Get Amped With These Three Playlists From The Handle Bar

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Welcome to Fitness Week: five days of workout coverage, so that you can start your New Year's resolutions off right.

About six months ago, The Handle Bar welcomed cycling fanatics to Southie with its energetic, tangerine-laced studio and smiling instructors to match. Part of what keeps them coming back are seasonal theme events, including black light and ghoulish Halloween rides, which are always punctuated by killer playlists. We asked three of the studio's instructors—Lena Rakijian, Elise Petersen, and owner Jessica Bashelor—for their top five songs.

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