What Kind of Music Makes Exercise Easier?

I saw a study on this on Tommorrow's World a few years ago. They put two runners of similar fitness on a treadmill and monitored their performance. One listened to standard gym techno fare, the other to classical music. The classical runner preformed better. Obviously there are many flaws in this test. But interesting.

The final song played in my Spin class is All These Things That I've Done by The Killers. I'm not even the biggest Killers fan (very overplayed song) but I wouldn't get up that last hill without it.

I think music affects people differently in example: the pop music that's usually played takes my attention away from working out ,and all I can think about is how bad the music is. While my music choices (heavy metal) wouldn't exactly be so great for everyone either.

I personally believe that the poor music choices made by gyms is a conspiracy to get you to buy some type of mp3 player:).

I've left gyms that have played the same crappy soundtrack every day for months or longer. I'd rather they play fairly low-volume music so I don't have to hurt myself to listen to my iPod or so I can hear myself think.

I think it's important for the pace of the music to match the pace of the exercise - sometimes it'll be very fast and other times, just a steady beat. I have also quit a gym because I couldn't stand their music. I much prefer to have my iPod providing my soundtrack.

Spinning: energy, music, and hundreds of burned calories :)Spinning is a cardio program of stationary cycling that helps you lose the extra weight and release the tension during the day. People need to go to the gym in order to practice this sport because there are bicycles specially designed for this sport. For spinning, the instructor is more focused on stimulate and motivate the participants. That is why spinning is associated with music and different rhythms for different speeds of pedal. During the workout, there are phases when you need to pedal as fast as you can, phases when you need to reduce speed, stand on your feet on the bicycle, and pedal. I read about this at http://www.projectweightloss.com/index.php.

Oh that is really hard to say. I stopped using my i-pod during jogging, its too difficult to find the right song for jogging.
If you really need music for running, then you should test everything like "trial-and-error". But dont try breakbeat, its often too fast...

My Ipod is a must have for my exercise. I mostly prefer upbeat songs regardless of its genre. To me tough the biggest challange is to update the songs. A song that made me go the extra mile can affect me negatively if I am still listening to it after two weeks :).

Death Metal.

I think in general having an uptempo positive song should increase your workout capacity. I think it would motivate you to push yourself that little extra every time.

I have turned around and gone back home from my gym if I forget my MP3 player. It's essential. Drowns out the noise and allows me to focus solely on my workout. The challenge is keeping the playlist fresh.

I usually work out at home and watch TV during my workout instead of listening to music, but when I do work out at the gym at work, they play Christian rock music in the background (not sure why exactly, but I do work at a Catholic hospital, so that might have something to do with it). They're usually pretty good about playing the music at a reasonable volume so you don't have to blast your MP3 player to drown it out.

My personal favorite type of music to listen to while working out is anything with a great beat, whether it be classical, 80's new wave, or hard rock. "Once in a Lifetime" by the Talking Heads, "Blow Your Mind" by Eve, and "Ride of the Valkyries" by Wagner. Weird combo, yes, but it's what I like.

I use podrunner or one of their spinoff podcasts to run to. Basically its just techno/trance/etc high beat music.
http://www.djsteveboy.com/podrunner.html

I normally run outside and listen to my favorite music which is a mix of various genres with a good beat for running.

When I find myself on the treadmill due to bad weather, I listen to podcasts of interesting or funny talk shows like Radio Lab and Wait, Wait, Don't Tell Me. I find those shows really transport me somewhere else when faced with the mundane task of the treadmill.

I created a mix of my own for those longer treadmill/elliptical days, full of various adrenaline-inspiring genres. Some club, some metal, some punk, some rock, etc.

Works every time.

I listen to my ipod on my treadmill. My favorite song is Holiday by Greenday. I don't listen my Ipod when I run outside(5:00am), but the song plays over in my head and keeps me on pace. I have many different music genres on my Ipod. There is only 1 requirement: They must have a kick ass beat!!

Music being a very personal taste, I would approve of a ban on playing music on the speakers in gyms. I've left gyms because of the (very load and horrible) music they played. If you really need to listen to music when you're exercising, bring your MP3 player.

The music of Mr. John Buttler for me.

Gabber or dark psytrance. or happy hardcore.

there's no doubt about it for me... when I put my trance music on I train far harder and longer in the gym. Binary Finary always does the trick!

I enjoy listening to dance music as I jog. Something along the lines of techno with lyrics. It's upbeat almost all of the time so I don't have to worry about getting stuck with a slow song in the midst of my run.

ha im usin this for my scievce fair project