I'm really going to feel this tomorrow!

I've been trying to workout a little bit each week. I don't have lofty goals that I can't reach but whenever I feel the urge to walk on the treadmill or lift weights, I make sure I do it.

Today, a few guys at work talked me into going with them to play street hockey this afternoon. I had taken that class in college but I'm 10+ years out of college now and I've pretty much passively divorced myself from strenuous activity since then. In the spirit of trying to be healthy, I decided to join them.

I won't write about my entire experience but I will say that I probably should have started with something a little more basic such as remedial shuffleboard.

Afterwards, one of the guys asked me, "Are you feeling your age?"

I said, "No. I'm feeling the effects of my laziness, lack of discipline, and love of food."

Sweating to the iPod

I bought an iPod using money I received for Christmas. I went through my music library and tagged certain songs as workout songs for the occasional stroll on the treadmill or the less occasional trip to the campus weightroom. Then, I created a smart playlist that will take randomly take 15 songs of those songs that haven't been played in the last 7 days. I walked for a short while on our treadmill this morning and here's the auditory fuel that was keeping me going.

• Bad Case of Loving You (remake by Giant and my man, Dann Huff)
  Great song to get it started.
  
• The Warrior (Patty Smyth and Scandal)
  A little too pop-ish but was effective. Blast from the past!
  
• The Final Countdown (Europe)
  I felt like I was in a movie like Rocky or Karate Kid training for my next battle. Gotta love vintage 80's power synth.
  
• Walk On (U2)
  I'm going to remove the workout tag. It just didn't do it for me. I wasn't necessarily encouraged to "walk on." Sorry, Bono. You'll be happy to know that Vertigo is on my list.
  
• Pain (Grammatrain)
  Didn't have enough energy throughout the whole song. Removing the tag. Also, Pain wasn't a very good motivation to keep at it. My feet started to hurt... seriously.

Any other suggestions? I think I marked around 80-90 songs but I'm interested to hear if you have any recommendations.