woke up this morning. got dressed. ate a turkey muffin. went to the gym. put on my heart rate monitor. grabbed my headphones and then suddenly i realized i left my iPhone at home.
at this point i had a choice to make. complete my workout and listen to the gym music or go home, get my headphones and risk losing time. well, i high tailed it back home and went and got my iPhone cause i be damned if i sit in the gym and listen to their music. luckily i made it back in time to complete my entire workout, without rushing and made it home by my 5:00 deadline.
this was the first time i have ever left my music at home and i really didn't realize how important to me it really was until i didn't have it. my music puts me in a zone. it removes the other people from the room and provides a space where i can focus on me. when the workouts get tough "survivor" or "the climb" always seem to come on and provide me inspiration. when i'm enjoying my workouts every song that comes on seems to be just the song that i want to hear and when it's time to go wale winds me down and prepares me for the day ahead. i can't get that from the 80's blend that plays at my local gym. i mean they are some good songs but just not what i need to hear during my workout.
if you looked at my playlist you wouldn't think it's one for a power charged workout. i have slow music, fast music, sad, happy and everything in between but somehow it works for me. i can't listen to eye of the tiger and feel like rocky. i need to here "f me pumps", "i wanna rock" and "not gon' cry" to get me through my workouts. for me it's about what i like not what's fast paced. i run just as fast and just as hard to amerie's "one thing" as i do to rick ross's "aston martin music".
i bet you one thing, i will never leave my house without my iPhone again. i can leave my heart rate monitor, my notebook, even my gym shoes but i guarantee you nothing will be done if i don't have my music.
what can't you go to the gym without??
at this point i had a choice to make. complete my workout and listen to the gym music or go home, get my headphones and risk losing time. well, i high tailed it back home and went and got my iPhone cause i be damned if i sit in the gym and listen to their music. luckily i made it back in time to complete my entire workout, without rushing and made it home by my 5:00 deadline.
this was the first time i have ever left my music at home and i really didn't realize how important to me it really was until i didn't have it. my music puts me in a zone. it removes the other people from the room and provides a space where i can focus on me. when the workouts get tough "survivor" or "the climb" always seem to come on and provide me inspiration. when i'm enjoying my workouts every song that comes on seems to be just the song that i want to hear and when it's time to go wale winds me down and prepares me for the day ahead. i can't get that from the 80's blend that plays at my local gym. i mean they are some good songs but just not what i need to hear during my workout.
if you looked at my playlist you wouldn't think it's one for a power charged workout. i have slow music, fast music, sad, happy and everything in between but somehow it works for me. i can't listen to eye of the tiger and feel like rocky. i need to here "f me pumps", "i wanna rock" and "not gon' cry" to get me through my workouts. for me it's about what i like not what's fast paced. i run just as fast and just as hard to amerie's "one thing" as i do to rick ross's "aston martin music".
i bet you one thing, i will never leave my house without my iPhone again. i can leave my heart rate monitor, my notebook, even my gym shoes but i guarantee you nothing will be done if i don't have my music.
what can't you go to the gym without??
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