The Simian Mobile Disco work out
Simian Mobile Disco have been asked by Nike+ to create a track perfect for training to.
To celebrate its launch today, Nike invited me down to a gym in Soho to train to the track.
Despite regularly getting an aerobic heart-rate and sweating while listening to Simian Mobile Disco in clubs, festivals tents and warehouses this would be the first time I'd do it in a gym.
The 30minute track has been produced at varying tempos so at to warm you up, build up 'the burn' then warm you down again.
Having not visited a gym in about eight years I was a little nervous but after being kitted out in Nike trainers and gym gear all that was missing was a Nike branded inhaler.
Thankfully for my unfit body I didn't have to do a full 30minute work out. After a warm up session with the gyms resident trainer/drill sergeant I was put on a treadmill and given the 5 minute edit to listen to.
It's a great track, not just acoustically but the fact that it was built with a purpose. The five minutes went quick and maybe it was the endorphins, but I felt I could have gone on a lot longer.
You can download the full 30 minute track today.
We've also squeezed a sneaky edit of it on to the next Mixmag covermount CD mixed by Riton. Look out for that on the November issue of Mixmag, out October 23.
- Nick Stevenson's blog
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