Advice for Type 2 Newbies
Let David Mendosa calm your fears and guide you through the next steps.
I bought what sounded like the least offensive album in the 120 to 145 BPM categories. But even that album sounded too much like elevator music to me.
Still, I wanted more variety. I had hoped that iTunes would help me. It includes a way to select tunes on the basis of beats per minute. BPM is a choice when you make a smart playlist and set up a range of BPM with the commands for file and then to get info. But it sure doesn't work for me.
So I turned to the rock music that I enjoyed in my decadent middle years. It happens that my all-time favorite rock album is Van Morrison's "Astral Weeks." It's certainly not fast enough for a workout, but when I was reading about it at Wikipedia.org the other day, I noticed that Rolling Stone magazine listed "Astral Weeks" as No. 19 on the "500 Greatest Albums of All Time."
That gave me the idea of seeking out other top rock albums for my workouts. While my knowledge of rock is limited compared to what I know about classical and baroque music, I knew enough to look for albums by guys like Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel and check out the BPM by listening to snippets of them with iTunes before buying them. Yesterday I enjoyed my workout to selected cuts from both of these artists as well as one from The Band called "The Weight," which is No. 41 on the Rolling Stone magazine listing of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time," and something in which I have more than a passing interest.
Natural sounds will have to wait for the spring. While the beat of rock music can't compare with the beauty of birdsong, a bubbling brook, or the wind in the trees, it does make it easier for me to put up with working out indoors.
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