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This week’s challenge? Coming up with a themed indoor cycling routine and playlist about pets or animals.
Seriously.
There are at least four animal-themed holidays next week:
- April 8: National Zoo Lovers Day
- April 10: National Farm Animals Day & National Hug Your Dog Day
- April 11: National Pet Day
- April 12: Walk On Your Wild Side Day
Turns out there are so many great songs that reference pets and animals that this was TOO EASY! Enjoy!
- P.S. if you’re still feeling foolish, you may like my April Fool’s Day indoor cycling routine.
Reminder: I like to teach my cycling classes in a series of exercises that we do 2-4 times through. I pick a couple exercises to make up the series, and we stick to it throughout the class. That way, participants know what to expect, so they can go big when they’re supposed to and not hold back for fear of another interval around the corner.
The Series (60-minute Routine)
Here’s the series — do it four times through.
- Song 1: Climb. Start at moderate intensity. (Build in recovery time here, as needed.) Add resistance and/or increase speed to increase intensity, ending the song at a VERY hard intensity.
- Song 2: Jumps.
- Song 3: Breathless at chorus. Find a comfortable, moderate intensity throughout the song. At the chorus, find breathless intensity.
The National Pet Day Indoor Cycling Routine and Playlist
| Series Song / Workout | Song |
| Warm up | “Jungle Love,” The Time |
| Song 1: Climb | “Crocodile Rock,” Elton John |
| Song 2: Jumps | “Eye of the Tiger,” Survivor |
| Song 3: Breathless @ chorus | “Monkey Wrench,” Foo Fighters |
| Song 1: Climb | “Dog Days Are Over,” Florence + The Machine |
| Song 2: Jumps | “Brass Monkey,” Beastie Boys |
| Song 3: Breathless @ chorus | “Bullet With Butterfly Wings,” The Smashing Pumpkins |
| Song 1: Climb | “Wildflowers and Wild Horses,” Lainey Wilson |
| Song 2: Jumps | “Circus,” Britney Spears |
| Song 3: Breathless @ chorus | “Jungle Love,” Steve Miller Band |
| Song 1: Climb | “Jungle,” X Ambassadors, Jamie N Commons |
| Song 2: Jumps | “Who Let The Dogs Out,” Baha Men |
| Song 3: Breathless @ chorus | “Wild Ones,” Flo Rida, Sia |
| Cool Down | “Fly Like An Eagle,” Steve Miller Band |
Songs that didn’t make the cut, but might work for you:
- “Lions,” Skillet
- “Tiger,” ABBA
- “Snakes on a Plane (Bring It),” Cobra Starship
- “Jungle Boogie,” Kool & The Gang
- “Welcome To The Jungle,” Guns N’ Roses
- “Jungle,” Alok, The Chainsmokers, Mae Stephens
- “Wild Thing,” Tone-Loc
- “Save a Horse (Ride a Cowboy),” Big & Rich
- “Monkey Business,” Skid Row
- “Eagles Fly,” Sammy Hagar
- “Rat A Tat,” Fall Out Boy, Courtney Love (Explicit)
- Puppy Love,” Dolly Parton
Want to hear the songs? I’ve added all these songs to my Spotify playlist here.
Catch ya next week!
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