Can Music Boost Your Gym-Time Mood?

Tuesday, October 4, 2011 Can Music Boost Your Gym-Time Mood? We already know that cranking tunes during your workout can boost endurance by up to 15 percent. But now there's another bonus to an iPod-enhanced sweat session: a better mood during your gym time. The study, published this week in the Journal Of Strength And Conditioning Research, assigned a small sample of college-aged male exercisers either self-selected music (blasting their own jams) or no music at all during their resistance workouts. The headphone-equipped exercisers not only performed better during their session, but reported higher feelings of "vigor" than their non-musical counterparts. Healthy Diet Could Lower Risk of Birth Defects Looking Back At 40 Years Of 'Our Bodies, Ourselves' Celebs Get Fit Without The Gym HPV Can Cause Cervical Cancer AND Oral Cancer BLOG POSTS Sloan Barnett: 10 Household Hazards That Could Make You Sick It turns out that the pollution inside our homes is worse than outside. Your home may smell clean and feel safe when it's actually filled with toxins from cleaners, paint, tap water, furniture and more. Deepak Chopra: Your Back Pain (And What It's Trying To Tell You) The majority of back pain heals without any significant medical intervention. Only a very small minority of back conditions require surgery. Peter Abaci, M.D.: What The Michael Jackson Trial REALLY Says About American Health The events surrounding the death of Michael Jackson are an allegory of the current state of the doctor-patient relationship in America. Before we cast too many stones at Michael Jackson's doctor, let's recognize the glass house that we are tossing them from. Ed and Deb Shapiro: 7 People Who Are 'Being the Change' Seven of the dynamic and luminous women and men from our book are included here: Nobel Laureates, scientists, activists and spiritual leaders in all walks of life.

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