Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

Vidcast:  tps://youtu.be/KAKxzmjoacw So you’re out of shape and finding your body toning workout impossibly grueling.  A  Canadian study just published in the journal Psychology of Sport and Exercise shows that listening to upbeat music as you work up that sweat will sweeten your experience. Music is a known dissociative influence that distracts you from the consequences of exercise including sore muscles and heavy breathing.  The investigators exposed a group of 24 exercisers to each of 3 different audio experiences: upbeat, swinging music, a non-musical podcast, or no sound.   The subjects demonstrated better performance and reported a more enjoyable experience when they were “sweatin’ to the oldies” or any fast-paced tunes.  Their heart rates also increased as though the fast music was almost serving as a heart metronome. So create a swinging playlist to accompany your exercise, and those many minutes of seeming physical torture will fly on by. Matthew J. Stork, Costas I. Karageorghis, Kathleen A. Martin G