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Music is food for the mind, body, and soul. According to a Harvard Medical School article, music positively affects your well-being, learning, cognitive function, quality of life, and even happiness. This is because music activates almost all of the brain. When listening to music you especially love, your motor system starts up. The parts of the brain that controls emotions are also activated and synchronized. Needless to say, the type of music you listen to can affect your performance during daily activities. Lo-fi beats are great for studying. Instrumental jazz is ideal for relaxing. Throwback hits are a non-negotiable for Saturday morning cleaning sessions.
Your workout playlist is no different. You need tunes that keep your energy, focus, and motivation high. The lyrics in secular songs can compromise this. Gospel music, however, has the power to put you in a good mood, have you consistently praising, and reminds you of his promises and faithfulness.
Luckily, there is no shortage of Christian artists that have songs to keep you lively and driven to move during your workout without undermining your emotions or spiritual well-being.
Here are our Gospel workout music picks to add to your warm up, workout, and cool down playlists.
Warm Up
Mary, Mary – God In Me
Hulvey – Underdog Freestyle
Swaizy – Swivel
Kirk Franklin – Love Theory
Jor’dan Armstrong – You
Elevation Worship ft. Brandon Lake, Chris Brown, Chandler Moore – Praise
Tim Godfrey ft. Fearless Community, Anderson – Big God
Koryn Hawthorne – Won’t He Do It remix
Branden Anderson – God Did It Again (Tell Somebody)
Aaron Cole – One More Day
Limoblaze ft Lecrae, Happi – Jireh (My Provider)
Jordan Feliz – The King Is Alive
Isabel Davis – Confidence
Tasha Cobbs – Happy
Fred Hammond – We’re Hammond
Deitrick Haddon – God Is Good
Todd Dulaney – Your Great Name
Todd Galberth ft. Travis Greene – Joy Is Coming
Maverick City Music x Kirk Franklin – Kingdom
Anthony Brown – Blessings On Blessings
Workout
indie tribe – ACT
Red Tips ft. Miles Minnick – OOUUHH!!
Steven Malcolm – Cardio
Torey D’Shaun ft. nobigdyl – Catfish
Andy Mineo ft Lecrae – Comin’ In Hot
Miles Minnick – Show Out
nobigdyl. – What A Day
Christopher Syncere, Chris Soul – Up!
Mike Teezy – Bible Going Viral
116 – Still 40 Deep
Limoblaze ft. Emandiong – Desire
Fred Hammond – This is the Day
Torey D’Shaun – This Aint That
Michelle Sylvester ft Denise Plummer – Safe On The Inside
Torey D’Shaun ft. nobigdyl – Scam Likely
Mary Mary – Shackles
Elevation Worship – Won’t Stop Now
Maverick City Music – I Thank God
Ablaze – Work It Out
Wande, Porsha Love – Don’t Worry ‘Bout It
Cool Down
Guvna B ft. Travis Greene – You Never Let Go
Andy Mineo – …Falling?
Wande – Been Up
Coop – Never Fold
Anita Wilson – Jesus Will
Jonathan McReynolds – Your World
Stevie Rizo – I’ll Praise
Forrest Frank ft. nobigdyl. – All the Time
Kirk Franklin, Willie Neal Johnson – Lookin’ Out For Me
Tori Kelly – Never Alone
Evvie McKinney – Just Like God
Madison Ryann Ward ft. Benji – Prodigal
Maurette Brown Clark – Since He Came
Fred Hammond ft. Radical for Christ – Give Me a Clean HEart
The Walls Group – And You Don’t Stop
Scottie Wop ft. Fred Hammond, Lecrae – No Weapon
Mr. Johnson – He Knows My Name
Forrest Frank – God Is Good
Alex Jean – Forever In Faith
Alia Lara – Matthew 6:33
