Alright, you’ve gone for a good run and you’ve performed some relaxing yoga, but now for the dreaded power-lifting. The classical music and dance beats won’t serve you well for this endeavor. If you’re like me, you need some theme music and when I say theme, I mean the theme music for your role as the ultimate hardcore, bad a$!# warrior. Yeah, in my mind, my power-lifting is my training session for my debut as a ninja. The entire thing will fall apart if someone were to ever record a video of me working up a sweat doing a my lifts.  In the meantime, use the following lists to compile the background music to your own moment as the hero.

Power-Lifting Playlists

80s Rock

• Kickstart my Heart by Motley Crue
• Poison by Alice Cooper
• Love Walks In by Van Halen
• Rock and Roll All Nite by KISS
• Once Bitten Twice Shy by Great White
• No More Mr Nice Guy by Alice Cooper
• We’re Not Gonna Take It by Twisted Sister
• TNT by AC/DC
• Come on Feel the Noise by Quiet Riot
• Barracuda by Heart
• Band of Gold by Bonnie Tyler
• Eye of the Tiger by Survivor
• Juke Box Hero by Foreigner
• Panama by Van Halen
• Go Your Own Way by Fleetwood Mac

Alternative Rock

• You’re Gonna Go Far, Kid by The Offspring
• I’m Shipping Up To Boston by Dropkick Murphys
• Black Betty by Ram Jam
• Animal I Have Become by Three Days Grace
• All My Life by Foo Fighters
• The Kids Aren’t Alright by The Offspring
• Why Don’t You Get a Job? by The Offspring
• Meet Me By The River’s Edge by Gaslight Anthem
• Welcome to the Black Parade by My Chemical Romance

Powerful Pop

• Fighter by Christina Aguilera
• Don’t Bring Me Down by Electric Light Orchestra
• Take Me To Church by Hozier
• Hanging On by Elle Goulding
• Under the Influence by Elle King
• When We Were Young by Adele
• A Sky Full of Stars by Coldplay
• Hall of Fame by The Script
• Radioactive by Imagine Dragons
• Downtown by Macklemore
• Wake Me Up by Avicii
• Counting Stars by One Republic
• Mr. Blue Sky by Electric Light Orchestra

Miscellaneous

• Dragula by Rob Zombie
• X Gon’ Give it to Ya by DMX

If you’re like me, comparing the different playlists you use for different types of workouts can make you look prone to mood swings, but it’s all about finding just the right music to set the pace for your entire gym time. Whatever helps you to make it to the end and finish strong is all that matters. So what do you keep on your playlist?