Let's Create the Ultimate Summer Workout Playlist

Share the beats that get you amped up and ready to work.

I recently received a press release about a random company’s ranking of popular workout playlist songs based on beats per minute.

I listened through the songs and let me just say: they didn’t do much for me. With the exception of a couple Eminem songs, most were just basic rock-and-roll that did not at all stir me to get up and go.

But the list got me thinking:

There should be a WBC workout playlist.

So I’d like to hear from you:

• What are your go-to workout songs?

• Are there any unexpected songs on your workout playlist that you would never hear over the gym sound system but really get you revved up?

Tell me!

Drop your songs in the comments, respond to this email — or if you’re not subscribed, hit subscribe and respond to the confirmation email with your recommendations.

I’ll compile your recommendations (and a few of my own) in a playlist that I’ll share in a few weeks, just in time for the heat of summer.

To get you brainstorming, here are some of my go-tos:

1. In Love With a Girl by Gavin DeGraw

2. People Like Us by Kelly Clarkson

3. Chase That (Ambition) by Lecrae

4. MILLION DOLLAR BABY by Tommy Richman

5. Doo Wop (That Thing) by Ms. Lauryn Hill

6. My Songs Know What You Did In The Dark by Fall Out Boy

7. Family Affair by Mary J. Blige

8. shine on by Tori Kelly

9. Desperados by Andy Mineo

10. i by Kendrick Lamar

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