How to Create an Exercise Music Playlist

Last Updated: August 10, 2021

Have you ever noticed just how expensive it can be to purchase music with a specified BPM (Beats per Minute) to exercise to? If you have an MP3 player, you can easily organize your music by its tempo for easy use as exercise music.

Steps

1
Explore your MP3 player's help menu to find how to enter the BPM value. This will usually be a number between 60 and 180. In iTunes, you'll find it under "Get Info" for a song. Other MP3 software will likely vary.
2
Find the BPM of your favorite songs.
3
Enter the BPM data into your MP3 software.
4
View your MP3 library of music.
5
Sort the music by tempo. In an iTunes Music Library, this is easily done by double clicking on the column header for BPM.
6
Separate the music into tempos in ranges of 10 BPM. For example, 120-130 BPM, 131-140 BPM, 141-150 BPM, etc. This will keep your exercise tempo even and avoid sudden speeding up or slowing down as you exercise.
7
Save each tempo grouping into its own play list.
8
Load the new exercise playlists onto your MP3 player and head out for your exercise, knowing that you'll be able to keep a steady rhythm as you jog, walk, cycle, etc.

Community Q&A

Question

How can I get music on my phone?

Community Answer

A good way to get music onto your phone without using your credit card is to buy a voucher. For iPhone it is an iTunes voucher. For Android it is a Google Play voucher.
Question

How do I put my cd in the I pad so I can listen to it?

Community Answer

Insert it and download it to your PC. Then plug in your iPad to the computer and import it.
Question

How can I string the songs together in my exercise playlist so that there are no gaps or silence between songs?

Community Answer

Check your Spotify settings; there's an option to blend the end of one song into the start of the next.