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Monthly Workout Playlist April 2013

Post by Pamela Hernandez | April 1st, 2013

Are you a Pitbull fan? I am. Although I didn't realize how much of one at first.

I hear new songs all over the place, using Shazam to determine the name and artist and saving it for later. As I started looking at songs for this playlist, I realized more than one included Pitbull.  Popular in his own right, he seems to be collaborating with anyone and everyone. While I normally don't want to include too many songs with one artist on a playlist, today I decided to tip the balance and make them ALL Pitbull.

I will save you the pithy commentary on this particular list because honestly I don't know if I can come up with 10 different things to say about Pitbull. So just enjoy the songs. With their strong beat, this list makes a great one for a spring afternoon run.

• Feel This Moment featuring Christina Aguilera
• Back In Time
• I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)
• Hey Baby (Drop It To The Floor) featuring T-Pain
• Shake Senora featuring T-Pain and Sean Paul
• Get It Started featuring Shakira
• Don't Stop The Party featuring TJR
• DJ Got Us Fallin' In Love featuring Usher
• Pause
• Give Me Everything featuring Ne-Yo

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Monthly Workout Playlist March 2013

Post by Pamela Hernandez | March 4th, 2013

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

I love the St. Pat’s Day parade in Springfield. It is by no means as huge or popular as parades in places like New York or Chicago. But I love it because it is a big hot mess. To the best of my knowledge there is no entry fee, therefore you have everyone from politicians to the Mustang Owners Club to a guy on a unicycle. It’s a fantastic and fun celebration of all things Irish.

In honor of the parade, and St. Patrick’s Day, I present to you my all Irish workout playlist. Make sure you wear a little green when you listen!

• Dreams by The Cranberries: Quintessential 90s.
• Mandinka by Sinead O’Conner: Before she insulted the Pope and went a little nutty.
• Try A Little Tenderness by The Commitments: This is an awesome movie! You should add it to your Netflix que.
• Vertigo by U2: I hear this song and I think Apple. Anyone else?
• Breathless by The Coors: One hit wonder but it’s a good one hit wonder.
• It's A Trip by Shakespeare’s Sister: Someone named Siobhan Fahey has to be Irish.
• Venus by Bananarama: That would also be Siobhan Fahey, before she got “dark”.
• Just Say So By Brian McFadden: Former boy band member makes good with a little help from Kevin Rudolf.
• The Boys Are Back In Town by Thin Lizzy: Yes, they are from Dublin. Who knew?
• Pride (In The Name Of Love) by U2: It’s an Irish playlist. With their huge catalog how can I not feature two U2 songs?

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Monthly Workout Playlist January 2013

Post by Pamela Hernandez | January 7th, 2013

Did I mention that I moved?

As Thrive Personal Fitness has grown, the need for a new training space was becoming more and more apparent. When the opportunity to expand my partnership with Ollis & Company (a local insurance and benefits company) presented itself, the timing was perfect.

Ollis Center is now the new home of Thrive Personal Fitness. The space will be changing over the next few months as I get settled. I’ve reclaimed the yoga room as a second training space (but it can still be used for yoga if need be). I’ll be moving out some fixed machines and moving in more functional tools like a cable machine and chin up bar.

I also have the ability to play my own music. This seems small in comparison to the other amenities (like showers) but good music is vital to a good workout. I started working on a playlist the night before we moved in. It became clear very quickly that the music I actually own, not streamed from Pandora, is extremely limited. Let me correct that, NEW music is limited. It feels like I stopped purchasing music somewhere around 2006.

Since I’ve got a bulk of iTunes credit I decided to update my music library. I made a concerted effort to search out music that came out in 2012. While I haven’t purchased all of these songs, I think they make a pretty good up to date playlist. Have fun getting back in the fitness groove with some new tunes!

• Bad Girls by M.I.A: I really think you could belly dance to this. That might make a good warm up.
• Wrong Song from Nashville: I honestly believed they weren’t doing their own singing on the show. I was really surprised to find out they are. I don’t really like country but I love the music of Nashville.
• Tongue Tied by Group Love: This song could totally come out of 1983. Totally.
• Tonight by Saint Etienne: Pop but not obnoxious.
• Scream by Usher: This may not be his most popular song of 2012 but this one is at least PG.
• Let's Go by Calvin Harris Feat. Ne-Yo: If your energy is waning this one should bring it back up.
• I Can Only Imagine by David Guetta: Imagine where you will be in a year if you start now!
• Army Of Me by Christina Aguilera: I think her work on the Voice is taking over her musical career. Until I looked I didn’t realize she even had a new album.
• Push And Shove by No Doubt: How much can you push?
• Underground by Jane’s Addiction: Great to cool down or grind out what remains of your workout.

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