he looks so damn gay.

dc67021

Working out? What the sh*t?
Real men have beer bellies!

No, but seriously... the only exercise I do is swimming 2 times a week.
And I'm kinda interested in testing an mp3 player that works underwater... now, if only I can find a big, famous gadget blog to send me one for free...

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

You know what I hate listening to? Those stupid "You've won a Walmart Gift Card" ads that Gizmodo has started letting slip onto the site.

burninator

I don't when I am swimming.
I do when I am walking.
I don't when I avoid (run from) the local color coordinated youths in my neighborhood.

DeadWriter

I listen to music while working out for sure.

And by working out, I mean walking to work.

And by walking to work, I mean walking to and from the subway.

And by walking to and from the subway I mean stopping for coffee and a donut during each leg.

And by leg, I mean the distance from the escalator to the curb.

And by donut I mean a gigantic glazed bow-tie.

And by music I mean podcasts.

And by podcasts I mean the imaginary conversations I have with famous people in my head.

92BuickLeSabre

nothing is more relaxing then listing to the mp3 player with the best electronic music when you are cycling

TBM-Fan

I put iPod w/ Armband, but it's really an iPod Shuffle. Perfect for the gym or jogging, IMO.

Leonard Nimrod

MP3 player (not ipod) + arm band FTW... except my armband is getting too tight and it's uncomfortable sometimes, so I'm going to have to figure out something else.

Ike_Skelton

@AltonPanoptes:

I like to listen to Metallica when I am running, and I pretend that the band is chasing me with chainsaws and axes for stealing their music.

Really though, Metallica has to be one of the worst bands ever.

justinpe

@nutbastard: And that is why Steve Wozniak is SO FREAKIN' RIPPED!!

OMG! Ponies!

@xint: I second that.
I rather take yoga classes, or bellydance classes. The second one comes with music.

RE-L

ok, does Segwaying count as exercise?

you hafta bend your knees a bit sometimes....

nutbastard

A rigorous daily hand-shandy to the soundtrack of Emmanuelle keeps me in perfect physical shape!

nincompoop

i cant go to the gym without my ipod

rudez90

@Kaiser-Machead on the Edge & @LankySean: Or "Rock You Like A Hurricane?"

WildWon

I very ever rarely use an mp3 player(device)in the first place other than the one installed to my car, and using winamp so workouts wouldn't be any different for me.

lilaliendog

*IF* i would go exercise, and *IF* my mp3 player wouldn't have a busted screen, i'd so use my Zune for it. But... busted screen = unable to navigate. And... i'm lazy.

WildWon

@LankySean: But just imagine. Instead of all of the sappy smushy pillow talk, you can just get to business listening to "Eye of the Tiger".

Kaiser-Machead on the Edge

Exercise is how I escape the hustle and bustle so I don't like to fill my brain with noise. I like to let me mind drift and take in the surroundings.

Singlespeed

i use my zune

davesousa

iPhone+ headphones with the clicker track change thing+ bike riding= perfection

Riding bike long distances (Third Eye Blind, and almost anything alternative)

Walking down to someones house (pop ish hip hope such as The Dream, Ne-Yo)

Adisah

The only exercise i get is while me and my girlfriend are naked together... and I don't think me having earphones on would help the mood much.

LankySean

Metallica for weight training is fucking awsome.

AltonPanoptes

I listen to various alternative at home when I use the weights, but I don't listen to music when I bike, unless it's with the trainer, which I only use on bad-weather days.

Kaiser-Machead on the Edge

What is this "working out" you speak of?

xint

while I enjoy nothing more than watchng an Ipod get a good sweatbath, and am glad OTHER people take iPods to the gym for that reason, I stick to my Sandisks. I retired an older 1gb m230 to become my gym mp3 player. I don't care if it gets beat up, it holds enough music to run a marathon or two, and it's light as hell.

I've used an Ipod shuffle - I like the little clippy thing, but i'll be damned if I have to use iTumes for ANYTHING...crap-ass annoying software.

ecypher

The most recent shuffle = best workout mp3 player EVER.

I just clip it to the sleeve of my shirt. The battery lasts forever, and it's so light sometimes I forget it's on me.

Dancing Milkcarton

Absolutely. Craptastic pop music for the treadmill and Metallica for the weights.

