Working out without music improves mental toughness! (lift, gym, treadmill)

[Zerby]

Use to have high intensity workouts and runs with music.. I found that music made it easy. So I started without music as a motivating pace setter and initially my pace suffered. I fought through it and now I find my focus and attention to detail carries over to other aspects of life. Dropping the music while working out was best decision Ive made!

[Whyte Byrd]

I do both. Bot ways work for me. Some workouts don't need mental toughness, some do. When I need to concentrate and focus, no music.

[plaidmom]

Originally Posted by Zerby

Use to have high intensity workouts and runs with music.. I found that music made it easy. So I started without music as a motivating pace setter and initially my pace suffered. I fought through it and now I find my focus and attention to detail carries over to other aspects of life. Dropping the music while working out was best decision Ive made!

Are you working out indoors or out?

The main reason I go without is because I run and cycle and xc ski outside. I need to be able to hear cars and other trails users.

I do admit that the sound of my own breathing, and the birds, keep me motivated!

[belovenow]

I workout without music - I feel like music is a hassle to set up/maintain and then worst yet, I cannot hear myself think. Without music I can think through things a lot easier. The only time music seems beneficial to me is when I am doing a project like painting a room... then for some reason it helps time pass quicker.

[yayoi]

I never listen to music while I lift, but I would not have the motivation to do cardio if it weren't for my music.

[Joseph Marnix]

I haven't used music in the gym since I lost my iPod years ago.

I find it easy to do cardio at a 2.0 to 2.5 mph pace in a 15% include treadmill -- and still able to read a good book, 60 minutes can seem to pass by so quick!

[hooligan]

I almost always listen to music. I don't find it makes it hard to concentrate, at all. Nor do I find that it makes the workout "easy".

[tweetybird11208]

i workout with out music b/c i run outdoors also and have to hear cars too

[erma10]

That's interesting. I cannot get by in the gym doing cardio unless I have music blaring in my ears. The music helps the time go faster for me. However, I'm a distance runner and can run for hours outside without music and love it, and in fact never listen to music outside. So, I'm with you there.

[Prehistory]

I would like to have the silence but working out in a gym full of people without music leads to being forced to listen to people's inane conversations.