WORKOUT PLAYLIST APRIL 2013

Hi everyone!

I thought I'd share a new workout playlist with you. I've been hitting the gym 5 times a week recently to get in top shape for summer, which means I need a lot of different songs to change it up while working out!

But why does music help you with your workout? I found this explanation online:

Music acts as an ergogenic aid to exercise. Ergogenic means "an increasing capacity for bodily or mental labor especially by eliminating stimulus". There are five strategic ways that music influences physical activity and in turn performance and in turn performance and motivation. Dissociation, attainment of flow, synchronization, arousal regulation and acquisition of motor skills. Dissociation, or music to make the mind forget feelings of fatigue, causes the body less effort, and the exerciser feels happier. When the exerciser experiences dissociation, the workout is more fun and there is more motivation to continue. 
http://www.livestrong.com/article/140042-how-is-music-motivating-exercise/#ixzz2PclsuFI5

The effect of the music depends on the BPM (beats per minute). A warmup requires less BPM (80 - 100 BPM) than a cardio workout (112 - 115 BPM). So it's useful to save your upbeat music for later on in the workout and start off with more calm music!

Here is my list of favorite tunes of April 2013:

Cher Lloyd - Want u back
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inwAc-ZBpx0

Destiny's Child - Lose my breath
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AqeIiF0DlTg

Jennifer Lopez ft. Fabolous - Get right (remix)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiN5t73dxX8

Kat Deluna ft. Akon - Push Push
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNFaIij6AlU

Jay Sean ft. Lil Wayne - Down
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUbpGmR1-QM

Pitbull ft. Christina Aguilera - Feel this moment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jlI4uzZGjU

Sean Paul - So fine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PQgYpnhDIw

Ke$ha - C'mon
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8A4QVop3-8

Usher ft. Ludacris & David Guetta - Rest of my life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_nziODUGcw

Maroon 5 - Daylight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzltJdMfux0

Nicole Scherzinger - Boomerang
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoRrGsgohYE

Taylor Swift - I knew you were trouble
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNoKguSdy4Y

Enrique Iglesias ft. Sammy Adams - Finally found you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_EiqPp-vBM

Calvin Harris - Drinking from the bottle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uztCqjxrkjQ

Macklemore - Thrift Shop
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK8mJJJvaes

I definitely notice a difference between working out with or without music. Do you notice a difference? Or maybe you have other motivators?

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