Music while working out? Good or distraction?

[Desibaba]

In the past i have tried using walkmen and discplayers during my weight training sessions.For some reason i always feel they are distracting to me.Many of my friends say on the other hand it helps them train harder but for some reason i always end up tugging on the wired, adjusting my headset etc and eventually put them away.Dont get me wrong i always listen to my music when doing my cardio (Metallica n the like is my fav then) but during heavy sets it seems to be distracting.What about you guys? Do you wear your music players all the time when u work out?For my birthday i have got a nike PS 128 max Mp3 player so ill try it in the gym today.Lets see

 

[occam]

I can't get by with out my Ipod bro........for so many reasons.

The mind body connection for me is dependent on an emotional response......I need to FEEL to get the most out of myself. I take my time between sets and get jacked the fuck up.......bite my cheeks or tongue sometimes to get that extra juice......grit teeth.....claw my legs.....scrape my skin.....get nasty you know?

Also......no one can talk to me unless I want......just keep my eyes down and have plausible deniability when the dorks wanna talk shit.

"What?.....can't hear ya kid-o"

Just me though.

 

[DP1420]

i'm a iPod guy too.

 

[RH81]

I swear bro,if it wasn't for music sometimes I wouldn't be able to get through an intense workout...kick ass music definitely helps get my adrenaline pumping allowing me to lifter harder and heavier.

 

[dolfe1]

Bro you're fucking weird.

 

[maxx]

Bro you're fucking weird.

i cant stand ear phones.but i have to have music while i lift...perferably rock...but our golds has that club comm bullshit and it seems that theyre always playing fucking rap music or backstreet boys.now thats an distraction...looks like im going to have to get used to those annoying ear pieces..i mean shit, it's got to better than my ears bleeding from that ibity jbity rap bullshit.

maxx

 

[occam]

Bro you're fucking weird.

Me?

 

[Grizzly]

I find the discman to be a distraction, too. You can't clean with it, you can squat with it, you can deadlift with it. Since I don't do much else besides that, the thing is more of a pain in the ass than anything.

Put headphones in. Jam out. Take headphones out. Do exercise. Put headphones in. Jam out. Take headphones out. Exercise again. Pain in the ass!

 

[AirBorne]

I use a little MP3 player and clip it onto my shorts and run the wire under my shirt up to my ears. I can do every excercise with it and I would have to say that a little old school Metallica, Motley Crue, Pantera, Sevendust, etc never hurt my workouts I fuckin love listening to music while im training...no one bothers to talk to you since they know you cant hear em. My .02

 

[Grizzly]

You mean I'd have to spend like 200 bucks? I think I'll pass on that one. LOL

 

[AirBorne]

Got an MP3 player from WalMart for 79 bucks. Love that lil fucker

 

[dolfe1]

Me?

Desi

 

[greyowl]

Desi

I don't like wearing headphones but my skin crawls when the gym staff tune the sound system into a radio station playing bubblegum rock crap like Sugar Ray and Avril Lavigne. Then I go into a rage when on comes that atonal whining suck Alanis Morrisette. Makes me want to climb the walls and rip out the speakers, and I'm not even on tren these days!

 

[dumbbellpress]

Greyowl, April Livigne might suck, but God..................................she is as cute as a bug. I don't like her music, but whenever her videos come on Fuse or MTV............I am glued to the TV, drool coming out of my mouth. She is perfect..............short..........long brown hair...................pretty...............very skinny.

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Future Husband of Jennifer Love Hewitt

 

[AirBorne]

ill second that dumbellpress.......people give me shit for thinking she is a cutie, but im stickin by it. i think its cool as hell when chicks are into music like she is....i mean actually playing and singing.

 

[Meat Train]

This thread is turning into a bubblegum pop talk like that shit on the radio talked about earlier...

I guess Avril is cute-- but shouldn't you also be looking at the Olsen twins (well, out of the corner of your eye before they come of age)?

 

[supirman]

I feel like I'm going to fall asleep when I don't have my music. Plus if my headphones are on, some jackass always finds it important to interrupt my workouts to ask stupid questions. I keep my headphones on and since I look like a mean fuck all the time anyway, that solves the problem for me

 

[Desibaba]

Greyowl, April Livigne might suck, but God..................................she is as cute as a bug. I don't like her music, but whenever her videos come on Fuse or MTV............I am glued to the TV, drool coming out of my mouth. She is perfect..............short..........long brown hair...................pretty...............very skinny.

dumbbellpress Dallas Cowboys - America's Team

Future Husband of Jennifer Love Hewitt

I assume ull be watching garfield the first day it comes out. It has JLW in it

 

[juicecravin]

i cant stand ear phones.but i have to have music while i lift...perferably rock...but our golds has that club comm bullshit and it seems that theyre always playing fucking rap music or backstreet boys.now thats an distraction...looks like im going to have to get used to those annoying ear pieces..i mean shit, it's got to better than my ears bleeding from that ibity jbity rap bullshit.

maxx

agreed....and i think "ibity jbity rap bullshit" is the funniest thing i have read on here in about 7 months, i hate it too.

 

[dolfe1]

Greyowl, April Livigne might suck, but God..................................she is as cute as a bug. I don't like her music, but whenever her videos come on Fuse or MTV............I am glued to the TV, drool coming out of my mouth. She is perfect..............short..........long brown hair...................pretty...............very skinny.

dumbbellpress Dallas Cowboys - America's Team

Future Husband of Jennifer Love Hewitt

Petite is the word you are looking for dbp.