I’ve been using my “walking” playlist, described in a previous post, for a couple of weeks now. While on the Velocity Diet, my cardio has basically consisted of NEPA walks (Non-Exercise Physical Activity) so I’ve kept my pace in the neighborhood of 3 mph on the treadmill (with an incline between 3.5 and 4.5). My original playlist had my pace start around 3, escalate up to about 4, then decrease back to 3. I’ve cycled that back a little and pretty much kept it at three for the duration of the walk (30 minutes). As a result, my playlist has changed a bit. I’ve found a few new songs to throw in and learned a couple things about Tangerine. The new songs are:
I Grieve by Peter Gabriel. I’m a big fan of Peter Gabriel and I randomly shuffled across this song. It turns out it’s the perfect cadence for me at 3 on the treadmill. Plus, it’s 7:25 minutes long and it’s a good song so it worked out great. Family Snapshot has a very similar BPM but it’s not nearly as good for walking, in my opinion.
Love can damage your Health by Telepopmusik. Ever since finding “Breathe” from a TV commercial, I’ve liked Telepopmusik. This song turns out to be another perfect tempo song for walking. But, you need to be at least a little bit into electronic music. I find it’s pretty good music for walking. It typically has a very obvious baseline, which helps with establishing a rhythm.
Eggshells by Landon Pigg. Another TV commercial find (Diamonds are forever commercial, song is Coffee Shop). I ended up buying his album and like it a lot.
Life in the Fastlane by the Eagles. Don’t need to say much there, Eagles rock.
As far as Tangerine goes, I’ve discovered the BPM calculator isn’t super accurate. It’s pretty good most of the time, but when I set my iPod on shuffle, I find songs that fit really well with my walking cadence. When I go back and check iTunes later, I find the BPM has been set by Tangerine to some odd number. The manual BPM calculator seems to work well for making it more accurate but it’s a little annoying to find this out after I bought the software.Oh well, it’s a work in progress. Finding songs while walking along makes the time go by a little faster.
