Workouts look different for everyone these days, especially moms. Whether you’re back to hitting the gym, fast-strolling through your neighborhood, or dancing around the kitchen with your new babe, one thing that’ll help motivate you to move your body is a stellar playlist. Here are 25 songs to power your workout playlist. Who knows, one of these catchy tunes might just become your new sweat-sesh anthem!
To Get You Moving
Like laying out your workout clothes the night before, just creating a fitness playlist can make it easier to stick to a workout routine. So here's a list of songs that'll nudge you to lace those sneakers and spark your heart rate.
"Motivation” by Normani
"Believer" by Imagine Dragons
"Electric Bodega Trap Remix" by Beyoncé
"Pressure (Alesso Remix)" by Nadia Ali, Starkillers and Alex Kenji
"Feel That Fire" by Dierks Bentley
"Break Free" by Ariana Grande
"A Thousand Miles" by Vanessa Carlton
"You Know You Like It" by DJ Snake AlunaGeorge
To Keep You Dancing
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As a busy, hardworking mom or mom-to-be, it's extra tough to find time in the day for a full workout. So instead, try squeezing in a dance session you can do anywhere at any time. These tunes will keep you grooving and your endorphins flowing. Sometimes all you need to do is shake it out!
"Don't Stop the Music" by Rihanna
"Boom Boom Pow" by the Black Eyed Peas
"Leave the Door Open" by Bruno Mars
"Maniac" by Carpenter Brut & Yann Ligner
“Good As Hell” by Lizzo
"All I Want to Do" by Sugarland
"Still Cool" by Beka
"Can't Stop the Feeling" by Justin Timberlake
To Push Your Limits
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Fitness pros know that just the right song can push anyone through an intense workout. So add these go-to anthems that'll motivate you to keep going when you're dead-tired and ready to quit.
On the heals of her maternity denim line Good Mama, Khloe Kardashian is releasing a collection of premium activewear for mothers-to-be. And if you’re pregnant, you need to check it out ASAP!
Created by Kardashian and co-founder Emma Grede, Good American’s newest line Maternity Performance pairs comfort with style. Gone are the days of having to stuff your preggo self into your pre-baby workout-wear. Just because something has stretch in it doesn’t mean it’s designed for the pregnant body.
Now you don’t need to worry about foregoing fashion as your shape changes. Maternity Performance is all about using technology to create the type of activewear you need. Using an innovative four-way stretch design, this line is seamless, smooth and less restrictive—which is exactly what you need right now.
Whether you’re newly pregnant or almost at the finish line, Maternity Performance has something for you. The line includes four workout essentials (a nursing bra, leggings, bike shorts and tank tops) in size zero XS through 4XL.
So where can you find Kardashian’s newest Good American effort? Maternity Performance is currently available at the brand’s Mall of America pop-up store or online at GoodAmerican.com with price-points between $65 and $89.
Ready to lose the baby weight, but don’t have a gym membership or much time away from your little one? We hear you! Ease yourself back into the game and get moving at home with free online workout videos. We searched YouTube to find the best free fitness videos you can do with your baby in tow. Whether your newborn is just lying on a mat beside you, or if you’re holding your older baby close in a carrier, there’s a youtube workout for every mama trying to get back into shape. If you’ve got your clearance to workout from your doctor, try one of these workouts.
Baby & Me Yoga with Molly Sims
This professional-quality video was produced by Tom’s of Maine and Los Angeles’ Zooga Yoga and stars Molly Sims to keep you motivated. The 15-minute postnatal yoga session combines stretches and toning exercises. While most of the workout has your baby laying on your mat, the final few minutes features a few moves that your little one will love – being held, kissed and lifted up and down.
Cross Train With Your Baby
New mom, blogger and Youtube fitness trainer Sarah Fit, filmed this quick cross training routine with her baby. She’ll show you how to use your baby as a weight (it’s not as unloving as it sounds!). The video is only about 5 minutes long, but don’t worry, it’ll take you longer than that to complete the calorie-blasting workout. Sarah takes you through four exercise and includes the number of reps and sets you should do along with smart tips on technique and new mommy issues.
20-Minute Baby Wearing Workout
JessicaSmithTV takes on a mommy and me workout by having her postnatal client wear her baby in a carrier for the session. The low-impact cardio routine, will get your heart rate up and keeps you moving so you don’t have time to get bored. The carrier keeps your hands free, while your baby gets to enjoy the movement as you squat, march, do leg lifts, squat and more.
Squats, Lunges & Baby, Oh My!
Shayna Frasco Rose, a certified trainer and mama, created this quick full body workout incorporating your baby. Be sure that your little one can hold his head up on his own before trying it. In just 5 minutes you’ll complete lunges, squats, biceps curls and abs. The heavier your baby is, the harder the workout will be.
Mommy & Me Full Body Toner
Fitness trainer BekahFit, who offers more videos on her website for a monthly fee, shows you nine mom plus baby moves in this 6.5 minute video. While BekahFit talks you through each exercise, you’ll see her sister and niece demonstrating. You’ll do everything from mountain climbers to squats with an overhead (baby) press.
Weighting Game
If you have a set of free weights, or have a gym in your apartment building that you can take your baby to without getting dirty looks from other gym goers, this routine from Sterling Jackson is for you. You’ll wear your baby in a front carrier, so your hands are free to do biceps curls, triceps dips and more. At the end, you’ll take Baby out and place him on a mat so you can interact with him during a few core exercises. Note: if you weren’t into fitness pre-baby, this mommy and me workout will be too advanced.
Entertain Baby With a Cardio Blast
Watch this 2-minute video to learn a sequence of 6 baby weight-burning exercises along with recommended reps and sets. Don’t let the new mom’s near perfect bod deter you. You’ll start with burpees and with squats with lateral raises. You won’t hold your baby or get her in on the action of this workout, but the video does show you how to do these moves while your baby is watching, and hopefully entertained by your sweat session. Good luck!
Head to Toe Mama & Baby Session
Fitness pro Phyl London will instruct you through a 15-minute total body, mommy and baby workout. You’ll start with a few core exercises, work on push ups (which Baby will enjoy as you kiss her little head!), add the weight of baby to some sets of squats and lunges and more.
Do you have a favorite Youtube workout? Share it in the comments below.