Effect of Music on Aerobic Exercise

Music has been suggested as an important component of mood enhancement and may help to make the aerobic workout more enjoyable and more beneficial for the individual.

The aim of the study is to investigate the effect of music on cycling with submaximal performance.

Twenty participants of age group between 10–50 years were selected. Both sexes were included in this study. They performed cycling in Elliptical-vena-V950 model on two occasions. In the first session, the subject performs cycling without hearing music. The subjects were asked to do warm up for 3minutes with zero resistance, following this the resistance increased to 2 and the target heart rate maintained as 40% 60% of maximal heart rate. In the second session, the subject listened music during cycling and follow the same procedure as he did in the previous session. At the end of each session the time duration of cycling and distance travelled were measured. RPE is measured once in every 5minutes. For measuring RPE Modified Brog's scale is used. Both the sessions were performed in morning before breakfast. The subjects with previous history of cardiovascular disease, hearing impairment, lower body deformities, metabolic & pulmonary diseases were excluded from the study. Alcoholic and smokers were also excluded. Informed written consent was obtained from the subjects.

This study shows that music improves distance and duration of cycling and music also causes reduction in RPE.