Music with Exercise

                Listening to music while exercising is fun and motivational.  Exercising can be a hassle and boring, but listening to music while exercising helps pass the time and can push a person to have a more challenging work out.  Playing music while exercising can also help reduce outside noise, which allows a person to focus on what they’re doing.
                Each person prefers a different type of music to listen to while exercising.  Many people like listening to music that is energetic and has a fast beat, but some people prefer to listen to the music that they would normally listen to at any time of the day.  By asking several different opinions on the type of music that people like to listen to, I have not yet heard that people like listening to sad or depressing songs.  If someone was to listen to that music while exercising, I don’t think it would be encouraging or help a person work out. 
                I know from experience that time flies when listening to music.  It’s like getting lost in a song and then realizing that four minutes has just gone by.  Music provides a great distraction for people and listening to music can make people less aware of how tired and exerted they are.  Exercising can be annoying if you’re at a gym because there are all the sounds of people panting, feet running on treadmills, and the sound of machines going.  Inserting earbuds and zoning out the rest of the world (or gym in this case) is the best thing ever.  There is no more noise, and you can’t even hear yourself breathing heavily. 
                The fast paced music really makes a person want to work harder and keep going while exercising.  The rhythm in the music stimulates the brain and can assist in self-paced exercises.  The beat can help a person determine when to lift a weight or what pace a treadmill might be set at (when the foot hits the treadmill can be when the beat is in the music).  Music makes people want to move and can change the mood of a person while exercising.  If a person can choose the music that they like listening to, it can draw away the negative thoughts about exercising and can encourage a person to work their hardest. 
                Music is an amazing thing and there are so many benefits to listening to music while exercising.  Please consider listening to music the next time you exercise; it changes the whole experience of working out and brings a work out to the next level.