Have you ever wondered if music actually helps your workout results? This is a question I asked myself a while ago after seeing almost everyone who works out in a gym seems to have headphones on and always was curious at the thought.
Now I’ve dug deeper on this topic of how actually music or the right type of music can boost your performance and accelerate your gains in the weight room or during an hiit workout. When I tested some of my workouts recently, I found different phases of workouts had a specific genre of music that really made a difference.
During the warmup phase I noticed more calm and meditative music was very beneficial for me more so than hard core hip hop or metal music during my warm up. So then after about 5-10 mins of warming up I hit the weight room section for an hour and music with a faster tempo and harder beat helped me get another rep on many exercises and since the slower and calmer music worked during the warm up I thought I’d give it a go on the cool down and it worked surprisingly well. I felt even more energy in me after the workout was completed than being drained from going to hard. For me, this type of music really worked for getting the results I wanted and made feel a lot better I had done and experimented with.
In my past times working out I never really liked bringing my headphones to the gym but now I always bring them because this method I had doubts on seemed to actually help my results a lot better and I felt a more meditative effect as well. If you love music which the majority of people do, and you want to see some serious gains in your strength and functionality in the gym, you might want to reconsider your thoughts if you decide to not bring your headphones. It could lead help you get more out of your workout by just planning things out right with the right music you listen to during different areas of fitness your trying to strengthen. Best of luck to you.
Sam Woods freelance sports performance content writer 