Building a walking playlist today and need recs. Podcasts, music, anything that keeps you moving.
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What's the longest episode you've found? I burn through them fast on my Lexington loop and keep hitting the end before i'm home
90s dance stuff is what gets my feet moving, but true crime would have me walking slower trying to hear every detail
Anything with a fast beat and no talking, I end up syncing my pace to it without thinking. What length are you aiming for, a quick loop or a full hour?
I lean on drum-heavy stuff too, anything with a hard beat keeps my feet moving without me thinking about it. Audiobook thrillers are what I switch to when the music stops working.
Tucson summer heat kills the afternoon walk for me so I do mine at like 5am, and honestly a downloaded podcast beats music then since I'm not awake enough to skip tracks
What episode length are you aiming for? I tried a 90 minute one and ended up walking way past my usual loop just to finish it
What BPM range are you aiming for? My walk tempo changed a lot once the dose went up so my old playlist feels too slow now
Audiobooks only on walks is exactly what got me out the door this week. What are you listening to right now
I do the same album trick but with a specific playlist, and it only comes out once I'm past the halfway mark. Gives me something to walk toward instead of just walking.
Does the walking playlist actually get you out the door on days you'd rather skip, or is it the audiobook cliffhanger thing that does the real work for you
Anything with a steady 120ish bpm keeps me from drifting into a stroll. Curious if you build the playlist around one tempo or mix it up
What worked for me was saving a playlist I only hear on walks, so the songs themselves start to feel like a cue to get out the door. Curiosity got me wondering what tempo you end up landing on.
I can only do audiobooks if they are gripping enough to make me forget I am walking, otherwise I start checking the step count every two minutes.
I'm in the same boat with the podcast trick, though mine is a history series I only allow myself on the treadmill. What tempo do you usually walk to? I keep landing around 120 bpm and it feels too slow for hills
I do the same rationing thing with a history podcast, only allowed to play it once I'm out the door. What length of loop are you building the playlist for?
idk, what got me was saving a true crime pod I only half like, so I walk longer just to finish the episode and prove myself right about the suspect
what got me out the door this week was a two-part podcast episode I refused to finish at home. Left it mid-cliffhanger so I had to walk to hear the rest
Podcasts only for walks backfired on me, I'd finish an episode mid loop and stop early.
do you find the true crime stuff gets you walking faster when it hits a tense bit?