Music to turbo train ?

MIABS
MIABS Posts: 53
edited January 2011 in Training, fitness and health
Hi Forum,

Just wondering what music you listen to which helps on the turbo trainer.
If you dont have a TV in the room you train in and just a Hifi / Ipod , whats your favourite albums.

What can you recommend?
My ride: Ribble New Sportive Racing

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  • bexley5200
    bexley5200 Posts: 692
    8 mile
    going downhill slowly
  • walsht1105
    walsht1105 Posts: 120
    When I started on the turbo I listened to my normal music favourites like hip hop, rock, folk, county, motown etc etc - but I do 3 x 1.5hour sessions a week and my normal music taste just wasnt enough to keep me motivated when pedalling. So I have moved to Hard House / Trance music... For me it works best to keep me going on the trainer and there are soo many different albums you in the genre - so many DJs and the tracks are all mixed in together so you get no pauses between music - meaning your work out doesn't feel broken up by the music.

    When I listened to my normal music taste and I didnt a 12 minute interval I would think to myself - thats 3-4 tracks. When your hurting, 3-4 broken up portions can take a long time to go by!

    Soo hard house / trance all the way!
  • sunburntknees
    sunburntknees Posts: 272
    Tour De France by Kraftwerk of course.
  • singlespeedexplosif
    singlespeedexplosif Posts: 1,564
    all you ever need.

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dirtchamber-Sessions-1-Prodigy/dp/B00000I9UN
  • jermas
    jermas Posts: 484
    singlespeedexplosif wrote:
    all you ever need.

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dirtchamber-Sessions-1-Prodigy/dp/B00000I9UN

    The prodigy...that's cheating.
  • Karl2010
    Karl2010 Posts: 511
    David Guetta. One Love

    Love it! Gets the blood pumping and adreniline flowing
  • xcmad
    xcmad Posts: 110
    Editors - Munich, Blood, Lights, Bullets. Listen and start turbo, you'll see what I mean.

    Enjoy!
  • ozzzyosborn206
    ozzzyosborn206 Posts: 1,340
    best song has got to be pendulum propane nightmares
  • andy162
    andy162 Posts: 634
    iPod on shuffle...bits of allsorts really.

    Just downloaded Tron:Legacy soundtrack. It's by Daft Punk & is made for the job.
  • Mr Dog
    Mr Dog Posts: 643
    Oakenfold for long slogs.. house for intervals. 8)
    Why tidy the house when you can clean your bike?
  • Theomerchant
    Theomerchant Posts: 187
    doublestep...its like dubstep but double the bpm...makes my rpm faster :wink:
  • P_Tucker
    P_Tucker Posts: 1,878
    101 Power Ballads. Awesome.
  • walsht1105
    walsht1105 Posts: 120
    I would recommend getting 'spotify' and then search for Anne Savage, Lisa Lashes, Tidy - you will see theres loads of it to keep it fresh for a life time.
  • 9jan11
    9jan11 Posts: 67
    Chuck in something slow like 'Pure Shores' (All Saints) to warm up to and this is a simply awesome set especially if you have the 12" remixes.

    Temple of Love - Sisters of Mercy
    Lucretia My Reflection - Sisters of Mercy
    Dominion , Mother Russia - Sisters of Mercy
    This Corrosion - Sisters of Mercy
    Vision Thing - Sisters of Mercy
    More - Sisters of Mercy

    Freak Scene - Dinosaur Jr
    The Wagon - Dinosaur Jr - 'there's a place I know you've been, here's the wagon get on in'
    Feel the Pain - Dinosaur Jr - 'I feel the pain of everyone and then I feel nothing'
    Out There - Dinosaur Jr
    Start Choppin' - Dinosaur Jr

    Gotta Give It Up - Thin Lizzy

    Tame - Pixies
    Debaser - Pixies
    Wave of Mutilation - Pixies
    Monkey gone to Heaven - Pixies
    Head On - Pixies

    Disarm - Smashing Pumpkins
    1979 - Smashing Pumpkins
  • gsk82
    gsk82 Posts: 3,601
    i recently did a playlist for on my turbo and there was a lot of sash! in it.

    its good to have a fast beet or whatever, but i reckon it's gotta be stuff that you like above all else
    "Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago
  • singlespeedexplosif
    singlespeedexplosif Posts: 1,564
    The prodigy...that's cheating.

    a) not The Prodigy. One of the blokes.
    b) why cheating?
  • sunburntknees
    sunburntknees Posts: 272
    Queen - Bicycle Race?
  • chrisw12
    chrisw12 Posts: 1,246
    Loneliness of the long distance cyclist- Iron Maiden
    Highway to Hell -Ac DC
    Suicide is painless- Manic street preachers.

    I find the turbo a bit depressing if I'm honest, don't know why :wink:
  • ridelikeapro
    ridelikeapro Posts: 139
    Can there be a better track for riding to than "Wooly Bully" by Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs???

    Also, check out some groovy riding samples on http://www.gregarios.co.uk/cycling-club ... music.html


    ':wink:'
  • manxshred
    manxshred Posts: 295
    www.di.fm

    I don't normally listen to Trance but I do on the Turbo. Seems to keep me going quite well and using the free streaming services from di.fm, you don't even need to buy music you won't normally listen to.
  • daveydave43
    daveydave43 Posts: 200
    Muse
    White Stripes
    Go for the break
    Create a chaingang
    Make sure you don't break your chain
  • steponahen
    steponahen Posts: 35
    In the days before I knew anything about recommended cadence, I'd put techno mixes on which were around 140 bpm, and pedal in time to them. So my cadence was around 70 rpm. But now I try to keep my cadence between 90 and 100 rpm, and the only music in time to it is slow stuff like hip hop (90-100 bpm) or really fast stuff like drum and bass (180-200 bpm).
  • Bloodaxe
    Bloodaxe Posts: 15
    Dream Theater - long songs, lenghtly instrumental breaks, screaming guitar solos....

    Voila ! Turbo trainer sessions seem much less of a chore.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gX6jirCykI0
  • prawny
    prawny Posts: 5,440
    NOT Dashboard Confessional, the crying will dehydrate you faster.
    Saracen Tenet 3 - 2015 - Dead - Replaced with a Hack Frame
    Voodoo Bizango - 2014 - Dead - Hit by a car
    Vitus Sentier VRS - 2017
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Watch question time on i player.

    Enough to get anyone burrying themselves.
    _
  • thediceman85
    thediceman85 Posts: 21
    audiobooks, lord of the rings at the moment, keeps my mind off the pain
  • niblue
    niblue Posts: 1,387
    I use Sufferfest for interval sessions on the turbo but for steady HR turbo sessions I've recorded a couple of my local road loops using a chest-mounted Go-Pro and then put music to that. I recorded one yesterday (just under an hour as the 2Gb card in the GoPro ran out at that point) and here's the playlist for it:

    Pogues - Dirty Old Town
    Bruce Springsteen - Racing in the Street
    Clash - Train in Vain
    Wyclef - Gone 'til November
    Black Eyed Pees - My Humps
    Duran Duran - Skin Trade
    Linkin Park - One Step Closer
    Oasis - Roll With It
    Queen - Keep Yourself Alive
    Beta Band - Dry the Rain
    The Cult - Hollow Man
    Bowie - Modern Love

    With these videos I find I can either keep steady pace or adjust the resistance/gearing to match the hills along the way.Seems to work quite well!

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