First of all, I'd like to thank everyone who helped me with my How To Swim a 100m Breaststroke thread. I read your tips and started applying them.
My big meet is near and thoughts are already running through my head.
I figured I'm going to spend (hopefully) about one minute and twenty seconds in the water, so enough time to play a good pump up song in my head.
What I wanted to know is:
Do you play a song in your heads when you swim? on race day?
What is\are your favorite song(s)?
Let's dance!
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Kids by MGMT was my pump up song senior year of high school.
I haven't listened to Pantera in quite a while. Gonna have to dig out the CDs again. I actually met their singer Phil Anselmo in the Dallas airport on my way to NAIA Nationals in San Antonio in 1996. Got him to sign one of my CDs as well! :)
That's awesome. Always liked Phil even though they had the big falling out. They had some real groundbreaking stuff for the early 90's. Still my fav band.
RIP Dime :chug:
I don't think there's anything better than a blistering punk song for 50's and 100's
my go-to's
Rancid - Motorcycle Ride, Saint Mary, Let's Go, She's Automatic
RIP Dime :chug:
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Thanks guys.
Here are some songs I thought of.
I hope they'll help someone else swim faster too.
Rock&Indie:
‪3 Doors Down - Kryptonite‬ - YouTube (3 Doors Down - Kryptonite)
‪3 Doors Down - It's Not My Time‬ - YouTube (3 Doors Down - Not My Time)
‪Guns N' Roses - Paradise City‬ - YouTube (Guns'N'Roses - Paradise City)
‪Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby‬ - YouTube (The Kaiser Chiefs - Ruby)
‪Matchbox Twenty - How Far We've Come ‬ - YouTube (Matchbox Twenty - How Far We've Come)
*Especially for 1500m swimmers nearing the end of the race
Punk Rock:
‪The Offspring - The Kids Aren't Alright‬ - YouTube (The Offspring - The Kids Aren't Alright)
‪The Offspring - All I Want‬ - YouTube (The Offspring - All I want)
Elctro:
‪Linkin Park - Faint‬ - YouTube (Linkin Park - Faint)
Dance:
‪Kanye West - Stronger‬ - YouTube (Kanye West - Stronger)
Rap and R&b:
‪Fort Minor- Remember the name (w/ lyrics)‬ - YouTube (Fort Minor - Remember The Name)
‪Eminem - Sing For The Moment‬ - YouTube (Eminem - Sing For The Moment)
‪Fabolous - My Time ft. Jeremih‬ - YouTube (Fabolous - My Time)
*Not the best of songs, but I love the Idea of screaming It's My Time! in my head before I swim and the beat is pretty similar to my BR rythem
‪Roy Jones - Can't be touched‬ - YouTube (Roy Jones - Can't Be Touched)
I hope you found your pump up song or at least got a better idea of what you're looking for. This way or another, don't forget:
OUR PERSONAL RECORDS ARE SET BY OUR OWN SELVES!
Good luck!
Manowar - Number 1 ‪Manowar - Number 1‬ - YouTube
That's my favorite to tune myself though before start I prefer silence playing distance in my mind. When I swim it's like an eclipse in my head - I see no one, hear nothing (actually when I watch video later people are yelling and whistling) - I heard nothing! Only the end of the lane at the end of the tunnel is the only thing I see.
I realize it's probably too much for 90% of the people here...
Pantera - regular people
That song always gets me pumped up :applaud:
Nice one, but I still prefer "‪Walk - Pantera‬ - YouTube" :)
