Why You Should Listen To Music While Working Out
Do you listen to music while working out?
Wait, do you even work out?
Well, if you do work out but don’t listen to tunes while doing so, you probably should.
Oh, what benefit does working out with music offer?
Well, numerous studies since 1911 have found that music improves people’s performance in a variety of physical activities for a plethora of reasons, most of which boil down to making exercise feel easier and more pleasurable, thus allowing whatever the activity is to be performed better than it would be without music.
So yeah, pair music with exercise!
Listening to music while you work out will make it more enjoyable, which can help you better adhere to doing it.1Listen with the volume low, though, if you want to eavesdrop on people who think you can’t hear the juicy details of what they’re saying because you have headphones on!
But before you go to the gym blasting The Very Best of Yanni in your headphones for the entire workout no matter the activity because Yanni is a fucking beast and who the fuck wouldn’t want to listen to the relaxing and meditative stylings of Yanni all the time, there are some general guidelines about the ideal number of beats per minute (bpm) for songs for certain activities.
Recommendations:
• Warm-up: 100-140 bpm
• Pilates, yoga, and other low-intensity activities: 60-90 bpm
• Power yoga: 100-140 bpm
• CrossFit, indoor cycling, or other forms of HIIT: 140-180+ bpm
• Zumba and dance: 130-170 bpm
• Jogging and other forms of steady-state cardio: 120-140 bpm
• Weightlifting and powerlifting: 130-150 bpm
• Cool down: 60-90 bpm
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