These three tunes are the best when it comes to workout beats. A huge part of going to the gym for me is the fact I can completely zone out to the point where my only purpose is to move the weight around for the next set. The cardio equipment could be set ablaze and I’d still have the focus and concentration to finish the reps of my set before sprinting the heck outta there. This type of mental focus trains your brain and releases any tension you had before. When you need that focused intensity in the gym these musical gems are ready to help you explode. They are gym tested and have never failed to get me fired up.

#1 – Giving In By Adema

This video is perfect. I know I would not want to look like former Mr. Olympia Ronnie Coleman but I can definitely feed off his dedication, intensity, and relentlessness in the weight room. Giving In is the all around perfect workout song. I have done entire workouts with this guy by just hitting the back button on my shuffle eleven times. Best Used For Any Type of Intense Lifting.

Update: Those Corporate Fat Cats made Youtube take down the Ron Coleman Video. Here is the music video instead – Still Excellent.

#2 – Just Like You Imagined by Nine Inch Nails.

I found this song in the trailer for 300 and was wondering where it had been all my life. It starts at the 51 second mark. On the actual track when it hits 2:26 it is 45 seconds of incredible intensity. You completely lose yourself in the music. Your brain flips to a much more instinctual and animalistic setting. Best used for Rowing Invervals like a Madman or Intense Deadlifting.

#3 – Love Dump by Static – X

I don’t listen to this song too often in the gym. When I do use it for heavy squats they always end up being the most intense sets I’ve ever done. This video doesn’t do it as much justice as when it’s pumping through your ears. Put it on your iPod for your next leg training day. Best Used for Breathing Squats. Very NSFW…

What’s a breathing squat? You take a weight that you are only able to squat ten times but you eventually end up squatting it twenty times. The trick is you can take a few breathes between reps while you’re standing with the weight on your back for the 11-20 repetitions. Once you finish ten reps take two or three breathes, squat for number 11, take two or three breathes, squat for number 12, and continue all the way to twenty. You can take as many or as few breathes as you need. Sometimes I find I need four or five breathes while other times I get euphoric and pump out the last two or three reps in a row. If I’m feeling really sadistic I’ll even go up to 21. The most intense lift you can do in the gym. It nukes just about everything. Several people swear by it for putting mass on your physique. More intensity techniques coming this week.

Check out more tunes for training with Numbers Four, Five, and Six & The Final Four Best Workout Songs Of All Time.

Are there any great songs I missed in the playlists? What are your top 3 fitness songs for training on all cylinders?