Listening to music while you workout makes you work at a consistent pace (the tempo of the song). The faster the tempo, the faster you’ll workout. Structure your playlist with warm-up and cool-down music, and even intervals of faster and (slightly) slower songs.

Music distracts you from what might become boring (running, for example – not that it’s boring for everyone, and certainly your surroundings will also impact your emotions about it – running on an indoor track that requires 15 laps for a mile though? That requires distraction. And yes, that’s at our gym.).

Music keeps you from looking at your watch or the clock on the wall. Your focus is on the songs and the motion, not on how much time you have left.

Music is fun. And exercise should be fun, too.

If you have songs you’d like to suggest for the blog here at Marilu.com, we’d love to hear them.

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