First of all, what role does music play in running? Listening to a concert while running has the following advantages:
1. Listening to music can reduce fatigue during running 10%.
When doing moderate exercise, music can reduce our fatigue and improve the efficiency of body consumption. When music stimulates the human brain from the outside, some signals in the human body cannot be transmitted to the brain, such as fatigue caused by muscles or organs. At this time, music has become a tool to distract attention and reduce discomfort during exercise, which means that music can make you light and relaxed after running.
Many runners choose to listen while running.
Listening to music can make you run faster.
British sports psychologist costas Kara Guiorguis made such a follow-up experiment. They invited 15 amateur male runners with similar level for a 30-week experiment. Runners must go through a series of tests and training before they can run 5 kilometers on a 400-meter track.
The results show that there is little difference in the time for runners to reach the finish line when listening to slow songs or fast songs, with an average of 26 minutes and 26 minutes and 5 seconds respectively. Without listening to music, the average time for runners to reach the finish line is 27 minutes, 19 seconds. Choosing your favorite light music and playing it while running can increase fat burning by 20%, because music can reduce fatigue, increase vitality and speed up exercise.
Light music can speed up the movement.
Listening to music can prolong exercise time and improve endurance.
If you follow the rhythm of music, people's endurance and metabolic efficiency will be improved, which is conducive to improving the performance of aerobic endurance exercise. This means that the exercise time can be extended and the endurance can be improved under the condition that the running intensity is almost unchanged. The researchers found that excellent long-distance runners usually walk 180 steps per minute. Some runners will specially listen to some running music to practice running with 180 step frequency, such as Ode to Joy, which is praised as a classic running song by some runners.
Music can also create an atmosphere and overcome monotonous fatigue.
An important reason why many runners choose to listen to music while running is that listening to music often makes us run faster and easier. This is because music can help overcome the monotony and fatigue caused by a single exercise mode for a long time. Music can make people get into the best state at the fastest speed. Listening to music is the best when you run those familiar and easy sections. Besides. Music can also relieve tension, especially before running a marathon and other competitions, which can play a very good role in stimulating and relieving emotions. In life, everyone has pressure, and we need to vent it through reasonable channels. At this time, music and sports are undoubtedly the best match.
Is everyone suitable for running and listening to music? The answer is no.
1. A serious runner listening to music may disturb the rhythm.
Music won't work for everyone. When running, the nerve center that directs the movement is excited, while other nerve centers are inhibited. Running while listening to headphones will inhibit the nerve center that directs sports, and it is difficult to achieve training results. Generally speaking, serious runners (runners who aim to refresh PB or participate in competitions) pay more attention to physical feedback such as breathing and heart rate. For them, concerts disrupt the pace of running. For example, we seldom see high-level athletes listening to music during training, which is the reason.
Some senior marathoners seldom listen to music while running.
Runners should be careful when listening to music.
When you run outdoors, the concert will hinder your breathing and footsteps, which are important feedback from your body during exercise. And wearing headphones can't hear the surrounding situation, and you can't know if there are cars or people behind you, which is more dangerous.
Everything has advantages and disadvantages, and listening to songs and running is no exception.
I think runners who like listening to songs can safely put on headphones and run in special running places, such as gymnasiums, suitable parks, gymnasiums, playgrounds and other safe environments. Streets and roads, where there are many people and cars, should pay more attention to the road conditions. We should pay attention to the road conditions. Anyone who has a car should avoid it at once. For safety reasons, it is not suitable to wear headphones. Another point is very important, especially for women. In sparsely populated or secluded places, try not to wear headphones to listen to songs in fun run. After all, safety is the most important thing.
Female runners should pay special attention not to focus on music.
So, how should we choose the running music that suits us?
The positive impression of music on running is largely that you choose the right music. At the beginning of running, runners can choose some light music to make themselves have a dynamic start; In the mid-term, runners should choose fast-paced music and keep running at a steady pace; Finally, runners should choose lyric music and stretching to relax the muscles that have just been intensively used.
Four aspects of a song determine its influence on sports: rhythm, sense of sound, cultural connotation and cultural communication, especially the first two. Music with a beat per minute (BPM) of 120- 140 is the first choice for sports, because this rhythm is consistent with people's heart rate. The synchronization of movement rhythm and music melody can reduce the oxygen demand of athletes by 7%; Music with strong sense of motivation can disintegrate fatigue and improve athletes' endurance 15%.
Next, I recommend some music suitable for runners to listen to while running.
1. I just want to run-downtown novels
"I just want to run" is a rock music composed by the downtown novel orchestra. This song was first released in "The Best Album I Never Had". Speaking of running BGM, this song definitely suits you. The cheerful rhythm is very suitable for the start of running.
2. Count the stars-a republic
Counting Stars is a song sung by American pop rock band Time, with lyrics and songs written by Ryan Ted. This song is included in his third studio album "Native", which is the third single of the album. The song began to cut gently with the accompaniment of the guitar, and then turned into a fast rhythm, and the lyrics flowed quickly with the rhythm. Regardless of melody, rhythm or lyrics, this is a catchy, lively and relaxed song. It's very good to run with rhythm. Besides, the lyrics of this song are well written.
American Pop Rock Band * * * and Time
3. Don't love me
"Don't Love Me" was sung by Russian group T.A.T.U and included in their first English album "Danger and Touching". Although it is the fourth single, it is the most popular mixed single of all the songs on the album. It sounded ethereal at first, but it ignited at the climax, as if I were flying at the moment.
4. Everything about Beth-Sabrina
A song with a strong sense of rhythm, from lyrics to rhythm, is very suitable for running, light and inspirational.
5. Great-Jane Zhang
Bang Bang is a song of many runners in the sprint stage, which is an excellent choice in terms of rhythm and tune.
A lot of music in Jane Zhang is very suitable for running.
6. Good times-Carly Rae Jepsen Owl City
Adam Young, the lead singer of City of Owls, once said that he wanted to write a song that everyone could sing while walking. It's like a breeze from the beginning.
In addition to the above six pieces of music, there are two albums that are also suitable for running music.
1. Fading
Bpm 180 is just suitable for 5 minutes /km pace. Of course, the pace itself is also related to the step size and vertical distance, and the rhythm of 180 can keep you excited at all times. This piece of music has a lively rhythm and a certain relaxation. It entered the preheating state from the prelude, brisk but not intense, suddenly exploded in the middle and spontaneously ignited.
This is an album tailored for runners.
2. Awakening-Underground Baby
Although the name of the band feels gloomy, every song makes you breathless. It's an album that is addictive when you listen and laughs when you run.