Here are eight cooldown tracks you might want to consider adding to the end of your next class playlist:
Read MoreNew Music RoundUp: April 2019
April brings torrential showers of titillating pop hits with a strong chance of Puerto Rican music sensations. Our new music remixes this month run the gamut, with music from relative newcomer Billie Eilish to comeback kids the Jonas Brothers. We’ve taken the newest radio hits and transformed them into high-energy fitness anthems, whether your taste leans country, pop, or reggaeton. Check out this small sample of April’s Power Music remixes:
Read MoreBy the 1970s, the fitness fad that started in the ’60s had gained momentum and become a full-on craze. People were running in the streets, pumping iron on the beach, and disco dancing in the clubs. Luckily, the soundtrack of the decade kept pace with the movement, thanks to mind-boggling hits from Queen, groovy tunes from the Jackson 5, and catchy dance songs by ABBA.
We’ve taken thousands of those hits from the ’70s and remixed them into energized, high-BPM bangers suitable for your next group fitness class. Here are a few of our favorite ’70s songs for your next fitness class, sure to provide an amplified dose of nostalgia.
Read MoreThe industry’s top Group Fitness Instructors agree that songs with tempos between 120-140 BPM are ideal for fitness motivation. That’s the pace we typically associate with popular dance music, and it’s also the rate of the average person’s heartbeat during routine exercise.
With that in mind, we rounded up our top remixes that clock in at 130 BPM. These tracks will provide more than enough oomph to keep you motivated throughout any fitness class. Check them out to see if you find your new fitness anthem!
Read MoreCue the air horns—we’ve just dropped another round of beats. This new batch of fitness remixes features a heavy dose of underdog empowerment, with just a dash of psycho and a generous garnish of bass drops. Freshen up your next class by adding a few of these remixes to your playlist!
Read MoreMusic is everything in a group fitness class. From the members to the instructors, we all know just how critical the right playlist is to shaping the experience by invoking a mood and amplifying the intensity of a class. However, when it comes to overall motivation, beats per minute (BPM) is king.
Read MoreWhen the beat is on point, the body can’t help but move. Combined with a series of well-choreographed movements, the right beat will have your students finding themselves not just in a fitness class, but in an experience they can’t get enough of. Finding that sweet spot where tempo—or beats per minute (BPM)—and the flow of the class meet, however, is where the skill of the fitness professional comes into play.
Read MoreThe 9 Best Remixes of 2018
Are you sitting down? Of course not! Because the hottest remixes played by Power Music Now fans in 2018 are here, and if you’ve been feeling the beat with us all year, none of these will come as a surprise.
In 2018, it was all about new artists such as Cardi B, Camila Cabello, and Zedd joining forces with powerhouse veterans such as Justin Timberlake, Adam Levine, and Bruno Mars. All of these artists cooked up mixes that put their turntables and synthesizers to the test to create music with everything from tropical rhythms to songs with youthful, reckless abandon—all for our benefit, of course!
Read MoreAs you know, music can make or break your class and the right music app can save you time and make the job of pulling together a great playlist easy and fun. The best APPs provide easy downloading, playlist creation, gapless playback, tempo adjustment, timers, and more.
Every fitness instructor has an opinion about which music apps deliver and which don't, but you should have the knowledge to make up your own mind.
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