April Fools Ride

Get ready for silly. These are my silly, funny playlist in honor of April Fools Day. Hope you get a good laugh from these songs. So here is Jennifer's comedy hour playlist:

• Rock Lobster - B-52s - warm-up
• Pork And Beans - Weezer - add the resistance and jumps at the chorus. keep jumps controlled.
• Hungry Like The Wolf - Duran Duran - sprints at the chorus
• Popcorn - Muse - fast seated flat.
• Shiny Happy People - R.E.M. - fast seated flat then add the gear at 2:20, slowing us down, take away then at 2:35, take off.
• Cantina Band - Star Wars Soundtrack - fast seated flat
• Carol Brown - Flight of the Conchords - your break song, seated flat
• Baby, Baby - Talking Heads - climbing
• Gitchee Gitchee Goo - Phineas and Ferb Soundtrack - fast seated flat
• Just The Two Of Us [Dr. Evil Mix] - Austin Powers Soundtrack -climbing
• Hurt Feelings - Flight of the Conchords - climb
• Pizza Huh - DJ Lobsterdust mash-up - choreography. Pattern work with up for 8, middle for 8, then back for 8. Repeat with 4 counts, then back again for 8.
• Spaceman - The Killers - add some resistance and we go to a jogging cadence at the chorus
• She's No Lady - Lyle Lovett - cool down
• Fool In The Rain - Led Zeppelin - cool down and goodbye song

Monday Morning Spin

Here is my playlist for today's class, enjoy!

• Fidelity - Regina Spektor - warm up
  
• Pumped Up Kicks - Foster the People - Mix of spinning and out of the seat climbing. Get those legs warmed up.
• U + Ur Hand (Clean) - P!nk - Seated flat, sprints at the chorus.
• Don't Cry Out - Shiny Toy Guns - Great song for sprinting. Pick up the pace at 1:14 at the chorus, then recover. Repeat.
• When I Grow Up - Garbage - We are climbing now, flat feet, bring those knees up.
• Tribulations - LCD Soundsystem - Fast seated flat. Relax those shoulders. Don't forget to breathe!
• Viva La Vida - Coldplay - back to a seated climb. It's heavy! 
• Month Of May - Arcade Fire - take away that gear 'cause we are in a fast seated flat now. This is a hot band right now, especially after winning Album of the Year at the Grammys.
• I Still Remember - Bloc Party - Light to moderate resistance. Add some gear and we are out of the saddle at 1:08. Have a seat, add some more gear and stand at 2:40. Take the tension off and sprint to the end.
• Pain - Jimmy Eat World - Sprints at the chorus!
• Mr. Brightside - Mr. Brightside - Combination of climbing and sprints. Add some gear and we will hover at the chorus, have a seat and repeat pattern.
• What You Thought You Need - Jack Johnson - Cool down!

Thanks for taking the time to check out my blog. I will have a fun April Fool's ride next week :)

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Any chance I get to create a themed playlist for my cycle class, I do it. So for St. Patty's day I created a playlist of Celtic Rock bands. I threw in two Scottish bands, because I really like these songs and they are fun to exercise too. Hope the "Luck of the Irish" follows you tomorrow and enjoy this rockin' Celtic playlist:

• Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me - U2 - warm-up
• Requiem For A Dying Song - Flogging Molly (Live at the Greek Theatre) - fast seated flat, get those legs warmed up
• Chelsea Dagger - The Fratellis - jumps at the chorus. This is a Scottish band, by the way, but it's a fun song.
• Spitting Games - Snow Patrol - steady fast pace, slow down @ 1:24 - add some gear. Pick up pace @ 1:54, take away gear. repeat.
• Amazing Grace - Dropkick Murphys - take a quick break and then begin your sprint @:41. Go for it!
• I Can Talk - Two Door Cinema Club - sprints @ chorus. This a fast paced song and perfect for sprints.
• Vertigo (Redanka Power Mix) - U2 - @ 2:00, add the gear and standing charge up the hill. Hit the beat of the music. 3:45, slow it down, add more gear. 5:10 take away some gear and charge down hill, hover.
• I'm Shipping Up To Boston - Dropkick Murphys - standing climb, hover and double time at chorus. Sit at 1:30.
• I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers - another Scottish band. You may remember this song from the movie "Benny and June". Jumps at chorus. Up for 8, sit for 8.
• Love You 'Till The End - The Pogues - begin in a climb and then we will come back down and begin our cool down.
• Linger - The Cranberries - cool down

Movie Spin

I consider myself a movie and music buff; therefore, it made complete sense to me to create a movie themed playlist. So in honor of the Oscars, I created a playlist featuring music from movies nominated for the 2010 Oscars. Not to leave out the movies nominated for the Razzies, I included those too :)  The following songs are from movies past and present. Enjoy!

Uprising - Muse - warm-up, from the movie Knight and Day
I'm A Believer - Weezer - fast seated flat; from the movie Shrek, Forever After
Spotlight (Twilight Mix) - Mutemath - sprints at chorus; from the movie Twilight
Blitzkrieg Bop - Ramones - fast seated flat; This song gets played a lot in the movies, but most recently Date Night.
Ready, Steady, Go - Paul Oakenfold - sprints; from the movie The Bourne Identity
Heavy in Your Arms - Florence + The Machine - heavy climb; from the movie Eclipse
Cobrastyle Featuring Mad Cobra - Teddybears - fast flat; Most recently from the movies Date Night and Diary of a Wimpy Kid. I love, love spinning to this song.
Supermassive Blackhole - Muse - climb, then hover continuing the climb at the chorus. From the movie Twilight -- vampire baseball anyone??
Time - Hans Zimmer - Heavy climb that starts building at 1:01 every 30 seconds. Once the build starts every 30 seconds more instrumentation and energy gets added in. it peaks at 3:01 for the last 30 seconds before returning to the intro rhythm. From the movie Inception. Can someone please explain this movie to me? Also, this soundtrack is $5 for the month of March.
In the Hall of the Mountain King - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - catch your breath at the beginning because we are going to pick up the pace. Okay, so I loved NIN when I was in college and I still can't believe that Trent Reznor won an Oscar for his score for the The Social Network. He's all 'growed' up, sniff, sniff.

Sweet Disposition - The Temper Trap - This is our finale. Rolling hills. At the chorus we will take off the resistance and fly down those hills. This song was featured in the indie movie [500] Days of Summer.

Cool Down:

Hand Covers Bruise - Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross - from The Social Network, I might add that I've watched this movie twice. Very good movie.

Everything to Lose - Dido - from movie Sex and the City 2

Okay, so I know I included a lot of tunes from the Twilight movies -- sorry dudes -- but the movie soundtracks are too good not to be played. Look forward to the soundtracks more so than the movies!