OMG! Ponies!

I use a 1st gen shuffle in a waterproof case or my Sansa clip. I mostly listen to podcasts when I walk. I use the sansa when I want to listen to FM radio, or to play some "Podrunner" set BPM programs. I wear them on my arm as it's easier to adjust, especially in the winter.

Git Em SteveDave is starlost

Where's the option for "I have an iPod and a membership to a gym that I pay on time every month but I never actually go to the gym because I'm too goddamn busy/lazy/out of shape"

I used my iphone with an armband and some in ear headphones until I realized that I hated it.
I have a shuffle all loaded up with workout music for when I go back to the gym...
Tomorrow.

Phenostar

Hey, if the voices in your head aren't entertainment and motivation enough what can one of these mp3 thingys do?

HeyBeav

BTW, this picture made me laugh hysterically, then puke! nice collar!

Some_F-in-ShiT_Ass

I use a Shuffle when I do my daily laps at the YMCA. My fiance uses her Shuffle or Touch, depending on whether or not I put more video content on the Touch, when she uses the elliptical machines.

howie_in_az

Zune, Armband.

Doesn't get in the way of lifting as Ipranal suggests. I have had maybe one excercise where it did get in the way, but I don't do that anymore (can't even think of it).

Routines I do: Bench, Incline Bench, Tricep pushdown, flys, dips, pullups/lat pulldown, row, military press, curls, reverse curls, forearm curls, squats, leg extension, leg curls, crunch (sheesh, stop bragging). Maybe an oddball excersice thrown in, but it stays put just fine and doesn't get hit by cables or weights.

Now, running/jumping does cause a problem. Band twists/slides a little bit and needs re-adjusting, which would be an issue if I ran or jumped.

fumunda

Why do I have to vote like 12 times for it to register :(

rudeadly

@Phenostar:

Ditto!!!

OR I have an iPhone with music, and a gym membership I pay monthly on, and an armband I never use to go with it......but I stay home after work and play COD4 instead? And then try to justify it by saying it keeps "my reflexes fit"

eitherway, funny...

Some_F-in-ShiT_Ass

Mindless Self Indulgence and other angry hyper metal all workout long. iPod, no armband. Pockets suffice.

Krustoff

Oh, and the best music for working out is 80s electronic, I'm all about Pet Shop Boys and Erasure. And I really have to resist singing along sometimes... You may catch me doing it once in a while. But I do find that particular music will pick me up when I've got no energy left, and I can alternate pace with the changing songs to make it more interesting.

disco2000

Zune 80 on a Belkin armband. I usually listen to This week in tech or set it to random.

mercutio879

@justinpe:

Beat me to it, My first thought was that the guy lifting weights to Metallica is exactly the reason most people avoid the gym.

But Zubaz and my IROC Camaro are still awesome right?

Secret Agent Man

Listening to music is my workout.

Rabid Penguin

I love the nike+ ipod thing, so I have a nano dedicated specifically to working out, and the armband thing for it. But I'm a girl, and our workout clothes often have no pockets, so I need it.

I actually really feel motivated to run with the nike+ thing, I set goals for myself and like to be told how many calories I burn. I don't use it with nike shoes though, since my feet require ugly motion control running shoes, but I use a little pocket clip on top of my shoe for the sensor and it works great.

That being said, I'm totally lazy and haven't run in a month, and prior to that it had been a few months. Thanks giz for making me confess to how out of shape I am, I think you guilted me into a run today.

disco2000

@OMG! Ponies!: A person after my own heart! I'm a fan of shitty pop/techno for cardio and metal for weights too.

I have a black 8GB 3rd gen nano that I wear on my arm in a Belkin Sport Armband. That earbud cord storage thing is great for cutting down on that annoying rattle some earbuds get when the cords flap around. I'm not a fan of the iPod earbuds, so I replaced them with a pair of Sennheiser CX300s. The iPod earbuds don't fit in my ears very well.

Juliekins

Ipod just seems to get in the way with weights. Armband + iPhone works great for biking / rollerblading on the trail. Headphones are a no-go for mountain biking, although sometimes I do crank up the built-in speaker on my iphone and put it in my camelbak. Works surprisingly well.

lpranal

I use my 8gb red zune when I ride my bike or sometimes run.

