$5 Album

New band fresh out of Great Britain. Don't you just love those rockin' Brits?
I'm sure you have heard their hit single "Little Lion Man". Well, this album is $5 for the month of December. Check it out:

♫A Turkey for you, a Turkey for me....♫

No, I didn't play that classic Adam Sandler turkey song in my spin class, perhaps next year ;)  I put together a playlist for Thanksgiving this year and it was a lot of fun. Hope everyone had a wonderful Turkey Day.  Enjoy the playlist!

• Every Day Should Be A Holiday - The Dandy Warhols - Warm-up. Wouldn't this be nice if this song was true?
• Tripping Down the Freeway - Weezer - pick up the pace, fast seated flat. Yep, traveled by car this year, ugghh.
• Holiday - Vampire Weekend - seated flat. "It's the best time of the year!"
• Cousins - Vampire Weekend - fast seated flat, pick up pace @ guitar riff.
• Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran - rolling hills. This song is perfect. I mean, by the time the dinner is finally ready, I'm most definitely hungry like....well, you get it.
• I Wanna Be Sedated - Ramones - fast seated flat. After that big meal, don't we all feel this way?
• Do Nothing Day - Phineas & Ferb Soundtrack - break song. If you are not cooking this is your 'Do Nothing Day'.
• Feeling Good - Muse - heavy climb, out of saddle during chorus. Feeling good after that dinner or not :)
• Chocolate - Snow Patrol - climb, inc. every 30 sec. Who is ready for some chocolate?!
• Charlie Brown's Parents - Dishwalla - add on the gear, @ :45 pick up the pace, out of saddle. Final work song. 'Cause no holiday is complete without a Charlie Brown Special.
• Thank You - Alanis Morissette - climb, inc. resistance every 30 seconds. Lets be thankful, 'cause the next two songs is also entitle Thank You.

Cool Down

• Thank You - Duran Duran (Led Zeppelin Cover)
  
• Thank You - Dido

Halloween is happy fun time!

Oh, how I love Halloween. The candy, the costumes, the beautiful fall weather. I had a lot of fun coming up with this Halloween playlist for my indoor cycling class. I had over an hour of music but had to cut out some songs to fit into a 45 minute class. This playlist has a ghostly theme...enjoy and have a fun and safe Halloween...

Spirits In The Material World: The Police Warm-up

People Are Strange: Echo & the Bunnymen continue with warm-up, then add resistance and begin climb.
Ghost Town: Shiny Toy Guns now we’re ready, sprints at chorus! :57, 2:02, 3:11
Help I'm Alive: Metric 2:00 Standing Climb. 2:30 Seated Climb. Heavy climb.
Popcorn: Muse: fast seated flat, sorry no link for this song, snagged it off the Internet
Devil Inside: INXS Long song, so we go into rolling hills, gradually add resistance then take away, speed down the hill
Little Ghost: The White Stripes break song!
Howlin' For You: The Black Keys up at @:58, stand for 4 counts, then hove for 4 counts @2:00, sit at 2:20, repeat pattern
Time Is Running Out: Muse Start heavy in the saddle for this one for about a minute or so, then stand. When the music picks up, get out of the saddle and hover.
Ghost Inside: Broken Bells more choreography, up for 4 then hover for 4 @ 1:00, then up for 8 counts then hover for 8 counts, repeat.
Is There a Ghost: Band of Horses back to rolling hills, add resistance, then down hill at 1:00, 2:30, then flat road and speed to the end. Wooo!
Cool Down:  
The Imperial March: John Williams
White Demon Love Song: The Killers: The Twilight Saga: New Moon Soundtrack

October Ride

1. 1901 - Phoenix- warm up
2. Ready To Go - Republica- You know what to do with this, sprints at chorus.
3. Short Skirt/Long Jacket - Cake - Climb
4. (If You're Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To - Weezer - Sprints at chorus
5. Supermassive Black Hole - Muse - heavy climb. Up out of the saddle and continue climb.
6. Song 2 - Blur- jump out of the saddle at woohoo!
7. The Brits are Playing at My House - Faroff- Break song or you can keep up the pace. This song is a mash-up of the Beatles, The Kinks, and LCD Soundsystem.
8. Blitzkreig Bop - Ramones- fast seated flat
9. Undisclosed Desires - Muse- climb, out of the saddle at :49, stand/hover at the count of 4's. Sit at 1:22. Up at 1:55, repeat stand/hover. Sit, stand at 3:02, then sit.
10. I Will Follow - U2 - fast seated flat, slow at 2:04, climb a little hill, then 2:42, take away gear and shoot down that hill.
11. Somebody Told Me - The Killers - Last work song. Sprints at chorus, race to the finish line.
12. Sweet Disposition - The Temper Trap - Love this song! This is your finale. Imagine yourself on the Pacific Coast Hwy. Wind in your hair, beautiful day. Speed up at chorus. Imagine resistance against the wind, pick up the pace.
13. Imagine - John Lennon - in honor of his birthday, begin cool down.
14. We're Going To Be Friends - The White Stripes - continue cool down. This is one of favorite White Stripes songs.

