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Want More Than Just A Rhythm To Groove To? You Want Workout Music

It’s been one of those days—you know, the crazy long kind. Having just staggered to the door, unlocked it and kicked it open, you get in, heave it shut, let your bag collapse to the ground, and, finally, release a sigh of relief. You just made it through yet another 24 hours in the jungle!

Of course, you’re so hale, healthy and just vibrating with after-5 steam that you can barely contain your enthusiasm, you jump into your tracksuit, fish your runners from beneath the sofa and go for a brisk 5 mile jog, despite the 35 degree heat, probably singing as you go.

If you read that last paragraph and snorted or broke out into hysterical laughter, then please, read on. If you read that last paragraph, nodded happily and thought “What a jolly good idea!” please stop reading RIGHT NOW. Go sit in a corner, and eat a litre of ice cream and a few bags of potato chips until you become at least remotely human again and feel as lazy, tired, bloated and completely unenthusiastic as a normal person.

Despite our best intentions, exercising tends to be the first thing we let slide when we get busy, regardless of our level of fitness. It can be pretty hard to work up the enthusiasm to work out after dealing with all the stresses of the day, even if we do know we'll feel better afterwards.

Endorphins make us feel happy, and exercise increases endorphin levels. It’s a bit of a catch 22, since we don’t tend to exercise when we’re stressed or low on endorphins. If only we could raise those endorphin levels a little before exercise time we might feel more inclined to get active.

Well, luckily for us, humanity has an easy, effective, and very common way to enhance energy and mood levels: music. We’ve all had the experience of enjoying a track with a great rhythm that gets our feet tapping and has us bopping around the house singing along. Likewise, a good workout music cd can get us up and active when we’re feeling a bit lethargic and unmotivated.

Quite aside from the emotional benefits that come with listening to music, it also has a very real physical effect. Certain flavours of music, like drumming mixes and rhythmic beats are believed to help increase respiration and heart rate during aerobic workouts. Music also serves as a distraction from discomfort and from that strong desire to jog just as far as the fridge and have a beer instead.

The right playlist can get you up, keep you moving, and then serve as a relaxant when it’s time to chill out. Everybody’s taste in music is unique and so most people prefer a compilation of a cornucopia of artists and songs in a nice mix that builds up to a fast pace and then, when it’s time to wind up, helps you simmer down. Producers like Music Mosaic make at least that part of your workout easy, by creating a high energy workout music mix cd with enough variety to guarantee that you won’t get tired of your playlists.

If dancing around the house with a mop is your favourite type of exercise and music appreciation then you’ll also find some great dance mixes that will have you dancing with the vacuum. Be warned, your neighbours may decide that there’s a dance party happening and decide to call the cops (just kidding.. I hope!).

Listening to the same repetitive songs that are regurgitated by local radio stations day after day can be almost as tiring as the actual workout. That’s where smaller, alternative CD labels can be your saving grace.

For example, the producer I mentioned earlier, Music Mosaic (yes I am a fan, why hide it?), produces a trance dance workout music compilation that’s more than just a beat to bounce to; each song in it is a musical work of art utilising multi-cultural ensembles, world-beat and world fusion to create a truly individual sound. The music is entertaining and enjoyable in its own way, it’s not just there just to be a noise in the background.

Whether you’re hanging out with friends, exercising, or just enjoying music for the sheer joy of it, smaller labels that demonstrate a vision appropriate for our time can truly enliven and improve your experience.

In this era of desk jobs, fattening food and lifestyle diseases, such as diabetes and obesity, exercise of all sorts is a lot more important than ever before. It doesn’t have to be a drag. Grab your mp3 player or portable CD player, fill it with songs that get your feet moving, and break loose!

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