Six Benefits of Music to Running and Exercise

Running and music goes well together.  You would see a lot runners listening to music while running and there are a lot of music players and accessories made specifically for runners.  I even remember running beside someone who used the loudspeakers of a cellphone to play the same music over and over again.  While it was annoying, I am getting some kick with the upbeat Lady Gaga song.

Generally, music plays important role in enhancing techniques of athletes and making them more positive to accomplish definite exercise or routine. This is most realized after experiencing activity, may it be indoor or outdoor, accompanied by music of desired tempo. For people desiring to expend or burn more calories, experiencing exercise with rhythmical music can bring about positive change which can refer to losing weights or enhancing running speed or a more balanced bodily movement.

If you think you want to become better runner or athlete and learn a way how to enjoy strenuous exercise, consider music into your routine and see the difference. Here are some refreshing points to remember about what music can do to change your perception of pain.

• Music effects runners in a manner that they feel lower pain intensity and making them enjoy they task/exercise which can be physically demanding.

• When sports people include music in their physical activities, they tend to ignore the pain and the tiredness so that they achieve longer work-out time and unconsciously expending more fats and stresses. Thus lowering the effort to be exerted during the whole training period as well as causing enjoyment.

• Music brings about positive thoughts and therefore, giving more happiness and causing more positive hormones for the body to produce.

• Music helps forget the day’s worries or problems and cause the mind to relax. Thus, making the blood flow better. Athletes consider music to be a definitely legal drug to make stir them up and prepare them for physically demanding work outs.

• Research says that when the beat of the body movement is matched with the tempo of the music used in any strenuous exercise, the oxygen requirement of the body becomes lesser by 6%.

• According to Dr. Costas Karageorghis, music rhythmic qualities emulate a pattern of physical skills amongst athletes, more enhanced techniques in accomplishing exercises and making athletes more efficient in what they do.

Choosing the right music tempos depend on the activity. If relaxation is to be achieved, then slower-tempo music is suggested. On the other hand, when activity requires more energy and fast motion, fast-tempo music is advised.

I love listening to music but I seldom listen to it when running for safety reasons.

Do you love to run with the music on?

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