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If your New Year’s resolution involves getting (or staying) in shape, this month’s top 10 songs provide a variety of ways to help you make good on your word. Moreover, the list provides an excellent link between this year and last, as it’s evenly split between remixes of 2015 hits and new tracks for 2016.
On the remix front, you’ll find updated versions of chart favorites from Demi Lovato, Taylor Swift, and The Weeknd. In the new music department, Twenty One Pilots are the only band to make the cut, Zara Larsson conjures the vibe of an early Rihanna track, and David Guetta collaborates with Sia and Fetty Wap. In with the fresh and familiar tracks, you’ll find two tunes that could fit in either category: one from Sigala (which borrows its hook from a Jackson 5 smash) and one from Diplo and Sleepy Tom (which uses elements of Jade’s 1992 hit “Don’t Walk Away).
In the same way the playlist bridges the musical past and the present, it can also serve as a bridge between the person you were in 2015 and the person you resolved to become in 2016. So, when you’re ready to for some inspiration, here’s the full list — according to the votes logged on workout music site Run Hundred.
- Twenty One Pilots – “Heavydirtysoul†– 130 BPM
- Zara Larsson – “Lush Life†– 99 BPM
- The Chainsmokers ROZES – “Roses (The Him Remix)†– 122 BPM
- Diplo Sleepy Tom – “Be Right There†– 126 BPM
- Sigala – “Easy Love†– 124 BPM
- Taylor Swift – “Wildest Dreams (R3HAB Remix)†– 130 BPM
- The Weeknd – “The Hills (Daniel Ennis Remix)†– 126 BPM
- David Guetta, Sia Fetty Wap – “Bang My Head†– 108 BPM
- Selena Gomez Borgore – “Same Old Love (Borgore Remix)†– 110 BPM
- Demi Lovato – “Confident (The Alias Remix)†– 130 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.