Tune In and Tone Up

Dreading your next workout? Try adding your favourite music to the mix and you may find yourself more motivated to continue physically and mentally. De Bourdeaudhij and colleagues, contributors to the International Journal of Obesity and Related Metabolic Disorders (Aug. 26, 2002) found that overweight adolescents were willing to exercise longer when allowed to play their top picks in music. In addition, C. J. Murrock reported in Rehabilitation Nursing (Nov.-Dec. 2002) that people who work out while listening to music report having a better overall mood than those without the musical motivation. So, music not only soothes the savage beast, it moves it, too.