$5 Album

Arcade Fire's latest album: The Suburbs is $5 the month of April. This band is hot right now. They recently won a Grammy for Album of the Year. Love, love this album. Check it out:

Pre and Post Workout Snacks

Remember to eat a healthy breakfast before your A.M. workout. If you are working out later in the day, grab an apple or banana. Also, if you have a vigorous weekly work-out schedule, don't forget to add some protein to your diet. This can include a glass of skim milk, reduced-fat string cheese, low-fat yogurt or a slice of deli meat. Make sure you take a look at the nutrition facts of yogurt. Some of them are surprisingly high in sugar.

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!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Here is my very special V-Day playlist, enjoy!

1. Love Shack-B52's - 133 bpm, warm up
2. Two Hearts Beat As One- U2 - flat road, 141 bpm
3. Forget You- Cee Lo Green - climbing w/ upper body work, 127 bpm
4. Fell In Love With A Girl- The White Stripes- isolated leg drills, 95 bpm
5. Howlin' For You- The Black Keys- jumps, 133 bpm, keep constant leg speed.
6. Never Tear Us Apart- INXS- heavy climb, 96 bpm
7. Kiss With A Fist- Florence + The Machine- 109 bpm, fast seated flat.
8. Take Me Out- Franz Ferdinand- 105 bpm, another heavy climb.
9. The Sound of Settling- Death Cab for Cutie- fast seated flat, 87 bpm
10. Neutron Star Collision (Love is Forever)- Muse- 127 bpm, seated flat, then add on the resistance and up out of the saddle for a standing jog at the chorus. Have a seat, then the standing jog. Repeat this pattern about three times.
11. This Modern Love- Bloc Party- rolling hills, 160 bpm
12. Tremble For My Beloved- Collective Soul- 121 bpm, more rolling hills
13. Let Love Rule- Lenny Kravitz- cool down