Tunes to pump up your workout...YES - proven to help!! :-)

I know that many of you (including me on my long run, or unmotivated training days!), enjoy listening to some great tunes while you run/walk/hit the gym. Don't get me wrong, I'm also a sucker for 'escaping from life' and heading outside with no music at all also, BUT....

Did you know that research and university studies have shown that listening to music while you run it can:
-Reduce the sensation of fatigue,
-Increase psychological arousal,
-Promote a feeling of relaxation (and reduced tension),
- Even improve motor coordination!

http://www.runhundred.com/ - a website where it's subscribers (approx. 40,000 people!), vote on their favourite workout, running, cardio and strength tracks. The site posts it's top 10 for each genre every month.

http://www.run2r.com/ - A great website dedicated to running music, as specific as the best songs for the specific pace, distance and type of running session you are completing!! Worth a look!

http://www.runningmusicmix.com/ - A website with music recommendations and compilations depending on the heart rate you're working at.

http://joggertunes.com/ ...Check out this page for a 'run-down' of a great new running app for your phone, which detects your pace and plays music from your playlist which matches your pace!

If you like an old fashioned CD, Ministry of sound have some great workout, walking, jogging and running track CDs available.

So - pump up those tunes and enjoy the positive effects! no excuse now Gorgeous Girls!! xxx