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If you love working out in silence, give me a "Heck, yeah!!"

** Crickets **
Yeah, that's what I thought. I don't know anyone who prefers working out without any audio entertainment whatsoever. Most people find that listening to music (or even to a podcast or a "book on tape") somehow just passes the time faster, and makes their workout more enjoyable.

Personally, I love cranking up the jams on my iPod while I workout at the gym - using the tempo of each song to push myself harder on the elliptical or to slow it down a bit during a slow interval. Some of my favorite songs to workout to are:

• Check On It - Beyonce


• Womanizer - Britney Spears


• I Can Transform Ya - Chris Brown, Lil' Wayne


• Tambourine - Eve


• Valerie - Mark Ronson, Amy Winehouse


• Hot Tottie - Usher, Jay-Z


• Blow - Ke$ha


• Show Me Love - Robin S.


• Lay It On Me - Kelly Rowland, Big Sean

That's just to name a few!

Because I'm so fond of working out with music, one of my favorite Expert Blogs to follow here on Diet.com is that of Chris Lawhorn, a DJ and music blogger from RunHundred.com.

Every month he blogs the top workout songs that you should check out, based on votes cast at RunHundred.com. He even breaks down the beats-per-minute of each song, which is a huge help when it comes to deciding which songs should make it onto your playlist. The faster-paced songs will help you push yourself even harder during your cardio!

If you didn't catch October's list of Top Workout Songs, check it out here:

Top 10 Workout Songs for October 2012

Here are the last few months as well, to help you stock up your mp3 player:

Top 10 Workouts Songs for September 2012
Top 10 Workouts Songs for August 2012
Top 10 Workouts Songs for July 2012

Check out all of Chris Lawhorn's blogs here:
Run Hundred: Workout Music & Running Songs


I'd really love to hear what your favorite workout songs are, so please share them below!