For many people, there is no getting through a session at the gym without music. It motivates and encourages. While the iPod seems to have taken over as the mp3 player of choice among the majority of people, there are many other music players out there that have similar (and more) features, and that are cheaper. This list has 7 mp3 players that have at least 2 Gig of memory and cost less than $100.

SanDisk Sansa Clip 2 GB MP3 Player
$39.99 at Amazon.com
What makes this hot: Excellent sound quality, built in clip, sync music with drag & drop, and like the other Sansa players on this list, there is a FM Tuner and voice recording - but no video playback or expansion slot. The larger 4 Gig version costs $58.99 at Amazon.com - both are good deals.

SanDisk Sansa e260 4 GB MP3 Player
$66.33 at Amazon.com
What makes this hot: A big, bright 1.8-inch color TFT LCD screen, compatible with MP3, WMA, and WMA-DRM10 music files (PlaysForSure technology), FM tuner, voice recorder, video playback and to top it off - there is a microSD slot for expanding memory capacity. What more could you ask for?!

Sony 2 GB Walkman Video MP3 Player
$69.99 at Amazon.com
What makes this hot: The NWZ-S615FRED Walkman Video MP3 player has a 1.8" LCD screen, video playback, Digital Sound Enhancement Engine (DSEE), FM Tuner and Time Machine Shuffle and Bi-Directional LCD Display which allows you to watch videos and view your photographs either vertically or horizontally.

Creative Zen Mozaic 4 GB MP3 Player
$69.99 at Amazon.com
What makes this hot: This Creative Zen mp3 player has FM Radio, built-in speaker so you can hear sound without having the headphone in, voice recorder, 8 equalizer settings and audible video playback. It also syncs contacts, calendar and tasks, and has an alarm and clock stopwatch.

Samsung T10 4 GB Slim Portable Media Player with Bluetooth
$71.10 at Amazon.com
What makes this hot: This Samsung mp3 player is slim and robust with built-in bluetooth 2.0 compatible with bluetooth headphones and speakers for wireless stereo playback, FM radio, video playback and text viewer - plenty of extra features that the iPod doesn't have!

SanDisk Sansa Fuze 8 GB MP3 Player
$87.03 at Amazon.com
What makes this hot: This is one small mp3 player - smaller than a credit card and as thin as a pencil, a 1.9-inch color screen, digital FM radio with 40 preset stations, voice recording with built-in microphone, video playback and, like the SanDisk Sansa e260, there is a microSD/microSDHC expansion slot.

Creative Zen 4 GB Portable Media Player
$89.99 at Amazon.com
What makes this hot: A big 2.5-inch display, clock & alram function, SD card slot, FM radio, video playback, eight equalizer settings, drag and dropcapability, and it syncs with Microsoft Outlook so it can display your contacts, calendar, and tasks info.