Why does music help people work out?

Answer 1

people focus in different ways so not everyone can focus with music playing. but for the people who can focus with music it is because the music relaxes them and they focus better when relaxed. Also some people focus when they are having fun and if they are listening to 'fun' music they can focus. it is different for each and every person. we all focus differntly and so......

isn't PEOPLE people, such a strange word!!

Answer 2

Music can narrow attention, in turn diverting the mind from sensations of fatigue. This technique is better known as Dissociation, which lowers the perception of effort. Having effective Dissociation can promote a positive mood state, turning the attention away from thoughts of physiological sensations of fatigue. The effect holds for low and moderate exercise intensities only; at high intensities, perceptions of fatigue override the impact of music, because deliberate processes are dominated by physiological feedback. For example, when your body rapidly builds up lactate, your lungs and body must become attentive to be more efficient. From experience, although music does not reduce the perception of effort during high intensity work, it does improve the experience thereof: it makes hard training seem more fun, by shaping how the mind interprets symptoms of exhaustion. I

Answer 3

music makes you work out because you do it on the beat