloan come to my mind first... but then again I rarely workout

I see that Grant requires a rock climbing helmet for doing stretching/aerobics!

For those who are fans of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia here is classic 'spin class' moment

The photo was taken on kayak/camping trip in 2006.  It's actually facing West so it's a sun-set. The filter was created by using a pair of sunglass lenses.  Backwoods Amature Photography at it's finest!

Yeah, I either need to be yelled at, or listen to industrial to stay motivated.

It'd be weird if Abdominal and I were in the same floor hockey league. Ha.

hey grant,

i see that MoniSki (#43) requested your ex-lover is dead and said it was a downer for a sweatin' to the indies podcast. well, i gotta say that the sleepy time podcast was the perfect accompaniement for me for an early morning run. seems contradictory, i know, but it was a slow-paced long run and let me tell ya, that podcast as a soundtrack just put me in a zone that was hard to top. any song that starts nice and slow and builds up to an intense crescendo works really well for that purpose. so, i'm going to request any hey rosetta song that builds up to something nice and loud and intense.

I typically put on Grant's podcast when I take my pooch Bosco, who's a lab x springer, for a walk. Yesterday was a particularly beautiful day in Regina, one of those where the snow twinkles as the sun beats down from a bright blue sky. It was crisp but mild so I threw on my sunglasses and headphones and set out. I am a little behind but the Winter Songs podcast turned out to be the perfect soundtrack for my Sunday stroll.

Crooked Legs by The Acorn is one of my favourites to get me in the mood for a long run.  Great for warm ups or cool downs too!

Yeah workout!! It's a perfect day to do that in North Carolina it's a hot and sunny 63 degrees (17 degrees).

For running I like to use Chromeo, Crystal Castles, Cadence Weapon, MSTRKRFT, Panurge, and Buck 65. 

For yoga I like to use Tim Hecker or something similar that has that ambient, vocal-less quality. 

I'm super-pumped for this podcast! (pun intended)

I was listening to the Peak yesterday and they read some guys comment to "stop playing the Stills -- they suck ..  put on some Nickleback"

Not sure if they were kidding.  Did they not notice the 6 other stations they could tune into to hear Nickleback?

I've started digging into F'd Up's back catalogue.  I don't really enjoy Epics in Minutes all that much (although my buddy LOVES it compared to Chemistry), but Hidden World is very awesome.  I've also pre-ordered the Couple Tracks vinyl so I'm anxiously awaiting that as well.

Anyways, I don't really listen to that much Canadian rap... it's a shame I know.  I really enjoy K'naan and Cadence Weapon, but they seem to be the only two non-americans that show up on heavy repeat.  It's something I gotta work on next year, or hell maybe I'll just put out a record myself. haha.  We'll see how this R3 Fan Band Collab goes.  by the way, how IS it going?

There should be a 6 degrees of separation game (like 6 degrees of kevin bacon), but for Nickelback.  The goal is to take any topic and turn it into a conversation about how much Nickelback sucks in 6 moves or less.   No trucker shifts, has to be a smooth and logical transition.

well, I'm getting some guitar practice in. This week I should have at least one song (probably JP Million Dollars*) recorded with a couple guitars and bass uploaded as a project for others to download and add their own bits.

I decided I needed to do this song after hearing it on Grant's best of the decade podcast. By the way Grant, thanks for making me teary eyed while skating at robson square the other night listening to that podcast. And I actually do mean thanks, no sarcasticon needs to be inserted. It was such an enjoyable, relaxing, peaceful and satisfying skate.

Right on! I'll have to listen in to your version.  I'm not sure what I can add to the mix as I don't really play anything, and I have a voice meant for braille.

As for the Best Of podcast... I know it'd be a good listen and after that story it's shot right up on my "To Do" list!

ha ha.  You coined it.