Sam_Zebian

iPod shuffle (the clip one).

When that dies, probably a Sansa clip or whatever the new small clip-on models are at the time.

berribrand

@Bokusatsu_Tenshi: Well then, you will have to tell engadget.
;)

Simpsons-Movie-ruled

I use Jamiroquai, Coheed & Cambria, Danger Radio, and others to pump me up when working. I used to use the bluetooth adaptor for my working out, but have gone back to headphones. What I find interesting in itself is the fact that 16% of polled participants find exercise not worth their time. A better question would be to ask how many people who are tech savvy actually exercise at least once a week.

"How do you kill that which has no life?"

mykalt45

Wur-kin-aout?

Simpsons-Movie-ruled

i think that ipods are over rated and over priced
if you like them that's fine for you
my requirements were drag'n'drop and display (as i hate making playlists), and inexpensive.
i got what i wanted for total $50 with 4g and stereo BT to boot

tegronin

@Phenostar:

Yup, I bought a refurbed Shuffle months ago for a big price break (before the full-price Shuffles had their price cut). I had been using my two-year old Nano, but it was too much of a hassle putting it into an armband then taking it out again for daily use. So, I much prefer my Shuffle as my designated Workout playlist iPod.

EricLA2NYC

@Mr.SithNinja: Stay out of the blu ray article if you get songs stuck easily.

Phenostar

Ipod, what the heck is that? (being sarcastic). Personally I hate ipods. :)

amgra

@Kaiser-Machead on the Edge: Thanks man. Now I am going to have that song in my head all day. That is one of those songs that just won't go away untill it is damn good and ready.

Mr.SithNinja

I don't have TV at home, so I zone out to King of the Hill and the Simpsons. It feel s a little decadent while I'm working hard... Makes it a treat.

NotAppealing

Zune, armband. Never had a problem lifting weights with it, and I lift a lot.

theoldwolf

I use my Motorokr E6 phone and I keep it in my pocket.

Kiamat

I used to listen to my iPod while I biked on the paths, but I like it a lot more now that I don't. At the gym it's on with Iced Earth or Dream Theater playing. At home it's the house's sound system.

@mykalt45: Jamiroquai is better for when you are entertaining the ladies.
@justinpe: Too bad they died in that plane crash after recording Master of Puppets. They could have been a good band.

Human Bomb Committed Solaricide

iPod. Pocket

alter

I Watch portions of movies or podcast videos of Tutorials also...sorry for the "Thread" of posts, I keep having different thoughts appear at random intervals in my mind.

Some_F-in-ShiT_Ass

mortplayer on WM phone jammed in my undies.1

My low-rent gym plays the same 10 gay-anthem dance tunes over and over.2

1-Down the back if I don't want anyone to bother me.
2-"Not that there's anything wrong with that."

txpunk

iPhone + treadmill = ftw

illutionz

I'm surprised so many members of a tech blog use the gym at all. I've never been to one in my life, you'd have to pay me. Since I'm not overweight and I do just fine playing any sports I get forced into, I'm really wondering why so many of you seem to consider it so necessary. I have a few ideas.

Cultivar

1st Gen iPod Shuffle on a clip on my shorts. I use some Sony in-ear buds so they aren't falling out and run the cable under my shirt.

I don't really have any certain type of music on it, pretty much a little bit of everything (even miles davis, yea!) Usually on the treadmill I try to listen to something in 2/2 time to help set a good rhythm or a fast 4/4. On the the weights I listen to whatever mood I am in, anything from Massive Attack to Pantera.

Sometimes I really rely on the music to drive me and sometimes I'm just in an elevator. I think the main idea is isolation.

While were here... my one pet peeve is people who have their frickin' cell phones with them on the floor. Can anyone tell me why you can't be away from your blanket for 1 hour while you exercise?

Duc

I go the full on corporate route: nike + ipod nano and a special nike + armband. Yeah, it's dicky but it holds real good. True story: my first nike armband delaminated (probably due to the combination of high-intensity sweat and over-sized biceps) and I tried to take it back to the giant corporate retail sports outlet, which refused to return it without a receipt even though I was a sucker and bought it using their privacy-infringing special shopper card, which I thought meant they tracked my purchases 'cause this is like the future with computers and stuff. In a fit of righteous consumer rage I went in and "replaced" it myself.

