“Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, just like muscles of the body.” — Lynn Jennings, world champion runner

Happy New Year! If you’ve set yourself some health and fitness goals in 2012 getting the right support and advice will be essential. Maybe you’ll join a fitness class, take up a sport or enlist the help of a fitness professional or coach. Whatever route you choose there are bound to be times when your resolve starts to weaken, when there are set backs or challenges or you simply lose sight of your goals. At times like this music can have a wonderful effect on motivation and lifting your spirit. I’ve collected 20 songs for women with a kick ass attitude! Some are well known, some less so, some new, some old. There’s pumping music here you can train to and slower songs to help support a positive frame of mind. Make up a playlist of your favourites and listen, sing along, dance and train to them often. There’s a message in all of them for feisty females everywhere – enjoy!

A new day has come – Celine Dion
Better get to livin – Dolly Parton
Bootylicious – Destiny’s Child
Don’t stop me now – Queen
Fighter – Christina Aguilera
Firework – Katy Perry
Get the party started – Dame Shirley Bassey
Here come the girls – Sugababes
I don’t need a man – Pussycat dolls
I hope you dance – Lee Ann Womack
Independent Women – Destiny’s Child
Man! I feel like a woman – Shania Twain
Man in the mirror – Michael Jackson
Proud – M People
Respect – Aretha Franklin
Stronger – Erick Morillo, Eddie Thoneick and Shawnee Taylor
Stronger – Kanye West
Simply the best – Tina Turner
Sisters are Doin’ it for themselves – Aretha Franklin and Annie Lennox
Unwritten – Natasha Bedingfield

Please feel free to leave your comments and add your own suggestions!

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