This is what I like for the Lifefitness Elliptical, sorted by MPH range (my speed has more to do with how the song makes me feel than a straight up BPM):
Under 4.5MPH
- Frequency by FM Belfast
- Get the Funk Out Ma Face by Brothers Johnson
4.5 – 5 MPH
- Tropical by FM Belfast
- Hell’s Bells – AC/DC
5 – 5.5 MPH
- Underwear by FM Belfast
- Absolute by Scritti Politti
- Obsession by Animotion
- Please Don’t Stop the Music by Rihanna
- Bossy by Lindsay Lohan
- Rain by The Cult
- Thela Hun Jinjeet by King Crimson
5.5 – 6 MPH
- Destroy Everything You Touch by Ladytron
- Ready For the Floor by Hot Chip
- Sleep Deprivation and Audacity of Huge by Simian Mobile Disco
6 – 6.5 MPH
- VHS by FM Belfast
- Lotus by FM Belfast
- Mad World by Tears For Fears
- Collarbone by Fujiya & Miyagi
- Superstition by Stevie Wonder
- Summertime Clothes by Animal Collective
- Hello Operator by The White Stripes (sounds a little slow, but it totally gets me going)
Over 6.5 MPH
- Your Disco Song by Vitalic
- Pay Tomorrow by Tim Exile
- In Our Hands by Bjork (Soft Pink Truth Remix)
- Bullet with Butterfly Wings by Smashing Pumpkins (this is good for interval training, because I go at a bunch of different speeds during this song – 5-5.5 for the verses, 6.5 – 7 for the chorus and 9-10 for the bridge)
- Lips Like Sugar by Echo and The Bunnymen (also good for change ups, I go 5.5 on the verse and 6.5 on the chorus)
- Photocopier by Fujiya & Miyagi
- Goofy’s Concern by Butthole Surfers (7.5 – 9; one of my favorite songs! Love it!)
- Magnetic Warrior by Archie Bronson Outfit (completely awesome)
- Billy Electron (Venger Remix) by Milanese
Other songs I like for cardio, but haven’t timed yet on the elliptical, so I don’t know where to put them are:
- If It Ain’t Broke by The Limp Twins
- Jetson and Steadycam by Dutch Uncles
- Get Low (Original Mix) by Justin Martin (Haven’t been this excited about an electro song for a long time. May have to start break dancing again!)
- Summertime Clothes by Animal Collective
- No Security (Rustie Remix) by Crookers featuring Kelis
- Breakdown by Fu-Schnickens
- Too Lost In You (Various Productions Remix) by Sugababes
- Don’t Turn It Off (Brennan Green Mix) by 40 Thieves featuring Qzen
- dudun-dun by Para One (really kicks in around the 2nd minute)
- Birds Fly (Whisper to a Scream) by The Icicle Works
- Can’t Get You Out of My Head (Soulwax Remix) by Kylie Minogue