Music Over Mind For Fitness
Using Music to Help Yourself to Push Harder
Some days it takes a lot to get motivated especially for working out. I have found that a little music is just the kick I need to get moving towards fitness in.
Who doesn’t get a tad nostalgic at hearing an old song from your high school days, or bat away a tear when the Righteous Brothers come on and play that old song from the movie Ghost, and there is no one in the world who has seen Rocky that doesn’t want to charge the steps of The Philadelphia Museum of Art when hearing the Rocky theme song, Gonna Fly Now.
Music And Motivation
Music and Motivation go hand and hand as far as I am concerned, and when it comes to getting in shape we can all use that extra push, especially for fitness in when the weather is not always on our side for getting outside.
Music distracts you and takes your mind off the fact that you are exercising. It can make your workout go by more quickly. It’s a good idea to pick out songs you can sing to so you are focusing on the music and not the exercise …or belting them out loud if you prefer while accomplishing your fitness in.
Here are a few of my personal suggestions:
Gonna Make You Sweat – C&C Music Factory
Eye of the Tiger – Survivor
Survivor – Destinys Child
4 Minutes – Madonna
Thunderstruck – AC/DC
Lose Yourself – Eminem (I prefer the Edited Version)
Lets Get it Started – The Black Eyed Peas
The Power – Snap *Hey Ya – Outkast
Maneater – Nelly Furtado
Movie Music
Also, while working towards your goals for fitness in try getting pumped up by the music of the movies of such as Vision Quest which has great songs such as Only the Young by Journey, or
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