It’s safe to say that the majority of us ensure we have a stacked playlist before pounding the pavement and new research suggests that the practice could help us hit our endurance goals.
A study being presented at the American College of Cardiology’s 67th Annual Scientific Session has found that listening to music during a standard cardiac stress test helped runners last longer.
These tests measure heart rate and blood pressure in response to exercise, often done on a treadmill or stationary bike with an increasing incline and/or speed. In this study, half of the 127 participants were assigned to listen to up-tempo music during the analysis while the other half did it sans tunes.
Those who ran with music lasted significantly longer than the other group adding an average of 50.6 seconds to their time. They also found that they had longer metabolic equivalent of task (METs), which suggests they burnt more energy during the test.
“At least on a small scale, this study provides some evidence that music may help serve as an extra tool to help motivate someone to exercise more, which is critical to heart health,” the study’s lead-author Waseem Shami told Science Daily.
“I think it’s something we intuitively knew, but we found [to be true]. I suspect if it had been a larger study, we’d see a bigger difference.”
This isn’t the first time tunes have been found to improve exercise, another recent study discovered that music can even make you feel better about doing a high intensity workout.
If you need some melodic inspo try the best songs to workout to, according to Spotify.
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