Her Active Life iMix: Vol. 5 (grrl music)

Posted May 7, 2008 at 03:00 PM by Martinique Haller

Section: Her Fitness, Athletics, Her Motivation, Music, Special Features,

Her Active Life is back with another creative and juicy mix. This is Volume 5 and it gets pretty racy. But is that what energizes you? Leave us a comment and let us know!

I love running to the fierce rhythms and lyrics of these tough women, and this mix is perfect.  The mix starts off powerfully to set the pace for a good run, and then slows down (just a little!) to let you catch your breath.  When Patti Smith starts in on “Gloria,” I know that I’m about to really step it up.  The song gets fast and intense and I want to put down a foot on each letter of G-L-O-R-I-A, which is an all out sprint.  The lyrics in these songs really motivate me from MIA’s Heavy weight wrestler/ Fight me in your comforter/ Let you be superior/ I’m filthy with the fury ya in “Bucky Done Gone” to The Donna’s Go on and take it off/ Take it off!/ You gotta shake it off baby, for me/ C’mon and break me off/ Break me off!!/ Cause I get what I want and I like what I see in “Take it off” to Gwen Stefani’s pop anthem - Both of us want to be the winner, but there can only be one/ So I’m gonna fight, gonna give it my all/ Gonna make you fall, gonna sock it to you/ That’s right I’m the last one standing, another one bites the dust. When you want to feel fierce and strong, leave it the ladies to motivate you.