As Wednesdays are dedicated to ways to improve your
gym experience, I could have led off with a dozen different things that you
need – the right shoes, the right clothes, etc. But most of that is going to be
common sense. (And they will probably also be articles later on. I gotta find
some way to bring you back week after week!) But if there is one item that
dramatically improves my performance, it is my MP3 Player.
As of this writing, I am on my third one. My original
was an older, oversized model from Opal that served me great for years. I put
it inside one of those plastic sports sleeves that you can Velcro to your arm
and eventually the screen crapped out. My second choice was a cheap Walmart “fit
player” that was very small and clipped onto your sleeve. The thing had plenty
of space but the battery never lasted more than a week and it was just poor
quality.
I am
currently using a SanDisk model which is small enough to clip to my sleeve. I
tuck the cord up into my sleeve and out the top collar of my shirt to manage
the headphone cord. The battery lasts a long time and it has a boatload of
storage space so it is more than enough for my current needs. SanDisk seems to
make pretty quality stuff so I would use that in your search parameters when
you go shopping if you need to pick one up.
Good music
gets me pumped. Unfortunately, the ladies at the Wellness Center in Vinita like
to listen to The Twister, which is the local country music station. I am going
to lose some followers here but country music is just not my thing. I cannot
help but think of Howard Stern’s line in Private
Parts where he comments about how people love it but he’s never driven a
pickup truck or slept with his sister so he quits the station. I know country
music is not all that. It’s not that KKK country but it is just not for me. And
if I am clanging and banging, I don’t want to hear songs about tractors and
lost loves and beer.
Now, I will
admit to you that if you looked at the playlist on my MP3 player, you would
think you have found the electronic storage of a schizophrenic. My play can go
from Breaking Benjamin to Eminem to Volbeat to Katy Perry to music from Man of
Steel to Linkin Park to Rachel Platten. Seriously, my tastes are all over the
board. This is where that “shuffle” setting comes in fantastically.
Now, I will
admit that I know very little about the whole iTunes and Pandora and Spotify
but it feels like all that has to be online in order to be accessed.
Referencing yesterday’s article, I do not track my reps with a smart phone. I
do not even keep a phone with me when I work out. So to me, if you can have a
stand-alone offline tech device that will allow you to listen to music
uninterrupted, that is really the way to go.
I will be
using Wednesdays to list my music that gets me pumped. My suggestion is – as always
– to achieve these through standard means. Back in my day, if I couldn’t afford
an album, I used to use tape decks to record songs off the radio. I have heard
tale of certain sites that allow you to record Anything 2 MP3. Wait, I misspelled that. It is anything to an MP3. I
cannot confirm nor deny that this service allows you to record the audio from
places like YouTube or Soundcloud which I guess you could drag and drop into
your MP3 player and take it with you. If one were so inclined.
In a
completely unrelated subject, holy cow. Otherwise. Coming for the Throne. Great
song. Great for a few more reps. Great lyrics. If this isn’t good for another
rep, I don’t know what is.
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