what is your favorite music to play while you're rowing

johnlvs2run · Post by **johnlvs2run** » September 30th, 2006, 4:36 pm

One of my recent favorites:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=elJpPwHedNw

Tyn · Post by **Tyn** » September 30th, 2006, 5:33 pm

All time favorite!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTvFN5brqiw

Hi John, how are you??

jbhoren · Post by **jbhoren** » October 4th, 2006, 12:38 pm

John Phillip Sousa marches work for me, whether I'm doing single long pieces, or multiple intervals. I spent five years in the US Army (Infantry), so nothing helps maintain cadence (stroke rate) like this stuff. You had to have been there...

hernan1304 · Post by **hernan1304** » October 5th, 2006, 11:40 am

It depends on the piece - if I'm going hard, angry rock is the way to go. However, the one thing that bothers me about music is that my cadence tends to go with the beat, and if I try to fight that tendency and keep a steady cadence regardless of the beat, the mental strain is exhausting and it just feels uncomfortable... could just be me

I row steady-state 95% of the time, so feeling calm and comfortable is important to me.

My absolute favorite thing to listen to while I'm rowing, and what I would highly recommend to anyone, is audiobooks (aka books on tape). I download books from Audible.com onto my iPod, hook the iPod to my speakers, and row away. It's great to have your mind engaged and preoccupied with something other than "how much further do I have to go...?"

My two cents.

Row on!

Ducatista · Post by **Ducatista** » October 5th, 2006, 2:05 pm

hernan1304 wrote:However, the one thing that bothers me about music is that my cadence tends to go with the beat, and if I try to fight that tendency and keep a steady cadence regardless of the beat, the mental strain is exhausting and it just feels uncomfortable... could just be me

I'm with you, sort of. I don't feel compelled to match my rhythm to the music, but I like to. I've set up an iPod playlist (posted to this other C2 thread) of tunes with the appropriate beats per minute for my preferred spm range.

johnlvs2run · Post by **johnlvs2run** » October 5th, 2006, 4:33 pm

Audiobooks are interesting.

I have listened to only one so far and it was fine, nice to do while rowing nfor distance.

Here are some links to download free audiobooks:

http://www.librivox.org/searchable-catalog

http://www.freeclassicaudiobooks.com/

http://www.audiobooksforfree.com/screen ... ?gg=1&mg=1

Tyn · Post by **Tyn** » October 5th, 2006, 6:12 pm

Thanks John,

these are great links!!

I like to listen to Ab whilst rowing,
Long Distances that is!!

Thamks again!!

What is your choice of books??

Yukon John · Post by **Yukon John** » October 5th, 2006, 10:18 pm

John Rupp wrote:Audiobooks are interesting.

I have listened to only one so far and it was fine, nice to do while rowing nfor distance.

Here are some links to download free audiobooks:

http://www.librivox.org/searchable-catalog

http://www.freeclassicaudiobooks.com/

http://www.audiobooksforfree.com/screen ... ?gg=1&mg=1

This is awesome John! Thanks very much for posting these sites. Our family reads a lot (we home school and my wife is a librarian.) This will open up a new way to devour books!

I always crank out the tunes when rowing. Some of my favorites include: Radiohead, Dave Mathews, Joe Satriani, Little Feat, Nektar,
Roy Buchanon, The String Cheese Incident and The Who.

johnlvs2run · Post by **johnlvs2run** » October 6th, 2006, 12:07 am

Tyn and John, you're quite welcome.

kdahlhaus · Post by **kdahlhaus** » October 12th, 2006, 7:46 am

John Rupp wrote:Audiobooks are interesting.
I have listened to only one so far and it was fine, nice to do while rowing nfor distance.

These are great, thanks so much for posting.

I tend to like harder music - Billy Squier's 'Stroke' surprisingly fits pretty well. Nothing like something hard and fast for those last 20 strokes.

Ron · Post by **Ron** » October 12th, 2006, 8:06 am

Country and Western music pumps me up for all my cardios. Anyone else into C&W?

stroke_seat123 · Post by **stroke_seat123** » November 5th, 2006, 7:16 pm

i mainly listen to black sabbath and techno, techno helps establish a beat for me and it helps me maintain the whole way through my erg peice, its helps
A LOT.

johnlvs2run · Post by **johnlvs2run** » January 7th, 2007, 3:35 am

round the bend - ccr
blue suede shoes - elvis
96 tears - mysterians
house of the rising sun - jimi hendrix
just one look - buddy hollie
proud mary - tina turner
sitting - cat stevens
kokomo - beach boys
wind beneath my wings - bette midler
i'll have to say i love you - jim croce
i want you - bob dylan
light my fire - doors
gloria - shadows of knight
sugar pie - four tops
all my love - buddy hollie
your love - jackie wilson
cout me in - gary lewis
staying alive - bee gees
you're the one that i want - olivia
love you in vain - allison krauss
born to be wild - steppenwolf
be my baby - ronettes
this will be - cinderella story
so happy together - turtles
freedom - richie havens
give me one reason - tracy chapman
sleeping beauty - tchaikovsky
moonlight - kyrkjebo
sounds of silence - simon & garfunkel
pretty woman - roy orbison
rhythm of the falling rain - ricky nelson
i can see clearly now - otis redding
i'd like to teach the world to sing - new seekers
i'm a believer - monkees
nowhere to run - martha and the vandellas
what a day for a daydream - lovin' spoonful
you really got me - kinks
turn me loose - loverboy
hit the road jack - ray charles
just a gigolo - david lee roth
runaway - del shannon
locomotion - little eva
come sail away - styx
what a feeling - irene cara
hooked on a feeling - b j thomas
help me make it through the night - joan baez
words of love - buddy hollie

jbhoren · Post by **jbhoren** » October 3rd, 2010, 7:09 pm

I don't listen to music when I row. I used to, but now I watch sports on TV (I've got a rule: If I haven't worked-out, I don't watch TV sports).

Now's the best time-of-year! MLB is about to go into The Pennant Race/World Series, and the NFL is in full-swing (thankfully, the NBA hasn't yet begun).

But music? Eh... whatever they play during commercials is fine.

hjs · Post by **hjs** » October 4th, 2010, 4:31 am

No music, no tv, maybe a short look if a pretty girl walks by in the gym

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