Suit Up and Walk: Good Greasy Music Mix

By Sophia

Dipping into my collection of favorite walking mixes, give you one of my all-time favorites--I've used it for years and have yet to tire of it. I call it Good Greasy Walk. Honestly, I don't know what that means. I don't know what I mean by "greasy" or why I consider these songs "greasy" but there it is. I just write this stuff, I'm not responsible for it.

In any case, this is paced for a brisk hour-long walk. So suit up, plug in, and take it outside.

There's Something Going On -- Frida

New Kid in Town -- The Eagles

Steady As She Goes -- The Raconteurs

More Than a Woman -= Bee Gees

Daniel -- Elton John

Shame -- Evelyn "Champagne" King

I've Got to use My Imagination -- Gladys Knight and the Pips

This Will Be -- Natalie Cole

I Wanna Get Next To You -- Rose Royce

Stuck In the Middle With You -- Stealers Wheel

Bang a Gong -- T Rex

Young Pilgrams -- The Shins

Smells Like Teen Spirit -- Nirvana

Carpetbaggers -- Jenny Lewis

Everybody's Talkin' -- Harry Nilsson

Beautiful -- Christina Aguilera

Suit Up and Walk: The Country Music Mix

Now for something a little different. Sure, I'm a huge fan of the workout DVD, especially since I live in Texas where it's roughly eight million degrees for seven months out of the year. But right now, we are (finally!) starting to feel that delicious fresh autumn air and it's time to get out, get out, get OUT of the house! So instead of working out in front of the TV, I'm plugging into my iPod and taking my workout to the streets.

I've been fitness walking for many years now. (I don't like the term "power walking." It sounds goofy to me.) I started making walking mixes way back when the only available technology for such things was cassette tape. One mix could take an entire weekend of taping and retaping to perfect. I'm glad those days are gone

So in celebration of autumn, I thought I'd toss out a few fun mixes of some of my favorite walking songs. I aim for songs of a pace you can walk along with, bookended with warm-up and cool down songs.

And because I'm That Kind Of Girl, I'm going to start with a country mix. Some cool country, some dorky country, a little classic country. It's all good. (Well, I like it anyway.) You can click through to buy the songs from Amazon if you are so inclined. More mixes to come.