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  1. Music and Exercise

    Do you enjoy music when you’re exercising? Some people prefer heavy rock, while others prefer a more subdued type of music. Which do you prefer?   Because we are unique individuals, what motivates us to exercise can be as different as night and day! Recent research indicates some very interesting takes on music and exercise. For example, did you know:
    1. Music has been shown to be quite valuable as a pre-class stimulus. The majority of the studies suggest that music may significantly increase respiration rate and moderately elevate heart rate, preparing the student for the anticipated workout.
    2. Slower, sedative music decreases a person’s muscular fitness potential. Many persons may actually prefer a silent atmosphere, where there are no musical distractions, even of a stimulative quality.
    3. Persons affected by orthopedic and neuromuscular disorders may achieve superior results in improving gross motor skills, such as walking, with the accompaniment of music or rhythmic stimuli in the rehabilitation process.
    4. Although performance may or may not be enhanced by the addition of music to the workout,  people   felt their performance was better with the music accompaniment. Therefore, music may directly improve a person’s enjoyment and fulfillment of the physical activity, leading to greater exercise compliance.
    5. Music appears to provide a motivational construct to exercise, positively affecting the mental attitude of the students. Music style, rhythm and tempo are factors that significantly influence the aerobic activity.
    6. Music may evoke pleasant associations, while masking unpleasant stimuli (such as rapid breathing associated with exertion). It may also serve as a distraction to some internal feelings, possibly associated with discomfort. Accordingly, students may be able to endure the challenges of progressive overload of exercise with the music providing a pleasurable environmental stimulus.
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