Working on my fitness

I told myself that I'd go for a run today.  Naturally, I decided to blog my favourite songs to work out to instead.  Fair trade? Ten for your fitness playlist:


Shooting Stars / Bag Raiders

For the warm up.  The only problem with this song is that it was featured on a McDonalds commercial and so all of my runs start with a Mac Attack.




Good Vibrations / Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch

Before my endorphins kick in I am usually miserable.  Luckily, this is the happiest song ever written.



Eye of the Tiger / Survivor

By now you're almost 10 minutes in- if you're out of shape and irritable (like me) you still need some motivation to keep going.  Just remember that if Rocky Balboa can run the streets of Philadelphia during the cold winters, you can do this.


Rocky IV Training Montage / Rocky Soundtrack

If Rocky can run-climb the cold mountains of Soviet Russia and bench press his coach, wife and brother-in-law in a wooden wagon, you can do this.



No Easy Way Out / Robert Tepper

If Rocky can overcome the death of his dear friend Apollo Creed, you can do this.


 


Shipping Up to Boston / Dropkick Murphys

Because it reminds me of  hot Boston boys. Also, R.I.P. Billy Costigan.  Never forget.






All I Do is Win / DJ Khaled

Try to synchronize your leg movement to the "up, down, up, down, up, down."



What You Waiting For / Gwen Stefani

Keep running, you stupid ho.


 
Lose Yourself / Eminem

Imagine: The stadium lights turn on dramatically and light up the dark Texas sky. Someone says something inspiring (and peppered with curse words) to get through to your high school football team. Now we got a game to win, god damn it! You only got one shot, do not miss your chance to blow. This opportunity comes once in a lifetime! Get out there and show them what the Bucks are made of! Optional: If you need an extra push, imagine your nemesis from the opposing team unfairly tackles your only black teammate and gives him a potentially paralyzing injury.  The black guy makes a joke at his own expense and you laugh through your tears. He tells you to win this one for him.



Freedom 90 / George Michael

Cool down and get some water. You deserve it, champ!

On the Road with Hanson

When I was eleven years old, Hanson and MuchMusic were the two most important things in my life. That is, until I discovered something even more incredible: The Internet. The internet allowed me quick and convenient access to these loves of my life without buying another Bop! or BB again.

I logged in to Yahoo! chat and found a room called HaNsoN **** ZaC LuVerz. I was at one with my people. Wait a tick... did mine eyes deceive me? Was there a user named ____zac____? It had to be a coincidence...but what if it wasn't? What if my chance to talk to Zac Hanson was staring me in the face and I was passing it up like an idiot?!

My breathing became heavily impaired and I was faced with an incredible decision. Would I call my best friend and tell her that I was practically hanging out with Hanson or would I continue to chat online? I didn't have a second phone line and internet was only available via dial up at the time. It was an easy decision, I could just show off afterward.

This was one of the most thrilling experiences of my pre teen years. Another noteable was being in an official Yahoo! chat with Chris Kirkpatrick (the ugly one from 'N Sync) who answered my question (!!!). I remember being angry at myself for not having the common sense to use my full name as my username. If I had, Chris would have read it and known that I exist. I'd probably come up in a bunch of conversations with Justin, right? Alas, he'd only know me as 'yeyeyewhawha' from Toronto.

In retrospect, it should have been obvious that ____zac____ wasn't Zac Hanson when he told me that he was on the tour bus chatting to me, "so technically [I] was on the road with Hanson." I am fairly certain that that kind of technology did not exist in 1997 but my Christmas gift to the 11 year old me is a promise to never ever confirm that.