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Other/Mixed training music

Other strength modalities (e.g., Clubs), mixed strength modalities (e.g., combined kettlebell and barbell), other goals (flexibility)
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Wu-tang tang, Alice in chains, korn, black label society, deadmau5, cypress hill, nas

Sublime or some classical if I need to relax
 
5FDP
Motorhead
Metallica
Avenged Sevenfold
Rob Bailey and the Hustle Standard
Godsmack
 
Steve Freides said:
I must always post in these threads; I don't listen to music while training. I'm a musician, and I find it completely distracting to have music playing.

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+1

However, I'll often train with the television on (usually a sporting event) and watch in between sets or do sets during timeouts/commercials.

I find the television a lot easier to tune out completely when I want to concentrate on a set. Music, I feel more compelled to listen to actively and don't like music in the background when I am trying to concentrate on doing something else.
 
Not everyone is wired the way I am, not even most musicians. I have perfect pitch and have always been something of a music geek. Listening to music while I'm training would be like listening to someone talking to me while I'm training.

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I hear you @Steve Freides ! People are confused at first when I ask to turn down or even off the background music when we're having a conversation. "Surely, he loves music as much as anyone I know, why does he want it off?" Because I am really struggling to stay focused on the conversation at hand : P
I don't have perfect pitch, but music grabs my ears' attention through everything else like I suppose ambulance sirens are meant to do. I'm getting better about it though. That must be annoying to other people when its clear my attention is divided so I'm trying to learn to "ignore" music when talking to people.
 
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This is one of my favorites to warm up to. It tends to get me honed in and focused, and helps me leave the outside world behind.


This is the one though. Nothing gets me through those last 10 reps of a hard set of snatches like the slow build to the chorus.


For a cool-down stretch I like something a little less energy.
 
I don't always listen to music, but when I do, it's to mask my grunting and swearing when attempting a heavier weight (my neighbours already think I am weird enough, no need to add to it). And it's always Beethoven, preferably the 9th symphony for orchestra conducted by W. Furtwängler (I am in no way musically trained or gifted).
 
Antti said:
Manowar, of course.
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I was blessed enough to see these boys in concert back in January when they played Munich (just so happened to be in Bavaria at that moment). All of them looked great (and sounded even better), but Eric Adams in particular is one impressively muscular 60-something.
 
Steve Freides said:
- an oldie but a legend, especially his Beethoven. Furtwängler is not a name I expect to find on the StrongFirst forum!

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Indeed, it's a very unique interpretation of Beethoven, that Furtwängler presents. Even for a person with absolutely no musical knowledge or skill, there is so much life in it, when compared to other conductors that I have heard so far.
 
I listen to a lot of Rock N Roll,Metal,Punk and it is there but when I am in the zone I could not tell you what song was on. I really only notice it during the active recovery.
 
I rarely listen to music as it distracts me from what I feel should be concentrating on - whether its technique, making the lift, timing rest periods, whatever. Different than a lot of people but like Steve I find it hard to zone it out when I need to. The very few times I attempt a max lift I basically listen to whatever song currently has me in a mood to get pumped up
 
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