Normally I distrust large corporate entities, but I really appreciate the self-service aspect that the de-humanization provides me.

mildretard

I walk around with my 1983 Panasonic boom box that takes 10 D batteries still. Yea it's little cumbersome but when I'm playing Def Leopard "High and Dry" with my big over the ear Radio Shack headphones, I'm the center of attention. *shudders*

BiZarRroBALlmeR

What about:

"No! And I don't go to the gym either, it's for sissies. I go run up-and-down the mountain in my backyard, swim in the subzero river and lift weights at home made of gallon milk jugs filled with mercury."

That'd be closer to my answer. Yeah, closer (just go running at the park, that gym thing is expensive.)

andyo

I use one of these....

[blog.wired.com]

:p)

Maracas9

@davesousa: What's a Zune?

njknight

My gym has a headphone jack hookup on each elliptical, bike, and treadmill with your own individual screen that hooks into your MP3 player (I own an iPod, so that's all I know that works) that'll let you watch whatever the heck you want off your player on a larger screen in front of you, with volume controls on the machine too. They also have basic cable hooked up there too. It's amazing how fast a workout goes when watching Flight of the Conchords...

NightElfMohawk

nothing for weights and iPhone with TV shows for the bike/stairmaster.

McLucky

I bought a broken screen Sansa E260 from ebay to replace the cracked faceplate on my E250.
It now has become my gym player, like a 4gb shuffle. It took a lot of fiddling and a reflash in the beginning to get it to go playing music, without being able to see the menus (for some reason it's really easy to go into radio mode), and sometimes it loses the setting somehow and I have to push keys at random until I get back to the mp3s, but generaly it works well enough.
And of course, it cost me only ten dollars so I don't care if it gets beaten up.

helldiver

Sansa Clip, clipped. Or the Sansa Shaker with external speaker.

klew

I actually tried using my nano in the gym today. I think I've made up my mind that Interpol and working out don't mix. Plus, the wire gets in the way and I get really nervous on the leg press with my nano half dangling out of my pocket.

RP747

@tegronin: maybe true but remember this also harddrive market isn't so big as the flash market
there are other harddrive based mp3/pmp players but the time that i checked all the others ipod v4 60GB was cheaper

TBM-Fan

Zune 30gb w/out an armband. My gym has several flat panels in the cardio area that broadcast audio on various FM frequencies, so I can either listen to my music or tune into one of those.

I mainly use mine on cardio days when I can stick it on the treadmill or elliptical. Jostling around a hard drive based player on my arm makes me a bit nervous. Especially b/c I bought the Zune as a manufacturer refurb.

neekap

I use and ipod branded product (1st Gen) Shuffle. I bought it for 10 bucks and it just plays podcast that I subscribe to so I can listen to when I workout. It is the best. It's light flash based and since I don't need lots of tracks it just works. Great setup.

v2h5a81

I probably should invest in an armband for ma 120gb Ipod :)

Once i had my 30gb Zune at the gym and was jogging...so i smack the headphone chord by accident and my Zune is slingshoted straight to the floor...screens is cracked. :*(
But we all just loooove to learn the hard way dont we?

o0adam0o

wouldn't mind wireless headphones cause it always gets snagged by my arm or the weights...which makes a gap in my workout; which gives me a reason not to complete the set; which means I can skip the hardest reps...
Dang...do I need to PostSecret that???

namabiru

Lifting weights is the closest I get to meditating. For that I prefer not to be distracted by recognizable music or TV. I don't mind a little 70s or techno babbling in the bg, but I otherwise keep my mind on the excercises.

for riding my bike on the streets I need to be attentive to traffic, so listening to music on the bike is out of the question.
It's also hard to do on the street- listening to music on the street requires massive volume so not only do I not enjoy the music, I would ruin my hearing in the process. No thanks, all the way around.

