According to a survey conducted by Fitness First, the UK’s largest gym operator, it’s pretty much ‘cheesy pop music’ – music that you’d never admit to listening to normally.

Those surveyed favored the following…

• Eye of the tiger – Survivor
• Holiday – Madonna
• Jump – Van Halen
• The Final Countdown – Europe
• Dancing Queen – Abba
• Life is a roller coaster – Ronan Keating
• I should be so lucky – Kylie
• Love Machine – Girls Aloud
• Umbrella – Rihanna
• Disco Queen – Hot Chocolate

Turns out ‘Eye of the Tiger’, ‘Jump’, and ‘The Final Countdown’ inspires male gym-goers the most, whereas female gym-goers preferred ‘Dancing Queen’ and ‘Life is a Roller Coaster’.

Me - I only listen to ’Into the Great Wide Open’ by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers when tackling the crosstrainer.

But I’m thinking of changing. The new ‘Mama Mia’ soundtrack is calling my name…. 

So Healthbolt readers, what’s your secret gym music? Does ‘cheesy pop music’ inspire your workout? Or do you have more cultured tastes?

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Do you read while you exercise ?

Cause if you do, what you read while you’re walking the treadmill or riding the bike can have an impact on how you feel at the end of the exercise session.

According to new research, reading fitness magazines is not the best choice. Better to stick to National Geographic or House and Garden. Images of superfit people with sculpted arms and six-pack abs will only leave you feeling depressed, anxious, and in a lower mood after exercise that you were before starting.

Course, if you’re uncoordinated like me, this isn’t even an issue cause reading while exercising will only end up in disaster. The post-exercise mood won’t be the issue. Sprains and broken bones would be the more likely outcome…

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I have a hard enough time getting to any gym. But maybe I’d be more enthusiatic if I knew that my sweat (and tears) was able to generate enough electricity to power a music system or DVD player.

There’s a guy in Seattle who is working on making this happen. Adam Boesel, a personal trainer, is setting up The Total Body Turnaround – a green microgym – in Portland, Oregon.

You can read all about it here

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