Presto Pete's Program for Increasing Workout Speeds

Last week, I talked about an idea that I came up with for a way to improve workout speeds. If you missed the post, here is a link to it:

https://lisabondphotography.wordpress.com/2015/10/02/free-personal-training-with-presto-pete/

I promised that I would come back this week and give you a list of songs from my iPod library that matched the Presto tempo of 192 BPM (beats per minute) or higher.  Here is that list:

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There were more songs that could have been added, but I knew I had more than enough to get me through a typical run, so I stopped with 49.

Now in the event you are thinking, "Well, that's really nice Lisa, thanks for thinking of us, but I personally don't like any of those bands, so how can this possibly help me?", I am prepared.  Here are 3 videos demonstrating 192, 200 and 208 BPM.  And to tie back to my post from last week, I am using "Fell In Love with a Girl" by The White Stripes so you can see how to best put your songs through the metronome rhythm test.​

​Alternatively, but not nearly as interestingly, you can use an online metronome. Yes it is true, not only is there an online metronome, there are multiple online metronomes.  Here's one example:

​https://www.metronomeonline.com/

​ If that wasn't the icing on the cake, it turns out that somebody figured this out long ago and I am a day late and a dollar short to inventing the first training program specifically structured around metronome speeds.

#GOODGRIEF @CharlieBrown

Never one to give up more than momentarily in the face of defeat, I decide to carry on.

Here is a video of a song that is almost a perfect match to 192 BPM.  The song is "Super Bon Bon" by Soul Coughing.  Have a listen:

Come back next week when I show you the workout charts using my old Playlist versus my new "Presto Pete" playlist.

I hope you are or were enjoying this experiment and as always, thanks for stopping by!