EFFECTS OF SELECTED MUSIC ON EXERCISE PERFORMANCE
Keywords:
Effects of Music/ Selected Music/ Exercise PerformanceAbstract
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to study the effects of listening to selected music which has been found to be stimulating and inspiring for exercise. The Thai Music Rating Inventory: TMRI) [1] was used to evaluate the music and determine whether it had energizing characteristics making it suitable for exercise, using the following factors: duration of exercise, feelings of subjects while exercising, and perception of tiredness. Cycling ergometers were used. In this study, exercise performance refers to both physiological and psychological abilities. The participants of the study were 10 female university students, ages between 18-20 years (= 17.24, SD = .34). The researcher carried out a total of 4 trials. In the first trial, the subjects performed exercise on the cycling ergometer with no music, and in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th trials, they cycled while listening to selected music (songs which had been evaluated to have highly energizing characteristics) until they felt too tired to keep cycling. The exercise durations, feelings while exercising, and awareness of exhaustion levels were recorded, and the average values were analyzed using the Repeated Measures ANOVA method. Results of the study indicated that the selected music had a statistically significant prolonging effect on exercise duration but no significant on the subjects’ feelings while exercising or perception of tiredness (p-value=0.5).
Keywords: Effects of Music/ Selected Music/ Exercise Performance
