After yesterday’s workout to some fantastic Michael Jackson songs, I remembered just how much music can invigorate a workout. It was high time for me to update my iPod with some new motivational music.
Since many of you weighed in with song suggestions on the PBF Facebook page and Twitter, I thought you might be interested in my latest playlist to get some ideas for a workout playlist of your own.
As always, this playlist has a lot of throwback ‘90s music (my fav!).
Enjoy!
- Snap – Rhythm is a Dancer
- TLC – No Scrubs
- Ram Jam – Black Betty
- Destiny’s Child – No, No, No
- Glee Cast – Teenage Dream
- Michael Jackson – PYT (Pretty Young Thing)
- Pitbull – Give Me Everything (My favorite radio song of this summer!)
- Lauryn Hill – Doo-Wop (That Thing)
- Jagged Edge – Let’s Get Married (Remix)
- Real McCoy – Another Night, Another Dream
- Bell Biv DeVoe – Poison
- Swizz Beats – Everyday (Coolin’)
- Mariah Carey – Honey
- Rob Base & DJ Easy Rock-It – It Takes Two
- DJ Kool – Let me Clear My Throat
Now don’t you just wanna dance!?
Past playlists that have popped up on PBF include:
- Half Marathon Playlist
- Rockin’ Playlist
- Disney Playlist
- ’90s Playlist
- Run, Run, Run Playlist
- Spring 2011 Playlist
Workout
You better believe my new playlist gave me renewed energy as I tackled this morning’s workout. I began my workout with 20 minutes on the elliptical before hopping off to conquer a total-body weights workout that looked like this:
| Exercise | Weights | Reps | Sets |
| Leg press | 130 lbs. | 15 | 3 |
| Incline bicep curls | 15 lbs. | 15 | 3 |
| Side shoulder raises | 10 lbs. | 20 | 3 |
| Tricep dips | Bodyweight | 15 | 3 |
| Deadlifts | 25 lbs. | 15 | 3 |
| Leg extensions | 40 lbs. | 15 | 3 |
| Chest press | 15 lbs. | 15 | 3 |
| Bicep rows | 15 lbs. | 15 | 3 |
| Hamstring ball curls | Bodyweight | 20 | 3 |
| Various crunches | Bodyweight | 30 | 3 |
I was actually pretty proud of myself for doing a chest exercise on my own. I typically skip chest and back exercises when I do my own strength training (thank goodness BodyPump doesn’t neglect them!), but since I know I will likely be joining a gym in Ocala that doesn’t have BodyPump, I’m trying to incorporate those moves back into my own routine.
Breakfast
After my workout and Sadie’s morning walk, breakfast time arrived!
My morning meal included two toasted waffles, muenster cheese and veggie bacon.
I ended up eating it like a waffle sandwich and it was crunchy, cheesy, salty and delicious.
A solid amount of peanut butter fingers were also enjoyed as the waffles toasted because I am apparently too impatient to wait the 90 seconds it takes to toast a waffle to eat something.
Gotta get to work!
Today is Ryan’s last day of work at his current company and he will likely be home in the early afternoon. We’re hoping to see a late afternoon/early evening showing of the latest Harry Potter movie, so I’m hoping I can fly through some of the more mundane things on my to-do list today knowing that there’s such a fun activity awaiting me later today!
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I want that playlist in my ears RIGHT now. Hah. Oh and Ryan’s face in that picture is totally priceless, hahaha made my morning brighter 😉
Enjoy your day and wafflewich! 😀
YAYAYA I LOVE NEW MUSIC!!! nice workout- enjoy HP tonight!
I’m so jealous of all the Harry Potter goers! Please no spoilers- I can’t go until next week 🙁
On a happier note- that playlist is amazing. And now I have half the songs in my head. And I love it!
That playlist is epic, as is that wafflewich. Love me a good wafflewich. Regretting just eating my savory oats instead after seeing this post this AM!
Party & workout time! The best way to go Julie! Let’s do this!
Haha! I love that picture from your wedding! Ryan’s facial expression is priceless! What a yummy breakfast! Have fun today! 🙂
Not even kidding…I am going to download that playlist today. I am in need of something to switch up the mundane workout tunes so thanks for posting the list!
