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Healthy body, healthy mind! Physical Exercise, Fitness, Running, Jogging, Gym and Activity. Twitter Hashtag: #GymEd Curated by Peter Mellow |
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‘Social prescribing’ helps medical professionals connect patients to non-medical services that can benefit their health, says University of Melbourne expert
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Spring is here! The sun is out, the flowers are blooming and we are ready to start exercising outdoors again. But what are the best songs to get you motivated? We asked some of our musical colleagues for their faves.
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Whether you’re singing to yourself, learning an instrument, playing in a band or singing in a choir, different music activities result in very different types of changes in mood.
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Soothing sounds can reduce anxiety, improve overall health and help with sleep.
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Vangelis's soundtrack to the newly re-released 1981 film Chariots of Fire says "running" in a way few pieces of music do. But does it or other upbeat tunes help motivate joggers?
There are those who completely avoid music. Those who prefer to train and hear the chirp and rustle of the fauna and flora. Or those who need to hear their own heartbeat and the rhythm of their own breath.
But for those who are "music runners" - and there are plenty of amateur runners who can't run without, even ignoring bans on MP3 players on road races - there's always a favourite song.
According to a global survey by Runner's World this year, 55% of respondents listen while running.
So what gives people that extra push, making the difference between inglorious plodding or a triumphal final sprint? What quickens the heart, stirs the soul and spurs those limbs onwards?
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Using earbuds or headphones to play very loud music on devices and going to live gigs are putting up to 1.35 billion young people at risk of permanent hearing loss worldwide.
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Music played on headphones and at venues is often too loud, causing hearing loss in young people that can be permanent, research suggests.
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Sound could be used to combat feelings of loneliness, including during COVID-19-related lockdowns and quarantine, according to new research from James Cook University.
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Focusing on external sights and sounds, rather than what’s going on in your body, made running feel easier and improved performance.
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Soul classics, German film soundtracks and chugging rap – here’s a workout of bangers to get you off the couch
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From over-the-ear to true wireless, we round up the most suitable pairs for notching up the miles
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How one writer learned an accidental lesson in the joys of silence
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Could boosting your workout really be as easy as throwing on your headphones? According to new research, yes! And it helps in more ways than one.
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Michelle Obama has hers, and now a new Australian review says you, too, should put together a workout playlist.
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Music has multiple positive effects on exercise enjoyment and sports performance, according to a new meta-analysis of 139 different studies.
Link thanks to @professormachin
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Many runners agree that soundtracking their session helps them perform better.
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Scientists have found the characteristics of the best pump-up tracks
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Last year, two researchers flew to Gaziantep in southern Turkey, where about one in four people are Syrian refugees, to explore how exercise might help improve mental health.
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Just how music impacts the body during exercise is only slowly being teased out by scientists.
Music can have great power for many people.
It can make you happy, it can make you sad, it can trigger old memories....both good and bad.
It has long been recognized that music "has charms to soothe a savage breast" William Congreve (24 January 1670 – 19 January 1729), but, can arouse the passions of people to a fever pitch.
This article looks at the ability of music to make your exercise more effective.
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Making music — and not just listening to it — while exercising makes the exercise easier, a remarkable new experiment finds, suggesting that the human love of music may have evolved, in part, to ease physical effort.
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People should listen to music for no more than one hour a day to protect their hearing, the World Health Organization suggests.
It says 1.1 billion teenagers and young adults are at risk of permanently damaging their hearing by listening to "too much, too loudly".
It said audio players, concerts and bars were posing a "serious threat".
WHO figures show 43 million people aged 12-35 have hearing loss and the prevalence is increasing.
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Listening to music is great motivation for some, but it's a safety hazard in fun runs.
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Music therapy can help teenagers and young people cope better when faced with treatment for cancer, a study in Cancer journal suggests.
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Our favourite movies and songs with a running theme or subtext (or that should do).