Get Motivated With Music

Think about being in a library where everything is extremely quiet and someone tells you to exercise as hard as you possibly can without making much noise.  You then find yourself trying to do jumping jacks, squats, pushups, etc in pure silence.  That’s a tough situation.  You can push your body, but only to a certain point.

Now, take that same situation but change one variable; turn on music.  As you are told to exercise and begin doing jumping jacks, squats, pushups, etc your hard work doesn’t seem quite as tough.  This is because music is a great motivator. 

One song that comes to my mind is “Eye of the Tiger” by Survivor from the motion picture Rocky. I have seen time and time again this song elicit a response in people that makes them work harder to become faster, stronger, and leaner.  They associate that song with a hard working world champion boxer and they want to train like that; they want to be a champion. 

Find music that works for you.  Plug in, turn up, and sweat!