A few weeks ago I spoke against running with music. Now, I will take up the positive uses of music. Firstly, and something I can attest to, music can sometimes make running feel easier. Studies find that music reduces your perception of how hard you are running by about 10%. An external stimulus such as music can actually block some of the internal stimuli trying to reach the brain, such as fatigue-related messages from muscles and organs. When these messages are blocked, it reduces a runner’s perception of effort, so you feel as if you can run further and faster. Music also elevates positive aspects of mood such as excitement and happiness and reduces negative aspects such as tension, fatigue, and confusion, so it can be used pre-performance to get runners into an optimal mindset. This something I have yet to try, though I have used it post-run in hopes of easy out of fatigue during my cool down stretching.
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