The Men’s Health article was stating that listening to your favorite music while working out pushes your intensity up in your workouts. It also states that if you go with the speed of the music during an exercise you will be encouraged to train harder. They provided us with evidence of how certain types of music is more calming and help lowers our blood pressure by up to 9 points as opposed to listening to silence. Moreover, when one is preparing for a stressful situation at work, the people who prepared with music avoided stress-related reactions such as an increased heart rate, blood pressure and cortisol levels.
The UNM.edu’s article written by Dr. Len Kravitz was a more scientific article in which he stated that music will help a person achieve high levels of intensity during an exercise. It also showed that listening to sedative music as opposed to stimulative music experienced a decrease in strength. He found that listening to music which portrays the intensity of the upcoming workout will better prepare one better and help them get “pumped up”. Dr. Kravitz studied the influence on the musical elements on aerobic fitness exercises. He found that 97% of the tested people said they felt the music’s effects. This pushed them to go harder by honing in on music and focusing on it more.
Citation:
"The Science of Workout Music." Menshealth.com 2009: 1. Web. 17 Sep 2009.
Ph.D Kravitz, Len. "The Effects of Music on Exerise?." UNM.edu 2009: 1. Web. 17 Sep 2009.
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