Archive for December 20th, 2007

The Better The Music, The Better The Muscle Building!

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

I’m sure you’ve experienced the difference between weight training in complete silence and working out with your favorite, heart pumping music. It can literally make a difference in whether your training session would have been a waste of time or if will stimulate building muscle mass on your body.

Well, IDEA Fitness Journal details a study done by the University of New Mexico in which British researchers found that listening to music raised the intensity of exercised exerted by those being tested. The athletes felt that the training session was less stressful while jamming away than when in complete silence.

Hey, now I have a legitimate excuse to explode my sound speakers with loud music and annoy the neighbors………”It’s backed by science!!!!”