MORE INFO ON WORKING OUT TO THE BEAT
Wondering how
do we pick the tunes?
To be honest, we don't
own all of the tunes posted
in our Tunes List. So
we don't necessarily listen
to an entire song before
posting it. Instead we
play the 30-second samples
in iTunes and count the
BPM with iTunes-BPM
Inspector from Blacktree,
Inc. We'll miss the occasional
song that has a prolonged,
major tempo change during
or at the end of the song.
We apologize for this
and hope that you will
alert us by emailing us
at comments at jogtunes.com.
You can put the
BPM rating of
a song in a BPM column
in the iTunes program
on your computer. This
makes it easier to organize
the songs in your playlist
into a personal running
sequence. Just right click
(control click on Macs)
in the header of any playlist.
Click on BPM and a new
column will appear. You
can click and drag the
BPM title to move the
column. You can
click and drag the songs
up and down to
put them in the order
you desire. If the program
doesn't let you change
the order, try clicking
on the first column with
the numbers, then
try moving the songs.
While you're running
to a JogTune, you're essentially
locked into a pace for
the duration of the tune.
If you want to change
your pulse rate,
you can increase or decrease
your stride length.
Also, you'll find that
you can maintain your
maximum pulse, no matter
what the tempo is, by
adjusting your stride
length. A pulse monitor
is obviously essential
to do this effectively.
If you use a
treadmill,
you can maintain your
desired heartrate by changing the machine
speed and/or elevation
settings (if available) while
keeping the JogTune beat.
Running to tunes in
the 80-90 BPM
range requires
that you double your pace.
For example: if you're
running to Hands Up
by Black Eyed Peas (BPM=87),
you'd run at twice the
BPM or 174 BPM. Of course
you can walk at the 80-90
BPM range during warm-ups
and cool-downs. Most hip-hop
songs are in this range.
That's why they're great
songs to run to.
Some
tunes in JogTunes will
start with a slow
introduction.
The runner may find
this annoying. We at
JogTunes.com believe
that this is a small
price to pay for the
fun of working out to
music at your own speed.
There just aren't enough
perfect "runnable"
tunes out there without
slow intros.
Occasionally
the definitive
beat is hard to hear
during portions of some
tunes. This artistic
variation can be a challenge
for runners, but can
also be fun. You can
try to maintain the
right pace and hope
to be in time when the stronger
beat resumes.
Jazz music
is probably the most difficult
to run to as the beat
is more subtle. Jazz lovers,
who find that they can
easily tap their feet
to the beat, will have
no problem with jazz tunes.
Others may have to listen
carefully for the beat
or go to another genre.
To determine
your personal workout
pace, please
click here.
