Don't let the rain keep you from working out! Move out to a little Lollapalooza playlist. Since Perry Farrell of Jane's Addiction launched the festival as a farewell tour in 1991 I will start out with Been Caught Stealing as a warm up. Just get yourself moving to loosen and warm up your muscles. Bring your rpms up slowly as you warm up. The remainder of the songs are from bands who performed at Lollapalooza 2012. Get used to moving with the beat of the music on Bloc Party's Banquet and then pick up the pace a little whenever Florence belts out the chorus on Dog Days Are Over. Make Turn A Square a hill climb by adding a level every 30 seconds and then hold it at a challenging resistance level for the Black Keys' Stop Stop. If you can't keep up with the beat drop down a level until you can. This is supposed to be hard so challenge yourself!
Recover at an easy resistance level for the first minute of Amadou & Miriam's Senegal Fast Food and then bring it up to tempo. I drop the moving handles and just hold onto the stationary ones in the middle to keep my feet moving on this one. Take the level back up a few and grab back onto the moving handles for Sixteen Saltines and then do some pick ups on the chorus of Little Talks. I was getting tired about now so if you only want to do a 30 minute workout skip to guitar phenom Gary Clark Jr at the end for a nice cool down.
If you are going for a 45 minute workout (you can do it!) drop the level back to moderate and keep a steady pace on Higher Ground. Take it slower and add resistance after every chorus on Some Nights for one last hill climb and then drop the resistance back down and hold a steady rpm on another great Black Key's tune- Run Right Back to finish up. Take a nice slow cool down with Gary Clark Jr and enjoy his smooth voice and great blues-rock guitar work on Bright Lights.
Don't forget to drink up and give yourself credit for some strong work on your workout today!
- Been Caught Stealing- Jane's Addiction 104 bpm
- Banquet- Bloc Party 78 bpm
- Dog Days Are Over- Florence & the Machine 75 bpm
- Turn a Square- The Shins 64 bpm
- Stop Stop- The Black Keys 62 bpm
- Senegal Fast Food- Amadou & Miriam 82 bpm
- Sixteen Saltines- Jack White 66 bpm
- Little Talks- Of Monsters & Men 50 bpm
- Higher Ground- Red Hot Chili Peppers 72 bpm
- Some Nights- Fun 54 bpm
- Run Right Back- The Black Keys 80 bpm
- Bright Lights- Gary Clark Jr 82 bpm