AdmNaismith

All the time with my iPhone. Everywhere I look I see iPods. I have yet to see a Zune. If someone is using it, their hiding it. Probably don't want to be laughed at. LOL

Ken_Darrow

Rio Karma FTW!

microe

I love my Sansa Clip at the gym. I had a 30GB iPod video with armband and it was just too bulky to use at the gym. I was so close to buying an iPod Shuffle when I saw a sale on the Sandisk Sansa Clip at Newegg and bought that instead. I LOVE it! It was $20 cheaper than a Shuffle and has more features. 2GB is plenty of music for the gym, and with the Sansa I can select what album or playlist I want. Plus I can tune it to the FM frequency the TVs in the gym are on and listen to them. I've now convinced three friends to buy the same model for the gym and nobody has any regrets.

linoleumknife

is "working out" code for something else?

if so, then i have "Hentai Anime Volume 2" for gameboy advance.

se.blackheart

@AdmNaismith:

So why own an mp3 player then? You must not like music all too much.

Some_F-in-ShiT_Ass

@OMG! Ponies!:

AND... looks like Tattoo from Fantasy Island!!!

Some_F-in-ShiT_Ass

Is that Val Kilmer??? LMAO looks like him younger. LOL

Some_F-in-ShiT_Ass

zune 30gb with nothing but metal music :) Killswitch, the Bled, ETID, you get the point. You'd be surprised how many more reps you can do when someone is screaming in your ear

wolfenstein-3d

ANDREW W.K.

stevo

Blackberry Curve and Moto S9 stereo BT headphones. Though I may have to rethink the BB in favor of something smaller. Or get an armband and look like the rest of the tools.1

1. Not that there's anything wrong with that.2

2. Is this the new disclaimer to avoid getting disemvoweled?

Bueller

I use an old Creative Zen Touch 20gb. After owning two Nano's (1,2G), I picked one up for $50 refurbished -- it's funny cause I had one before I bought a Nano.

It wouldn't work for anything beside biking, but I like the capacity (battery and hdd).

The Monarch

Wow, I honestly expected to be in the minority of people who use iPods but not armbands.

I could/should get one, but just haven't gotten around to it yet. Though most of the time I end up just putting it away after realizing how much holding the iPod messes with my workout, and I actually do much better at that point.

rcast1986

other=i don't work out in the gym, i train outdoors for triathlon AND i don't listen to music. when i used to train in the gym though, the kind of music on the gym speakers definitely affected me. i would go and ask them to change it to a rock or rap station if it was all poppy and annoying. How you going to benchpress to britney spears?!

norfizzle

@LankySean:
Dude, you and your girlfriend need to put your clothes back on when you work out. What sort of gym do you go to anyway?!?!?!

ALT

Creative Zen Vision: M be blastin' some Dio or Iron Maiden into my ears as I get huge, then decided if I want to go to Mendy's or not.

The "Gym's" music choice is terrible.

mergedwarrior

@OMG! Ponies!: Ha! I think you stole my iPod. Company-paid Equinox membership FTW!

N@tedog

iPhone on an armband, with lots of jungle and drum n' bass and generally electronicy sounding things when I run, so that I can pretend I am the Bionic Man, except everybody looks at me weird when I start air-playing the keyboard part to "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger." If I turn up the volume loud enough, I can almost drown out the sound of my own wheezing and hacking and cursing, too. Afterwards, I even log onto Gyminee's iPhone client to log progress. And thanks to your sister site Lifehacker, I have my membership card loaded on my phone too. Yeah, I know, geeky gym guy... but at least I don't have a bitchin' Camaro and rock out to Master of Puppets.

kerowhack

i use a Samsung P2. the bluetooth headphones really come in handy on the treadmill and free weights(no cord in the way). i also like that i have my phone connected to the cardo headphones so i dont have to get either thing out of my backpack(ride a motorcycle there)

ArrogantAce

thats why im half deaf now...uhm but i dont work out.
go figure :)

Amiash Day Two

@ArrogantAce: Same here, for the same reasons. The P2 is perfect for working out, although I'm more of a rower than a lifter.

Hvedhrungr

i definitely use my ipod for working out, especially when i'm just jogging around the neighborhood. hearing some of my favorite up beat music really gets me pumped and motivated to keep up with the beat.

that is, when i actually go jogging.

it's really an annual event haha

mariathephan

At the gym: I'll use my iPod when I'm on the treadmill. Never used it while weight training though.
At home: I'll put the iPod in my iHome and listen.

d3bruts1d

I listen metal on the gym, but I don't have an iPod. I use my W300...On my poket.