Happy Harry-Pottering 🙂
I’m seeing Deathly Hallows late tonight, I plan on pounding coffee until then!!! 🙂
Ooh I love Give Me Everything too! I usually get sick of radio songs but no matter how much I hear that one, I still love it!
I loved your last 90s playlist and can’t wait to rock out a great run with this one!!! Yay!
Happy Friday…have a great day! 🙂
Hahah love that pic of you and ryan dancing :). I can’t wait to see the harry potter movie!! I’m pumped! Oh and I told my bf about your t-shirts and he loved what they said..his heart is totally a flutter for pb (maybe I’ll buy him one and make him wear it ;))
That picture of you and Ryan is CLASSIC!
Love 90s music and Pitbull as well!
My only question is where is this song??
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-FPimCmbX8
I LOVE the “Let’s Get Married” remix! Reminds me of when I was younger…*sigh*…good times! 🙂
Girl you can lift so much more than that for chest press and deadlifts! Lifting heavy is good. Didn’t you learn that too on O2? 😉
of course. 🙂 it’s actually my wrists that prevent me from doing more than that on deadlifts. my legs are fine, but my wrists feel weak. and 15 lbs. actually felt right for chest press for me.
Oh I thought those were total weight, not DB weights! My bad (bringing back an early 2000’s saying right there!!)
ooooh haha – yes, dumbbell weights. total weight for deadlifts = 50 lbs. chest press = 30 lbs.
I hope Ryan has a great last day of work!
The picture of you two dancing is hilarious.
Awesome playlist! Love waffle sandwiches! 🙂
Ahh, I can’t WAIT to see the new HP! I don’t know if I will brave the crowds tonight though… we will see.
I also had a waffle sandwich this morning, only with peanut butter and banana. It was a yumfest, fo’ sho’.
I am totally downloading a few of those songs to invigorate my iPod…I need some new running motivation.
Oh man – you have some great ones on that (TLC “No Scrubs” is a CLASSIC! Also obsessed with Glee’s “Teenage Dream”).
That waffle sandwich looks awesome – I used to make them a lot and haven’t in a long while – thanks for the reminder 🙂
Love that picture of you and Ryan dancing at your wedding. His face is perfect.
fact: ryan LOVES the glee version of “teenage dream.”
fact 2.0: he would probably kill me for sharing that.
Hahahah – tell him not to kill you. That just made me like him 1000x better 🙂
Love the new playlist! And love the picture of you two dancing at your wedding! Ryan’s facial expression is hilarious!
Hi Julie,
That wafflewich looks soo good I am convinced cheese makes everything taste better. I too always have tons of peanut butter fingers in the morning haha and I tend to beat myself up about it I was wondering if you had any advice?
Thanks!
oh i feel ya! i’ve definitely ate enough pb fingers to qualify as a meal many times. this has actually been a struggle for me b/c i’ll just keep going! i’ve found that concentrating on the fact that i’m eating pb finger after pb finger really helps. and sometimes i’ll set a limit – like “have three AMAZING pb fingers, and then move on.” it’s hard, but having an ending in mind before you uncap the jar helps… sometimes. 😉
Thanks Julie that’s great advice I will remember that next time!!
Hey Julie! Quick question for ya (and I’m sure you’ve covered this before, but I have no idea where). Do you take a rest day each week from working out? Or do you typically work out 7 days a week? Just curious. I usually take 1 rest day, because I don’t want to overdo it… but I am wondering if it’s ok to still do some ‘light’ cardio. I know you aren’t a ‘fitness expert’ or anything. Just curious your perspective! 😉
oh i definitely take a rest day… or two! (under my work it out page, you can see my daily workout log, just in case you’re curious – last week i took three rest days!). and you’re right, i’m not a fitness expert, but i will often make my rest days “active rest” days and still take sadie on a long walk or something b/c i like to move!
I need to make a new playlist! I just can never remember song names! Maybe this is my weekend project 🙂
If you like Country, there are some really great new ones out right now like “You Lie” and “Honeybee”. Not exactly fast songs, but still a lot of fun!
