Strong songs score strength training success
Motivational pop and rock music is the key to strength training success. Really. A 2006 U.K. study says so.A York St. John University study found that students could hold a 2.4-pound weight straight out in front of their bodies at shoulder height for up to 10 percent longer when strong lyrics were booming around them. All-music workouts beat out both a partial-music workout and a white noise workout but only when the tunes were powerful enough to pump up exercisers.
Pick a song you'd belt out recklessly in the shower or in your car and use it to power your next workout. Or borrow this Women's Health recommended playlist. Or this one, compliments of Divine Caroline. Or this one, offered by Fitness magazine.
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Rebecca Brown over at
These days, iPods are a a standard fixture at the gym. Everyone has them and everyone uses them to fuel their workout with heart-pumping tunes. But did you ever wonder what tunes your favourite celeb listens to while they work out?
While some days I really enjoy jumping on the treadmill, stretching out at yoga or sweating through some strength training, there are days when I just cannot motivate myself to work out. I find that a lot of the time on these occasions, it's because of the mood I'm in -- grumpy, sad and even excited. However, I tend to find that exercising to music that matches my mood can help me get through a session I'm really not up for. If you ever feel the same way, here are a few songs to try depending on how you're feeling:
Having just learned to run with earphones, I am still deciding whether I like it or not. There are the issues of safety foremost, and then also comfort and logistics (where does that cord go when you run?) 











