On March 7, 2011, Micah Mertes posted an article about David Skau's findings about working out with music and what beats help and which ones don't. He says music does help, to a point, and he goes on to expain himself. He conducted an experiment by assigning a dozen people to pedal while listening to various types of music with different beats. David monitored the distance cycled, heart rate, and comfort. He found that the best work out tempo is between 120 and 240 beats per minute. He said that once you get over 480 beats per minute, it's like working out to no music at all. It was too much.
I like working out to music. It takes my mind off of what I am doing and I focus on the music, therefore, I can do more and go longer. Running without music makes it difficult and it feels like it takes forever. I focus more on what I am doing and how long it's taking and I get tired faster. I don't pay attention to what everyone else is doing and I don't get distracted when I listen to music. It helps me a great deal.
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