Music for exercise

Establish a good rhythm to bring about exercises , it can be complicated if we perform them at home, alone, outdoors or we do not go to a fitness center . However, a way to carry a rhythm constant and positive, is to do exercise with music .

The music It can help you perform more during your exercise routine. For example, men who listened music while driving bike for only 10 minutes, they cycled 11% more than those who exercised in silence or with static during the same period of time, according to a study by Hampden-Sydney College, Virginia (USA), published by rutinasentrenamiento.com

"The music inspires movement and can penetrate areas of brain that language by itself is not enough, "says Costas Karageorghis, sports psychologist at Brunel University in London. In this regard, two examples of music for a warm-up routine, they are The Best (Tina Turner) and The Four Seasons (Vivaldi), because they allow better relaxation muscular , ideal for this activity.

Therefore, in GetQoralHealth we present other benefits of exercising with you music favorite:

1. Help concentrate more in your sport, routine or activity.
2. It allows to achieve a steady pace and more intensively, with a lower level of fatigue . Also, it makes your activities more fun.
3. You can synchronize the time of your routines or exercises with your lists of music , in this way they will make you faster and lighter.
4. Once your routine is finished, the music will help you relax and recompose yourself psychically.

Some recommendations of Karageorghis for the main routines are: music of Michael Jackson, I got you (I feel good) of James Brown; Thunderstrack and Money Talks (AC / DC), Elevation (U2), Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen), Rock n 'roll all night (Kiss), etc.

Actually you can not talk about some kind of music specific for each type of exercise. It depends on the taste of each one and the music that we motivate to want to be in motion or give us energy.

Usually, the music to choose will always be moved, sounds that motivate us to get moving and give us the motivation to exercise. However, those songs relaxing can be used in disciplines such as yoga or Pilates .

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