The Ultimate Workout CD: Music to Inspire Your Exercise Routine

Ever want to add a little bite to your workouts on the road or in the gym? These twenty songs will make you want to lift an elephant by the time you're halfway through with them.

Shoot to Thrill-AC/DC

This song is the perfect marriage of Angus Young's explosive riffs with singer Brian Johnson's blast-furnace delivery.

Social Parasite-Alice in Chains

An AIC B-side, this track features a hammering riff by guitarist Jerry Cantrell and Layne Staley's jaded vocals. It's raw, early Alice in Chains with a spitting dynamic and a great chorus.

Just Like You Imagined-Nine Inch Nails

This is a towering song. Featured on Trent Reznor's double album The Fragile, it thunders with thick percussion and wonderfully acid-soaked synth. It is the perfect pump-up music.

Wake Up-Arcade Fire

A thick riff and a celestial choir of voices will make your feet seem to leave the ground. The song features some great rhythms that are perfect for a run.

Mina Loy-Billy Corgan

One of Corgan's most synth-driven tracks in the style of post-punk bands like New Order. The bass pulsates and the vocals crack like a whip.

Burnin' For You-Blue Oyster Cult

Containing some of the most fiery guitar wails this side of Hendrix, the jack-hammer chorus riff will be enough to drive you through the next set of weights.

You Spin Me Round-Dope

Guttural vocals, acid-worn distortion, and thundering electronic beats rock this cover of the Dead or Alive '80s classic.

Dumb-Garbage

Throbbing bass and industrial dynamics ripple under Shirley Manson's spiteful and sexy drawl. Hammers and throws like no other with a violently twisting rip of distortion during the bridge.

Holiday-Green Day

A blazing track styled in the protest rock of Dylan and Buffalo Springfield given a decidedly neo-punk twist. Billy Joe Armstrong once again turns out unrivaled catchiness and some tight hooks.

Somebody Told Me-The Killers

Love them or hate them, The Killers struck gold with this hipster dance rock track. The chorus shoots out of orbit like a titan rocket.

Kill the King-Megadeth