Music is a very important part of our workout. It actually help us pushing our limits, every time. Always keep a speaker or some headphones near by, turn up the volume and start pushing yourself, every time do more, go further.
Push your pace
The faster the tempo, the more you move. A study in the Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports finds that when the tempo of music was increased by only 10 percent (without participants knowing), cyclists went farther and pedaled with more power. They enjoyed the music more as well.
Motivate you to keep going
Plenty of research shows that listening to any music, will keep you on the treadmill or elliptical longer than going without. But when the tunes are "motivational"—lyrics you find personally inspiring—you will naturally spend more time exercising than if you are listening to music that doesn't move you. Also, songs with phrases like "push it," "work it" and "I believe" can subconsciously propel you to keep on keeping on, says Costas Karageorghis, a music and exercise researcher and author of Inside Sport Psychology. (Cue Kanye West's "Stronger"!)
Make the work feel easier
Ever wish there was some kind of magical way to make your sweat sessions a breeze? Music is your genie! "My research has shown that music helps lower a person's rate of perceived exertion," says Karageorghis, who is also deputy head of research at the School of Sport and Education at Brunel University. "The music effectively blocks sensations of fatigue when you're working out at a low to moderate intensity," he adds. Your workout wish, granted.
Help you pump iron
People held up weights for longer listening to music than without, research from the Journal of Sports Sciences indicates. Experts speculate that both melody and rhythm help psych you up to stay strong, before and during the actual hoisting. Now that's uplifting!
