Cycle 144 (tabata)

This is my first Spotify-driven playlist.  Hope it works out!

If you have Spotify, you can check out the playlist here.

Warm-up

  • Drumming Song – Florence + The Machine: 100+ rpm
  • Bulletproof (Tiborg Remix) – La Roux: 100+ rpm, 20 rpm pickups
  • Yeah 3x – Chris Brown: seated/standing easy climb
  • Don’t Wanna Go Home – Jason Derulo: seated climb easy, seated climb medium, standing climb med/hard
  • E.T. (Noisia Remix) – Katy Perry: 120+ rpm
  • Into – The xx: active recovery

Workout

  • Party Rock Anthem – LMFAO: Tabata!
  • 2 min recovery, then 6x 1min:30sec on the following songs:
    • 1901 Bo Flex’d (Passion Pit Remix) – Phoenix
    • Save The World (Third Party Remix) – Swedish House Mafia
  • Move For Me (Radio Edit) – Kaskade & Deadmau5: 100+ rpm, 20 rpm pickups
  • Knights of Cydonia – Muse: 3 min easy, 2 min med, 1 min hard climb

Cool Down

  • Awake My Soul – Mumford & Sons
  • You’ve Got The Love – Florence + The Machine
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cycle 137 – endurance climbs, cadence, tabata

This one is going to be tough!

Warm-up

  • Hurricane – 30 Seconds to Mars: flat road, cadence work
  • Watch the Tapes – LCD Soundsystem: cadence work
  • Barricade – Interpol: climbs
  • Animal – Neon Trees: active recovery

Workout

3 rounds: 5 min climb, 3 min 120+ cadence, 2 min tabata (20:10×4) max power standing sprint, 2 min active recovery.

  • Round 1
    • When They Come for Me – Linkin Park
    • Burn It Down – Awolnation
    • The Good Left Undone – Rise Against
    • Prelude 12/21 – AFI
  • Round 2
    • Silvia (Roboberget Remix) – Miike Snow
    • Give ‘Em Hell, Kid – My Chemical Romance
    • Intro – The XX
  • Round 3
    • On and On – Girl Talk
    • Don’t Slow Down – Matt & Kim
    • Rope (Deadmau5 Remix) – Foo Fighters

Cool Down

  • White Blank Page – Mumford & Sons
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cycle 133 – 4, 2, 1 intervals

CFE 4, 2, 1 intervals

Warm-up

  • All My Friends – LCD Soundsystem
  • Fun That We Have – Julian Plenti: climb
  • Soul Wars – Awolnation: false flat
  • March Of The Pigs – Nine Inch Nails: max effort sprint

Workout

  • Satellite – Rise Against: 4 min on
  • White Sky – Vampire Weekend: 3 min off
  • Cinders – Matt & Kim: ~2 min on
  • Interlude – Muse: 30 sec off
  • Megalithic Symphony – Awolnation: 1 min on
  • Sleepyhead – Passion Pit: 3 min off
  • Derezzed – Daft Punk: ~2 min on
  • Bridge Burning – Foo Fighters: 30 sec off, 4 min on

Cash out

  • Thrills – LCD Soundsystem: false flat
  • Take Me to the Hospital – The Faint: sprints

Cool down

  • I Can Change – LCD Soundsystem
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cycle 131

Dynamic warmup followed by some sprint-climb repeats.

Warmup

  • Stronger (BBC Live Version) – 30 Seconds to Mars. Easy spin.
  • Kicking and Screaming – The Presets. 30:30 x 5, easy spin, climb.
  • Losing My Edge – LCD Soundsystem. 30:30 x 7, false flat, 20rpm acceleration.
  • Fainting Spells – Crystal Castles. 2 min standing climb.
  • Houndini – Foster the People. Active recovery.

Intervals

5 rounds of 1 min max power, 1 min rest, 30 sec standing climb, 30 sec rest.

  • Sofi Needs a Ladder – Deadmau5
  • Stockholm Syndrome – Muse
  • Attack – 30 Seconds to Mars
  • Architects – Rise Against

Cash Out

  • Call Call – The Faint.
  • Worked Up So Sexual – The Faint.


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cycle 128

Symmetry is beautiful… climbs, max effort sprints, climbs.

Warm up

  • Harmonic – Unwritten Law

Climb section 1

  • The Sharpest Lives – My Chemical Romance: false flat, seated sprints
  • Tear You Apart – She Wants Revenge: seated/standing climb
  • My Hero – Foo Fighters: seated climb/standing hill sprints

Sprint Section

2:1, 4:2, 2:1, max effort (wattage) sprints.

  • 2:1: Wattershed – Foo Fighters / Interlude 1 – Enter Shikari
  • 4:2: The Mission – 30 Seconds to Mars / Intro – The XX
  • 2:1: Light Grenades – Incubus / Exogenesis: Symphony, Part 2 (Cross-pollination) – Muse

Climb section 2

  • Butterflies and Hurricanes – Muse: seated sprints
  • Policy of Truth – Depeche Mode: seated/standing climb
  • Freedom 90 – George Michael: seated climb/standing hill sprints

Cool down

  • Something About You – Level 42
  • Hold Me Now – Thompson Twins
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