Covers

I did something fun in my last class that I subbed. I scoured my massive music library and found lots of cover tunes. I created a playlist of songs covered by modern day bands. Some songs were well known, some obscure, but it was fun to guess who the original artist was. I also included a bit of trivia for each of the songs: So here is my cover play list:

1. L.A. Woman - Billy Idol - The Doors, 1971 - warm-up
2. Higher Ground - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Stevie Wonder, 1973 - jump out of the saddle during chorus. 3:12 - Sprint! Woo!
3. Mrs. Robinson- Lemonheads - Simon and Garfunkel,1968 - seated flat, fast pace.
4. Good Times/Bad Times, Cracker - Encomium: Tribute to Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin, 1969 - climb
5. The Boys Of Summer - The Ataris - Don Henley, comp. Tom Petty 1984 - sprints at chorus
6. Feeling Good - Muse - 1964 musical, The Roar of Greasepaint-the Smell of the Crowd - heavy climb....many artists have covered or sampled this song.
7. I'm A Believer - Weezer - composed by Neil Diamond, recorded by The Monkees, 1966 - fast seated flat.
8. Major Tom - Shiny Toy Guns - Peter Shilling, 1983, based on fictional character by D. Bowie, 1969 - Rest for 20 seconds, take a drink, and give your shoulders a roll. Seated flat then on the count down 4, 3, 2, 1, we are up during the chorus. Sit down in between then hover and sprint last minute of the song.
9. Gone Daddy Gone/I Just Want To Make Love To You - Gnarls Barkley - Violent Femmes, 1983 - sprints at chorus
10. It's My Life - No Doubt- Talk, Talk, 1984 - Finale, make it count, speed it up at chorus.
11. Dancing Days - Stone Temple Pilots - Encomium: Tribute to Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin, 1973 - begin cool down
12. Don't Dream It's Over - Sixpence None the Richer (Smallville soundtrack) - Crowded House, 1987
13. We're Going To Be Friends - Jack Johnson - orig. The White Stripes, 2002
14. Time After Time - Eva Cassidy (Smallville soundtrack) - Cyndi Lauper, 1983

Summertime Spin Tunes

Had a little fun this past Saturday with a fun summer themed ride. My playlists aren't just for spinning. Feel free to try them out on your mp3 player while you are running or on an elliptical machine. I use my playlists to exercise to even when I'm not teaching indoor cycling.
Crooked Teeth - Death Cab for Cutie - warm up
Today Is Gonna Be A Great Day - Bowling for Soup - if you have kids, you know this tune! Seated fast flat.
Hot Hot Hot !!! (2006 Remastered LP Version) -  The Cure - rolling hills
The Boys Of Summer - The Ataris - sprints at chorus, work it!
July, July! - The Decemberists - take a break, easy flat
In The Summertime - Mungo Jerry - slow down the pace, pick up some light weights and we are doing uppers.
Sunglasses At Night - Corey Hart - more rolling hills
No Sunlight - Death Cab for Cutie - fast seated flat, sprint at 1:25, 1:45, and then speed from 2:10 to the end.
Islands - XX - standing climb, it's suppose to be hard!
Melting In The Sun (LP Version) - INXS - this song makes me feel old...add resistance and stand at chorus, pick up pace.
Beautiful Day - U2 - Finale, sprints at chorus, give it all you got...
Sunburn - Muse - slow down your pace and get ready for the cool-down. I bet you didn't think I could find a summer themed Muse song right? Every one of my rides contain a Muse song or two, that's just my thing ;)
Island In The Sun - Weezer - more stretches and cool down. yeah! we did it!

Who's that girl?

I've subbed 2 spin classes this week and each time it gets easier and I'm less nervous. I love teaching! I can't wait until I get called to sub again. I think I've found my calling: combining my love of music and exercise. My confidence has been boosted because I've class participants go out of their way after class to compliment the routine and the music. Woohoo! Here is one play list that I played this week. I tried out some tunes from the yet to be released 'Eclipse' movie, sounded pretty darn good...enjoy:


Uprising - Muse - warm-up. Check fit on bike. Light stretches.
New Fang - Them Crooked Vultures - seated road w/ more resistance. mod.-heavy.

I Will Follow - U2 - seated road, flat. in the saddle explosion, light to mod. resistance.
Molly's Chambers - Kings of Leon - After 1 minute, end climb w/ an explosion of speed out of the saddle, jogging cadence.  
Jonathan Low - Vampire Weekend - As you hit bottom of hill, inc. resistance, jump out of saddle after 2:00- pick it up. Light to mod.
Dakota - Stereophonics - Seated road, flat. light to mod. resistance. Take it away...
Neutron Star Collision (Love is Forever) - Muse - Flat with two 30 second standing flats. Standing flats are a jog, follow the galloping pace of the music beginning at 1:30.
Cobrastyle - Teddybears (Featuring Mad Cobra) - break, back off resistance.
Lazy Eye - Silversun Pickups - Stay seated & find an effort of 3.  Start to build resistance for a 5 minute climb.  Add resistance every 30 seconds until it feels like a 7 effort.  Hang in there and throw in some cadence changes to keep it interesting.
Sweet Disposition - The Temper Trap -  back off resistance. Last song, mod. resistance. Let the song take you away. You’re on an open flat road. Wind in your hair. You’re done!
Cool Down:
Overkill - Colin Hay - sit up and do nothing, time for upper body stretches.
Six Underground (Nellee Hoopers Edit) - Sneaker Pimps -  floor stretches
Goodbye song -
We're Going To Be Friends - The White Stripes