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Offline FigureSpins

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Moving to the Music...
« on: February 07, 2013, 10:05:41 PM »
I have a tiny iPod Nano that I use when working out.  These three songs on my playlist really  motivate me on the Elliptical:

Come out of the Shade -The Perishers
Rock Lobster -B52s
Hey Mr DJ - Backstreet Boys

On the ice, I usually warm up with:

Wonderful Day - O.A.R.
 Middle Of the Night - Sherwood
Call Me, Beep Me - Christina Milan

I also love "Everybody" by the Backstreet Boys. 


What tunes get you rockin' on &/or off the ice?


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Re: Moving to the Music...
« Reply #1 on: February 07, 2013, 10:21:23 PM »
Gangnam Style. Lol :)

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Re: Moving to the Music...
« Reply #2 on: February 13, 2013, 06:44:08 PM »
Gangnam Style. Lol :)



I was about to give the same answer, and then I saw yours.  :laugh: Yes, this song is really catchy. They played it at the rink the other day, and I did my moves to it. It was fun!

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Re: Moving to the Music...
« Reply #3 on: February 13, 2013, 06:56:29 PM »
I'm sure everyone has seen this, but it is too cute! 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_Z_y3y5yqDQ

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Re: Moving to the Music...
« Reply #4 on: May 06, 2013, 02:30:56 PM »
All those years I've been on the ice (basically grew up on it) I've never listened to my iPod...now I wanna start but my question is, don't the earplugs fall out when you jump? :-)
It doesn't matter how bad the day/week is as soon as I'm on the ice and hear the sound of my blades it's all good. Nothing else matters on the ice!

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Re: Moving to the Music...
« Reply #5 on: May 06, 2013, 03:35:25 PM »
I use cheap ($5) earbuds from Five Below and they stay in fine.  They come with three different size cushions, so you can get them to fit snugly.  I even use them without plugging them in - they make great sound deadeners for our blaring soundsystem.
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Re: Moving to the Music...
« Reply #6 on: May 06, 2013, 04:39:08 PM »
So using the normal apple ones probably wouldn't work?
It doesn't matter how bad the day/week is as soon as I'm on the ice and hear the sound of my blades it's all good. Nothing else matters on the ice!

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Re: Moving to the Music...
« Reply #7 on: May 06, 2013, 05:23:05 PM »
No, I tried them.  The Apple earphones just hang on your ears.  Earbuds have silicone bits that fit in tightly.

Tried it Sunday, in fact, when I couldn't find my earbuds.  Apple ones went flying when I spun or jumped.
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Re: Moving to the Music...
« Reply #8 on: May 07, 2013, 02:28:39 AM »
Thank you very much :-)
It doesn't matter how bad the day/week is as soon as I'm on the ice and hear the sound of my blades it's all good. Nothing else matters on the ice!

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Re: Moving to the Music...
« Reply #9 on: July 13, 2013, 08:03:51 PM »
I normally listen to an audiobook.  If I do listen to music, it's most often Queens of the Stone Age.
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Re: Moving to the Music...
« Reply #10 on: March 13, 2014, 12:48:06 AM »
Love this thread! I don't listen to music much but I'm thinking it would help keep me focused on practice / working out ... So I'd love to hear what's on your playlists now! :)


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Re: Moving to the Music...
« Reply #11 on: March 13, 2014, 07:21:56 PM »
I like to use a bluetooth headset where the bulk of the device rests around my neck and only the buds go in my ears.
I listen to 'clean' versions of Kanye, broadway showtunes, some samba. I'm a complicated girl.

I just use it for lap skating though. If I'm practicing anything more than my 8's, I like to be focused.
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Re: Moving to the Music...
« Reply #12 on: March 13, 2014, 11:14:33 PM »
Let It Go (from the movie Frozen) Demi Lovato version.... I really love skating to this for some reason
Brave by Sara Bareilles
Wake Me Up by Avicii
My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up) by Fall Out Boy
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Re: Moving to the Music...
« Reply #13 on: March 16, 2014, 02:54:58 PM »
I practice on public so usually just listen to the radio station while doing moves, etc.  If I'm doing laps I like to pick a Rock My Run station and go from there.  When I have a lesson and practice before the lesson during a freestyle session there has been a lot of Frozen played lately or other musicals.  I do stretching each day and so for that I've been checking out music from our library on my phone.  I tend to pick something and stay with it until it needs returned so for a while it was the Pitch Perfect soundtrack, then Katy Perry, next came Imagine Dragons and then I tried American Authors last week. 

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Re: Moving to the Music...
« Reply #14 on: March 18, 2014, 11:51:38 AM »
Girls you guys need to check out https://yurbuds.com they super stay in your ears I'm on my second pair and I LOVE THEM SO MUCH!!!!
Right now I'm skating to(these are the songs that make me move and feel confident) :
In Summer-from the Frozen soundtrack
Let it go- Idina Menzal
Sherlock's theme(one more miracle)-
Touch the sky-Brave sond track
Tale as old as time(instrumental)- Beauty and the beast
I see the lights(instrumental)-Tangled http://youtube.com/M8J38aC90zo
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Re: Moving to the Music...
« Reply #15 on: March 18, 2014, 04:30:24 PM »
fun music choices!  :) i've looked at yurbuds before, good to know they work for you!

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Re: Moving to the Music...
« Reply #16 on: March 21, 2014, 01:24:21 PM »
I use the JVC sport clip earphones. See attached photo. They sell for about $12 on Amazon.

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Re: Moving to the Music...
« Reply #17 on: March 21, 2014, 01:28:02 PM »
When I really need inspiration, I listen to this song:



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