Does Music Make You Run Faster?

Reader Contribution by Chelsea Clark
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Are you determined to exercise more this New Year? Adding music to your workout will make exercising more enjoyable, but does music make you run faster as well? Research shows that music helps divert your attention from the workout, making you work out harder while enjoying it more at the same time.

Why Does Music Help Exercise?

Music can impact your exercise experience in a variety of ways. For example, music can increase your motivation to exercise,[1] help during a workout by synchronizing your movements to a certain tempo,[1,2] and lower heart rate and improve recovery afterwards.[3]

And certainly, for many people, music helps make exercise more enjoyable. Studies show that people who listen to music during exercise report higher levels of enjoyment both during and after exercise compared to those without music.[4] These results apply to high intensity workouts, as well, such as sprint interval training.[5]

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