Fun in the corporate workout room
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dreamsharkWhat's your favorite music to exercise to?
Of the music I have loaded on my iPod, my favorite skating music is the various Drinking Songs compilations that a group of us were trading around last year. It seems a little odd, since figure skating is both healthy and kind of spiritually uplifting with all that swooping and gliding, and drinking songs are neither. It must be the high proportion of Country Western and Irish. I particularly like my compilation (of course) which tends more toward the rowdy drinker and less towards the morose. But I picked up some really wonderful songs from other people's compilations - I'm thinking of doing a meta-playlist with my favorites of the whole collection.
But for more rhythmic activities like biking or elliptical runners, you just can't beat the Grateful Dead. I think the best workout album ever is American Beauty. You're really moving right from the beginning with "Friend of the Devil" and "Sugar Magnolia." Okay, "Brokedown Palace" slows the pace a little, but it DOES remind you of how you'll end up if you don't get some exercise (miss ya', Jerry!). Then back into gear with "Truckin." "Box of Rain" is kind of slow and dreary and I sometimes skip over that one, but "Operator" moves right along. Then "Candy Man" to start the cooldown and "Ripple" to take you right out.
Of the music I have loaded on my iPod, my favorite skating music is the various Drinking Songs compilations that a group of us were trading around last year. It seems a little odd, since figure skating is both healthy and kind of spiritually uplifting with all that swooping and gliding, and drinking songs are neither. It must be the high proportion of Country Western and Irish. I particularly like my compilation (of course) which tends more toward the rowdy drinker and less towards the morose. But I picked up some really wonderful songs from other people's compilations - I'm thinking of doing a meta-playlist with my favorites of the whole collection.
But for more rhythmic activities like biking or elliptical runners, you just can't beat the Grateful Dead. I think the best workout album ever is American Beauty. You're really moving right from the beginning with "Friend of the Devil" and "Sugar Magnolia." Okay, "Brokedown Palace" slows the pace a little, but it DOES remind you of how you'll end up if you don't get some exercise (miss ya', Jerry!). Then back into gear with "Truckin." "Box of Rain" is kind of slow and dreary and I sometimes skip over that one, but "Operator" moves right along. Then "Candy Man" to start the cooldown and "Ripple" to take you right out.
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Date: 2008-02-01 10:07 pm (UTC)I'm nowhere near that good.
Special skates? Hmm, no. There are speedskates, but otherwise the regular skates come in a whole spectrum of costs and quality, but are pretty much the same structurally. I have expensive ones--- I splurged on pre-softened leather boots and I would NEVER recommend skimping on the wheels or bearings. Some bearings are faster and smoother, and the wheels grip the surface differently.
On youtube I've seen figure rollerskaters and "jam" skaters. Jam skating incorporates many different styles of dance, skating, gymnastics, break dancing, etc. Yes, it's quite possible to break dance on rollerskates. I suppose I would be a jam skater.