Music and training

I'm not one to use music in all my workouts. I see people at the pool with the waterproof-players and I wonder how they even stay on. I see people with headphones at the gym, always playing with the players instead of the weights. People listen while running, and I can understand that, but I can't get past the safety factor and the fact that I wouldn't be able to hear any birds singing on a wonderful, crisp morning. I tried listening to a player while biking on the road....I'm lucky I didn't cause my own wreck; I don't do that anymore.

On the bike trainer is another story. I like to listen to tunes on the trainer. I have a playlist that is 90 minutes long, which is just a tad longer than I normally ride on the trainer. So, I can go past a few songs if they don't feel right.

My playlist is pretty basic. AC/DC High Voltage album, then select songs from Iron Maiden Live After Death, then select songs from Judas Priest Live (mostly the older songs). Then I have some Donnas, which is really strange for me but keeps me going. For the cooldown, I get to Allman Brothers songs. That's the line-up. It never changes.

It's a challenge to keep the volume down. During my "previous life" of partying, drinking, and heavy metal, I cranked it up. Now I have tinitis, and that damn ringing never goes away.

But when "The Trooper" or "Freewheel Burnin''" comes on, I usually turn it up a bit.

If you like to push your bike intervals as hard as possible, get some "Freewheel Burnin'" on, learn the words, and then go for it. "Fast and furious, we ride the universe To carve a road for us That slices every curve in sight We accelerate No time to hesitate This load will detonate Whoever would Contend its right....

Born to lead At breakneck speed With high octane Were spitting flames.

Freewheel burning......freewheel burning."