Best Workout Music

Everyone knows it's easier to get fit to Foo Fighters than Adele.

But it's trickier to pick a playlist with no deadweight. Will Bonnie Tyler prevent a total eclipse of your heart rate? Does Eminem push you across the eighth mile?

Pandora's new intelligent workout stations know not only the songs and artists you like but the attributes behind those tunes — which it uses predict the perfect next track.

It starts with pre-programmed stations built around workout types — "Hard Rock Strength Training," "80s Cardio" and “Yoga Workout” to name a few.

Then Pandora’s cyber brain learns from the plays on your smartphone or web-connected device, factors in your thumbs-ups and thumbs-downs and uses the attributes of your selections to spit out gem after gem. (And it won’t tell anyone you’re predisposed to Huey Lewis & The News.)

The result is a stunning sonic serendipity that summons endorphins you thought burned up like Amy Winehouse … too soon?

Pandora; Free (with occasional ads); Ad-free for $36/year