With 2025 underway, many big goals and New Year's resolutions have been set, and many others have already been set aside.
The Baylor College of Medicine found that up to 88% of people abandon their resolutions in the first two weeks of January, often due to a lack of motivation. Traditionally, experts may recommend incremental goal setting, using a social support system or developing a daily routine to help stay motivated, but a 2023 study published in Neuropsychological Rehabilitation says that the dopamine rush that music often provides may be the key to staying motivated.
While this idea had not been researched scientifically until recently, film directors and composers have employed the musical method of motivation in training montages for decades, creating some of the most beloved scenes in all of cinema.
Whether you are striving for a personal bench press record or aiming to write a novel this year, this playlist will have you pumped and energized to hit your goals with iconic training montage music like "Eye of the Tiger" and "You’re the Best," as well as traditional victory songs like "We Are The Champions", for when the resolution is achieved.
"Eye of the Tiger" - Survivor
"You're the Best" - Joe Esposito
"I'll Make a Man Out of You- From "Mulan"/Soundtrack" - Donny Osmond, Chorus- Mulan, Disney
"False Pretense" - The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
"Phenomenal" - Eminem
"Hold On To The Vision- Org '85" - Frank Harris
"Go For It (feat. Tynetta Hare)" - MC Breeze, Joey B. Ellis, Tynetta Hare
"Let's Hear It for the Boy- From "Footloose" Original Soundtrack" - Deniece Williams
"Rock and Roll Ain't Noise Pollution" - AC/DC
"Higher and Higher/Wind" - Craig Wedren, Theodore Shapiro
"Gonna Fly Now" - Rocky Orchestra
"Sweet Emotion" - Aerosmith
"Lord Knows (feat. Tory Lanez)" - Meek Mill
"We Are The Champions" - Queen
"We Will Rock You" - Queen