Music Improves Your Workout Experience and Performance
Studies have recently confirmed that the boost you feel when listening to music while working out isn't a placebo, the effect is a real and lasting one.
Music is a wonderful thing. It can keep a party going or make long car rides a bearable experience. However, music isn't just a something to improve your atmospheric experience, it has actual evidence-based benefits for your well-being. Music has a positive effect on learning and information retention, relieving stress and improving mood, and assisting in stroke recovery. The American College of Cardiology has recently conducted research to further understand the positive effect that music has on exercise.
The study, which was presented at the American College of Cardiology's 67th Annual Scientific Session, looked at how music affected people while they underwent a cardiac stress test. The randomized study looked at 127 patients who underwent the stress test and were exposed to either fast tempo music or no music at all. The stress test had patients start at 1.7mph at a 10% grade, then 2.5mph at a 12% grade, and then finally 3.4mph at a 14% grade with a maximum duration of 20 minutes but an average session lasting for only 6-7 minutes. At the conclusion of the randomized study, the researchers found that those who had been exposed to the music lasted one minute longer during the stress test than those who did not have any music playing.
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