SewerShark

I'm a runner and find it difficult sometimes to keep going without the ipod. I was on a 10 mile run this past weekend when my shuffle died at mile 2. it was rought to keep going for an hour with no tunes but an ipod still strapped to my head.

Its supposed to be unsafe to wear an ipod while running outside, but meh. You can keep up a faster pace when you don't hear yourself breathe.

kwicherbichin

I listen to various elitist liberal radio podcasts or audio books while running. Music is too easy for me to ignore, but Ira Glass or Robert Krulwich? They're interesting enough that I focus on them rather than the pain.

Music when I'm at work, though.

ppiddy

I've been using a Samsung Yepp on either on a lanyard or in a pocket for 5 years. Its small, light, and its taken a beating and come back for more.

ZakuPhantom

I have an ipod but i work out by biking or swimming.
both of which i've deemed unsafe with the addition of an ipod.

Enema

i have it all, nano, armband, in-ears, nike+. its works great and keeps my motivation up until i realize that i look like a turd

jamesnaj1023

I actually cannot workout if I don't have an mp3 player.
and ever since I got the iphone it has been a bless, I can be texting, making calls and listen to my mp3 at the same time.

I also sing out loud, I bet it bothers people near me lol

xsecretfiles3

I use my Verizon VX8550 (Chocolate 2) with my Jaybird http://www.jaybirdgear.com/ bluetooth head set. It's great you, don't have wires to get tangled in and and you can use an armband, put the phone in your pocket or even just let it chill under the bench while you work out.

ZanCandisay

@Cultivar: See when happens when you get "forced into" a triathlon.

xoxojustin

For long, slow efforts indoors on treadmills or stationary bikes I really need the music to keep me from going nuts. Sometimes I even watch a movie on my iPhone. But when training outdoors I never use my iPod anymore. The scenery is enough to keep my mind occupied and I really don't want to get hit by a car.

So far I haven't been using an MP3 player on my swims, but I have considered it. Does anyone have any opinions on waterproof MP3 players or even waterproof iPod cases that are suitable for swimming?

xoxojustin

I use my iPod Nano when I run, but not when I lift weights. In fact, I think that lifting weights with headphones on is downright dangerous, especially if there are other meatheads around who love to drop (read: throw) weights after their last grunt. If you don't hear that last "AAAARRRRGH", it could mean a broken foot at my gym. Of course, running on a street with headphones is probably more dangerous, but honestly I'd rather be hit by a car than have to deal with the roided out, phonebook-tearing morons at my gym.

Of course, this is all hypothetical since I don't think I've been to my gym since around last March. Ugh.

bigern79

i don't work out. the most exercise i get is from typing and playing ps3. probably explains why i'm so fat and lazy.

kaikai34

Right now I rely on Dexter: Season 2. Each episode is about an hour long so it's perfect for the elyptical. I downloaded the episodes to my iPhone.

Blackti3

Sansa or Zune (what can I say, it was cheap on WOOT)

Munch the BanNail

I use a Rio Cali 128 MB with a 2 GB SSD card in it. Love it. Paid $50 for it 5 or 6 years ago.

fuglyducky

i haven't jumped on the ipod bandwagon bc my bb curve has been more than up to the task - especially when i started creating playlists. i use earbuds at the gym, but use the speakers when i cycle outside since it's not technically legal to ride with headphones.

it's fun for me to listen to my own choice of music at the gym -- but it's a plus to not have to listen to the grunting and panting of the gym rats around me. :p

helsers

@norfizzle: Well aren't you hot shit.

njknight

I use a Zune 30 in a Belkin acrylic case and Maximo headphones. I know that my setup is a little big but that acrylic case really protects my Zune from my clutzyness. Plus I figure you there to work out so I guess I can handle a huge mp3 player as well, heh. I can also watch movies & podcasts while I am doing cardio because the tv's at my gym suck.

maven2k

I use my Sony Ericsson Walkman phone while I lift.

Put it in my pocket, run the wire under my shirt, and let Disturbed urge me to reach my goals.

Iamtehawesome

@WildWon: Nine Inch Nails "Closer"

Oh yeah,I use a Sansa MP3 when I run on the treadmill, and dock it when I lift weights.

FiveLiters