Top 20 Workout Songs Of The Summer

Staying motivated is half the battle when it comes to working out like a champion. If you don't have a gym buddy, a race or a competition to train for, or a trainer yelling "10 MORE SECONDS" in your beet-red, sweat-laden face, it's hard to push yourself to your limits. Unless, you plug in your earbuds with upbeat, uptempo music, research has shown.

Brunel University's Professor Costas Karageorghis, a respected authority of studies on fitness motivation, said: "in some instances we have seen performance benefits of up to 15%. As well as enhancing performance, music lowers the perception of effort. It dulls or masks some of the pain associated with training. We know from scanning the brain that when athletes are played loud upbeat music there is an increase in activity in the ascending reticular activating system." Basically, great music = a great workout.

Add some spark to your stride and strength to your sets with these upbeat tunes from the summer's hottest artists. These 20 songs add up to a workout playlist so good you'll hardly be able to wait to lace up your sneakers. Click the link to preview or download the song on iTunes.

1. Pitbull & G.R.L. – Wild, Wild Love – 120 BPM
2. John Legend – All of Me (Tiesto’s Birthday Treatment Remix Radio Edit) – 128 BPM
3. Avicii – Addicted to You (Albin Myers Remix) – 128 BPM
4. Imagine Dragons – On Top of the World – 100 BPM
5. Ariana Grande & Iggy Azalea – Problem – 103 BPM
6. Calvin Harris - Summer - 128 BPM
7. OneRepublic - Love Runs Out - 121 BPM
8. David Guetta & Skylar Grey - Shot Me Down - 129 BPM
9. Armin van Buuren & Trevor Guthrie - This is What It Feels Like - 130 BPM
10. Bastille - Pompeii (Kat Krazy Remix) - 129 BPM
11. Ellie Goulding - Burn (Magic Man Remix) - 87 BPM
12. Rihanna - What Now (Firebeatz Remix) - 128 BPM
13. John Newman - Love Me Again - 126 BPM
14. Lana Del Rey & Cedric Gervais - Summertime Sadness - 125 BPM
15. Calvin Harris & Florence Welch - Sweet Nothing (Tiesto Remix) - 128 BPM
16. Flo Rida & Sia – Wild Ones (Project 46 Remix) – 126 BPM
17. Madonna, Nicki Minaj & LMFAO - Give Me All Your Luvin' (Party Rock Remix) - 132 BPM
18. Nero - Promises (Skrillex & Nero Remix) - 142 BPM
19. 30 Seconds to Mars - Kings and Queens - 165 BPM
20. Alex Clare - Too Close - 126 BPM

What's a workout song you can't get enough of this summer? Share with us in a comment!