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What summer is to the blockbuster movie, winter is to the blockbuster album. With record labels competing for your holiday loot, the marketplace is flooded with new releases from the biggest acts on their rosters. While this wealth of new music is great if you’re hitting the mall looking for gifts, it’s just as great if you’re hitting the gym and looking for new tracks.
In the mix below, you’ll find new singles from Top 40 regulars like Coldplay and Missy Elliott. There are also remixes of smash hits from Selena Gomez and The Weeknd. Elsewhere club favorites like Audien and Rudimental create cross-genre collaborations with Lady Antebellum and Ed Sheeran. Lastly, you can hear Megan Trainor break from her signature style with a tropical tune from The Peanuts Movie.
The strength of this month’s mix is its simplicity: big acts, catchy choruses, good vibes. The end of the year is plenty hectic on its own — without additional challenges in the workout music department. So, don’t overthink it. Just try a few tracks below, then make a few tracks through the snow.
Here’s the full list, according to a poll on Run Hundred — the web’s most popular workout music blog.
- Missy Elliott Pharrell Williams – “WTF (Where They From)†– 120 BPM
- Daya – “Hide Away†– 95 BPM
- Grimes – “Flesh Without Blood†– 156 BPM
- Coldplay – “Adventure of a Lifetime†– 113 BPM
- Selena Gomez A$AP Rocky – “Good for You (Phantoms Remix)†– 119 BPM
- Audien Lady Antebellum – “Something Better†– 126 BPM
- Rudimental Ed Sheeran – “Lay It All on Me†– 123 BPM
- The Weeknd – “I Can’t Feel My Face (Martin Garrix Remix)†– 127 BPM
- Meghan Trainor – “Better When I’m Dancin’†– 128 BPM
- Andy Grammer – “Good to Be Alive (Hallelujah)†– 120 BPM
Check out this month’s top 10 workout songs on Run Hundred: www.RunHundred.com.
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Keep feet and shoulders off the ground by placing all your weight on your butt. Flatten your back and twist side to side to touch the dumbbell to the ground without dropping your feet.
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Keep your back flat and send hips down and back towards the ground. Try to keep feet flat or slightly weighted towards the heels
while sitting back and down. Work towards getting the crease in your hips below the crease in your knees. Hold elbows in tight against the body and keep dumbbell or kettle bell close to the chest
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Lift shoulders and legs at the same time. When you reach the height of the V-Up all weight should be balanced on your butt. Keep legs as straight as possible. To make it easier, leave arms down so your hands can balance you on the floor. To make it more advanced, raise arms over your head and towards your feet at the top of the “Vâ€.
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Squat until hands touch the ground in front of you then hop both feet back to a plank position. Lower down until chest touches the floor and push up into a plank. Hop feet back in by your hands and stand up, jumping as high as you can.
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Squat down to pick up the dumbbell with back completely flat. Push through the feet to stand up while bringing the dumbbell overhead. Keep the arm straight and dumbbell close to the body until the hips are completely open, then you can bend the arm, leading with the elbow to “flick†the dumbbell overhead.
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Use your hips. Keep your back flat while sending the hips back and hinging at the waist. Shoot your hips forward to swing the kettlebell overhead. Be sure the bottom of the bell swings as well; don’t let it go limp in your hands
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Lift arms and legs off the ground at the same time while squeezing glutes at the top.
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Start in a hollow body, rounded back position. Squeeze your abs and glutes to maintain a good shape while lifting. Lift the dumbbell straight up to your armpit and lower with control. Switch arms and repeat
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Place one foot up by the palm of your hand. Extend the other leg as far back as possible with a straight leg. In one movement, jump and switch the legs to the same position on the opposite side
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Jump and bring the knees into the chest then round out your back into a hollow body at the top of the jump. Land with a flat back and a slight squat to absorb the weight of the jump. This is definitely an advanced move.