Inspire Your Fitness Routine with Music

Fitness routines can get monotonous. The same exercises, the same steps on the treadmill, it gets boring. What is something that can be done to make it a little more exciting and something you look forward to? The answer is music. Music is often used in a yoga and meditation to calm the participants and aid in relaxation, but you can also arouse your body with the energy of sound.

• Bring your own set of headphones to the gym or make use of that stereo at home.
• Create your own exercise mix to listen to. The music can be used to motivate and to cue you throughout the workout.
• Walking on the treadmill? Use songs to set and change your pace. You can create your mix so it has a slow song to warm up to, up-tempo selections for the actual workout and a relaxing song for the cool down. Match the songs to the type of workout you want to participate in.
• The more fast-paced the music is, the more adrenaline you might experience.
• Vary the music with your workout. What you listen to while biking may be different than what you’ll need during your strength training routine. Use the songs to customize your workout.
• Some ideas for something upbeat include salsa, country, big band, disco, or even funk.
• Pick songs you can sing along to, or that have a great rhythm.

Bring some fun back into exercise. While the people next to you are sweating away on the treadmills, you can belt out lyrics in your head, or out loud for that matter. Enjoy!

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