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<p>Gym bunnies assemble! If you&#8217;re anything like us, you&#8217;ll have made the (slightly clichéd) New Year&#8217;s resolution to hit the gym more this year &#8211; and naturally that calls for a fresh new playlist to spur you on. If your own tunes aren&#8217;t doing it at the mo, fear not: we quizzed the Muddy team on the tracks that get us fired up, locked in and breaking a sweat (the good kind). Whether you’re stretching, strutting, kicking or lifting, these are songs that make you feel like the baddest of them all. Summer bod pending? Oh yes it is. </p>



<div class="wp-block-muddy-blocks-giftguide gift"><div class="gift-img"><img decoding="async" class="card__image" src="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Rhianna.jpg" alt="Rhianna album cover" /></div><div class="gift-text"><div class="gift-price"><h2 class="giftguide-title">Where Have You Been – Rihanna</h2><div class="giftguide-body"><p>An anthem that makes sweating feel glamorous and convinces you you’re the main character &#8211; even when you’re red-faced, breathless and losing a battle with a resistance band.</p><p><em>Grace Nicholls, Marketing &amp; Social Media Executive</em></p></div></div></div></div>



<div class="wp-block-muddy-blocks-giftguide gift"><div class="gift-img"><img decoding="async" class="card__image" src="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Ariana-Grande.jpg" alt="Ariana Grande album cover" /></div><div class="gift-text"><div class="gift-price"><h2 class="giftguide-title">Break Free – Ariana Grande</h2><div class="giftguide-body"><p>You know that moment mid-workout when you want to give up and rethink all your life choices? This Ari pop bop always helps get me over the hump.</p><p><em>Claire Hool, Staff Writer</em></p></div></div></div></div>



<div class="wp-block-muddy-blocks-giftguide gift"><div class="gift-img"><img decoding="async" class="card__image" src="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Charli-XCX-1.jpg" alt="Charli XCX album cover" /></div><div class="gift-text"><div class="gift-price"><h2 class="giftguide-title">Von Dutch – Charlie XCX</h2><div class="giftguide-body"><p>It&#8217;s Charlie XCX on repeat for my gym workouts &#8211; this track somehow switches my brain off and makes me sweat at least 50% more!</p><p><em>Sophie Tweedale, Glos/Worcs Editor</em></p></div></div></div></div>



<div class="wp-block-muddy-blocks-giftguide gift"><div class="gift-img"><img decoding="async" class="card__image" src="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Eminem.jpg" alt="Eminem album cover" /></div><div class="gift-text"><div class="gift-price"><h2 class="giftguide-title">Lose Yourself – Eminem</h2><div class="giftguide-body"><p>Never fails to get me in the zone on treadmill days – the perfect BPM for losing yourself to the run.</p><p><em>Cathy Struthers, Editor Notts /Derbyshire</em></p></div></div></div></div>



<div class="wp-block-muddy-blocks-giftguide gift"><div class="gift-img"><img decoding="async" class="card__image" src="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/HOOLIGANG-–-Joey-Valence-Brae.jpg" alt="HOOLIGANG – Joey Valence &amp; Brae" /></div><div class="gift-text"><div class="gift-price"><h2 class="giftguide-title">HOOLIGANG – Joey Valence &amp; Brae</h2><div class="giftguide-body"><p>Try not to bob your head &#8211; I dare you. The nostaglic nod to &#8217;90s hip hop always get me in the mood to get very sweaty.</p><p><em>Ellie Ball, Berkshire Editor</em></p></div></div></div></div>



<div class="wp-block-muddy-blocks-giftguide gift"><div class="gift-img"><img decoding="async" class="card__image" src="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Feel-the-Love-Rudimental.jpg" alt="Feel the Love Rudimental" /></div><div class="gift-text"><div class="gift-price"><h2 class="giftguide-title">Feel the Love – Rudimental feat. John Newman</h2><div class="giftguide-body"><p>The beat is unmatched as a gym anthem, and it just keeps coming. Perfect for spin classes or anything excruciatingly upbeat &#8211; it may be 14 years old but I still love it just as much as I did back then.</p><p><em>Mollie Davies, Wales Editor</em></p></div></div></div></div>



<div class="wp-block-muddy-blocks-giftguide gift"><div class="gift-img"><img decoding="async" class="card__image" src="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Ru-Paul.jpg" alt="Ru paul" /></div><div class="gift-text"><div class="gift-price"><h2 class="giftguide-title">Jealous Of My Boogie – Ru Paul</h2><div class="giftguide-body"><p>It’s joyful, effortless confidence — relaxed, glowing, and entirely unbothered. The bouncy beat turns cardio into a playful strut that feels fun, smug, and just a little bit iconic.</p><p><em>Miranda Luke, Content &amp; Social Media Manager</em></p></div></div></div></div>



<div class="wp-block-muddy-blocks-giftguide gift"><div class="gift-img"><img decoding="async" class="card__image" src="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Layo-and-Buckwacka.jpg" alt="Love Story (vs Finally) – Layo and Bushwacka" /></div><div class="gift-text"><div class="gift-price"><h2 class="giftguide-title">Love Story (vs Finally) – Layo and Bushwacka</h2><div class="giftguide-body"><p>One of my all time favourite songs &#8211; a relentless, no-frills house groove that locks you into a steady pulse and lets your body go on autopilot while the beat does all the pushing.</p><p><em>Holly Treacy-West, Editor Suffolk &amp; Cambs</em></p></div></div></div></div>



<div class="wp-block-muddy-blocks-giftguide gift"><div class="gift-img"><img decoding="async" class="card__image" src="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/50-cent.jpg" alt="50 Cent album cover" /></div><div class="gift-text"><div class="gift-price"><h2 class="giftguide-title">If I Can&#8217;t – 50 Cent</h2><div class="giftguide-body"><p>No one ever believes me when I say Fiddy is my go-to gym soundtrack &#8211; maybe I don&#8217;t look the type. But this track always gets me to the end of the session: the cadence is bang on and, well, the lyrics say it all.</p><p><em>Emma Galvin, Editor Northants, Leics &amp; Rutland</em></p></div></div></div></div>



<div class="wp-block-muddy-blocks-giftguide gift"><div class="gift-img"><img decoding="async" class="card__image" src="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Doecchi.jpg" alt="Doechii front cover" /></div><div class="gift-text"><div class="gift-price"><h2 class="giftguide-title">NISSAN ALTIMA – Doechii</h2><div class="giftguide-body"><p>This is claiming your space and owning it &#8211; and what better way to strut into the gym than with a full-on braggadocious soundtrack? Only Doechii delivers that effortlessly cool, dry, razor-sharp energy that makes you feel completely untouchable. I&#8217;m already daydreaming about summer, and this track is my vow to my future self: thanks for <em>actually</em> putting in the work on that summer bod. </p><p><em>Jazzy Tyagi, Editorial Assistant</em></p></div></div></div></div>



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