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[Training BGM] Toward Your Dream Body: Western Songs to Listen to During Strength Workouts

What kind of background music do you listen to when you work out?

Most people probably listen to their favorite songs, but there are times when it just doesn’t feel quite right, aren’t there?

And you don’t have time to keep searching for tracks either… In those moments, try choosing your BGM to match the tempo of your training!

Look for songs that fit the pace at which you’re training.

We’ve researched and carefully selected tracks that are generally popular as workout BGM!

[Training BGM] Toward Your Dream Body… Western songs to listen to during workouts (91–100)

Counting StarsOneRepublic

OneRepublic – Counting Stars
Counting StarsOneRepublic

This is a work released in June 2013 by OneRepublic, a pop-rock band from the United States.

It expresses the emotions of modern people swayed by materialism and anxiety about the future through an impressive folk-pop sound.

Included on the 2013 album “Native,” it became a major hit, reaching No.

2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No.

1 in the UK.

Used in the end credits of the film “Earth to Echo” and in the TV drama “Rookie Blue,” this song offers courage and hope in the face of adversity.

It also makes a great background track for school sports days, encouraging a spirit of challenge.

Revolving doorTate McRae

Tate McRae – Revolving door (Official Video)
Revolving doorTate McRae

An ambitious work packed with the charms of Canadian pop singer Tate McRae.

Riding on an energetic beat that skillfully incorporates dancehall elements, it captures the fluctuations of complex emotions in a romantic relationship.

With sharp insight, it portrays the kind of relationship that feels like a bad habit—you try to cut things off, but end up going back.

Released in February 2025 as a track on the album “So Close to What,” it was followed the next day by the music video, a richly expressive visual piece that draws on her experience as a dancer.

It’s a perfect song for training or workouts, or when you just want a change of pace.

New Day50cent feat. Dr. Dre, Alicia Keys

50 Cent – New Day (Lyric Video) ft. Dr. Dre, Alicia Keys
New Day50cent feat. Dr. Dre, Alicia Keys

Opening with Alicia Keys’s soaring vocals and shifting into hardcore rap, this is a high-energy track.

The lyrics speak of a new day coming, which aligns with the idea of training to become a new self.

Despite its hardcore edge, the song is also melodious, making it a comfortable yet uplifting track that steadily raises your energy.

RuinCat Power

Cat Power – Ruin (Official Audio)
RuinCat Power

A track by the American musician Cat Power.

It features a piano-driven melody and is included on the 2012 album Sun.

The album was a hit worldwide and reached No.

2 on the U.S.

charts.

We Right HereDMX

This is a quintessential upbeat, uplifting hip-hop track that gets you pumped.

DMX’s gravelly, thug-tinged delivery is popular even among hardcore-trained fighters and bodybuilders.

It’s a song that lets you feel the inner strength of Black culture bursting from within.