I've got some ammo for that game.  Mr Kroeger goes to a sushi place in Abbotsford where my niece works.  Now if she could only recognize YSPWSD! members ..

wow, what a great mashup. thanks!

as stating in the subject title I do it, meaning workout..to the Unicorns. Oh how I miss the Unicorns, sigh...

Im not sure if they were mentioned yet, as I have been busy with work and haven't had time to read the blog entries.

My work outs consist of dancing with my 2 year old and yoga. My 2 year old son Hayden can do a mean robot!

I had a conversation about people dressing as cats just as part of their normal outfits just the other day. I had a look at your photo and I am quite certain I know the girl in the bright yellow snowsuit.

random coincidence...

No, seriously, where did Analog Bell Service go? I was definitely sweating when I heard that song last (friday night), though I was wearing a polyester dress...and dancing in a very crowded room.

It should DEFINITELY get played/podcasted.

When I do yoga, I put on Patrick Watson's Wooden Arms.  When the kid & I have a "dance party", it's usually BNL or songs that have 1 or 2 word choruses (ie. Jacuzzi) so that he can sing along.

I concur on the Analog Bell Service. I Guess it a great up tempo song.

I am one of those nuts that works out every morning. Yes.....every...day. I got into running as a teenager and went on to do 10km, half marathons and marathons. It got to be a little much. Just ask my husband, who I used to drag around False Creek every weekday morning and out to UBC on the weekends! I ended up with a leg injury a few years ago though, and have diversified since then - gym workouts, the odd run, bike rides, and hot yoga.

I work in an office, so I need to find a way to move everyday. It helps me feel better and sleep like a baby every night. I guess once it becomes routine, you don't really need motivation. Missing a workout is like forgetting to eat breakfast.

As for tunes, I like listening to Metric and Said the Whale at the gym.

Sometimes people suck, that's just life. It's times like those when instead of ranting you should be running!  You just need to throw on your sneakers, jump on a treadmill and think of whatever it is (or whoever it is) that's making you mad. My favorite song for such an occasion is "I Hate My Friends" by Sebastien Grainger.

when I stepped outside the Peak was playing IOU by Metric. I think I could get that pumping during an activity...

and by thanks for the unicorns..i mean thank you for playing.

Yes 33! Just back in now from cycling.

That contraption might actually work, but you'd have to use it on packed snow. Ski hills would looooove you.

Also, I would like to see it tried out to figure out the acceleration-deceleration compared to the steering balance. IOW, how readily does it plant you in the snow?

Interesting, fairly light and relatively inexpensive. But you dedicate a frame to it.

This one is demonstrably stupid.

thanks grant! :)

Last year, when I was home for Christmas, I saw something similar to the ski-bike in a bike shop window.  I think it was a whole vehicle thing, rather than a kit.

In the picture I linked to, it looks like the kit messes up the angles of the bike, which I would think would make it hard to pedal.  Maybe they just don't have it set up right.

Your link does look stupid.  This one looks only two-thirds stupid (click the picture to see video).

Ok, how's this for a start?

Talking on the phone to people I don't know makes me nervous.

what about one of these? I saw someone riding one last summer. they look neat

- Nice to meet you on the R3 blog

- Sorry that makes you nervous, when I'm nervous I like to listen to the R3 sleepytime podcast to calm down

- Did you know that Canada's top selling band of the last decade does not appear anywhere on the podcast?

- Its probably because they suck

4 steps, not problem

that looks fun, i'd ride one for kicks. these look like good times too

The trikke seems the best for fun, rough riding and exercise.

They all look kind of fun, actually.  Except the treadmill.

Of course, I'm so uncoordinated that I can barely manage a regular bike, so I should maybe work on that before I take up more interesting wheeled vehicles.

you can do it Jen. I really need to get a bike...{hangs head in shame}

agreed, it seems every celebrity must start their own charity/foundation when there are already many in place.  It seems to serve more to spread the money thinner and not get it to where it is needed most.  A very inefficient way of doing things.