Comments on: Music and exercise http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/music-and-exercise.html Science Blog from Freelance Science Writer David Bradley Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:03:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Andrew Sun http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/music-and-exercise.html/comment-page-1#comment-62071 Andrew Sun Fri, 09 Feb 2007 22:04:47 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/music-and-exercise.html#comment-62071 When jogging I like to slow my breathing as much as possible. Listen to slow music (Brahms I always choose) may help, I hope. When jogging I like to slow my breathing as much as possible. Listen to slow music (Brahms I always choose) may help, I hope.

]]> By: Wayne Smallman http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/music-and-exercise.html/comment-page-1#comment-58592 Wayne Smallman Thu, 01 Feb 2007 22:22:24 +0000 http://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/music-and-exercise.html#comment-58592 Without wanting to discredit anything these guys have worked on, this is the sort of topic that could be positively seething with subjectivity. For example: the music that I choose to listen to while jogging is chosen for its high tempo and likelihood to motivate me. Should I drop on the right song in my playlist when I hit the bottom of Billingley Green Lane, I'm off like a rocket. There's nothing even remotely comforting about my music in these situations. It's purely motivational, and I know it works... Without wanting to discredit anything these guys have worked on, this is the sort of topic that could be positively seething with subjectivity.

For example: the music that I choose to listen to while jogging is chosen for its high tempo and likelihood to motivate me.

Should I drop on the right song in my playlist when I hit the bottom of Billingley Green Lane, I’m off like a rocket.

There’s nothing even remotely comforting about my music in these situations. It’s purely motivational, and I know it works…

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