Enjoy HP7.2!!
i loooove country. 🙂 thanks for the suggestions!
Well in that case, also try Ashton Shepherd’s “Look it up”. It makes me laugh.
We’re going to see Brad Paisley (along with Jerrod Neiman, Blake Shelton, and Thomspon Square) tomorrow night. SO EXCITED! This’ll be my second time seeing Brad and he’s AWESOME!
oooh he’s a dreamboat! 😀
Can’t wait to see Harry Potter! So jealous you might go today. Love the new playlist. In my spin class this morning the instruct played some good ole 90’s tunes. I missed Barely Breathing by Duncan Sheik, such a good song.
PYT gets me everytime! It will now be stuck in my head all day, thank you very much!
I LOVE that Pitbull song! You’re so right it’s the song of the summer. I’ve found my lil tush swaying in the car numerous time, I just can’t help it! He’s been on a roll lately cause his song with Miss Lopez was a booty shaker as well
What kind of waffles do you eat? i swear the vans ones always take like 9 minutes so by then i could’ve polished off the entire peanut butter container.
Great playlist!
I can’t wait to see the new Harry Potter too 🙂
Oh thank god I am not the ONLY person in the world still jamming to Real McCoy! Love it! 🙂
I can not wait to see Harry Potter! My friends saw it last night and said it was awesome. Your waffle sandwich looks rockin’.
What kind of waffles do you use?
I have been reading your blog lately, you are so beautiful.
What kind of waffles do you use?
I have been reading your blog lately, you are so beautiful!
Good luck with getting your work done!! Go see HP as soon as You can! It’s a wonderful conclusion to a great series. Totally worth coming to work on 3 hours of sleep! !
Your playlist helped me have an awesome start to my morning! Thank you Julie!
90’s music rocks. I was recently talking about that DJ Cool song to a coworker who graduated this past year. Can you believe he didn’t know it!? Omg, I have never felt so old. But then I thought about the fact that when I was 14 or 15 when that song came out he was 7. Reality check!
Oh my, those songs really bring me back! And that veggie bacon. It is good. Really good. I haven’t had regular bacon in 14 years and, to me, that stuff is darn close to the real thing.
Haha I love your dancing picture! Cute.
That photo of you & Ryan cracks me up!! Love the playlist.
TOTALLY random, but I love that your favorite song of the summer is Give Me Everything! I always call Pitbull my boyfriend (even though I’m married..we all have to have our ‘married bf’ 😉 )as a joke..all of my friend’s refer to him as that to me- lol! He’s not even that cute, but he just has that swagger..HAHA! Ok, now I feel like a TOTAL nerd..but I just had to share!
His new album is AWESOME! I listen to it almost every day on my way to work & home from work…gets me pumped up 😀
Have fun tonight Julie. 🙂 Thanks for sharing the playlist! Give Me Everything is my fave right now too!
The new HP is amazing! If you can, see in 3D. You get potter-shaped 3D glasses (and its even better in 3D!)
Love the new playlist! The pic of you and Ryan is incredibly sweet and hilarious all in one!
Yummm! I always make waffle sandwiches with PB and banana, but this savory one looks fantastic.
You’ll have to be sure to blog about what you think of Harry Potter! I’m curious to how it is!
I LOVE Black Betty! haha such a great song.
I saw Harry Potter on monday because I had advanced screening tickets and it was awesome! I seriously think this might be the best one yet! True to the story, funny, moving, happy, and super sad! Bring tissues, you’ll need them!!!
I always make these awesome workout playlists and never listen to them when I work out. I jam out in the car on the way there though!
Oh man I haven’t thought about The Real McCoy in years!!
what a fun playlist!!
HP was AWESOME!! I saw the midnight show, amazing! Have fun 🙂
1) love the 90s throwbacks…always!
2) such a cute picture!
3) Im super impatient as well with anything that’s toasting and gobble down quite a few peanut butter fingers myself and…
4) Harry Potter is awesome! Saw the midnight showing; you won’t be dissapoited! 🙂
Oh wow, I meant disappointed!
Love all the old songs on your playlist – I think Mariah Carey Honey was one my first CDs ever!! Either that or s TLC cd!!