Detracting?

Jeffrey Meyer said:

A GP once told me that he heard from some medical professor that one shouldn't read and/or listen
to music/speech while exercising, as it detracts from the efficacy of the exercise. Any truth in
this? Surely a raised pulse is a raised pulse? Opinions please.

I am reminded of the old joke, 'I am writing this message slowly because I know you don't read very
fast'. In a similar vein perhaps the medical professor was practicing what he was preaching and
moving his mouth without thinking. This would certainly enhance the efficacy of the professor's
mouth muscles. As for the GP who would pass this valuable nugget information along.....who can say?
And as for me, the silly person responding to this thread, we can be certain he is embarrassed.
Pulse, slightly rising.

Joe

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Jeffrey Meyer said:

A GP once told me that he heard from some medical professor that one shouldn't read and/or listen
to music/speech while exercising, as it detracts from the efficacy of the exercise. Any truth in
this? Surely a raised pulse is a raised pulse? Opinions please.

I am reminded of the old joke, 'I am writing this message slowly because I know you don't read
very fast'. In a similar vein perhaps the medical professor was practicing what he was preaching
and moving his mouth without thinking. This would certainly enhance the efficacy of the
professor's mouth muscles. As for the GP who would pass this valuable nugget information
along.....who can say? And as for me, the silly person responding to this thread, we can be
certain he is embarrassed. Pulse, slightly rising.

Joe

Though your pulse may be slightly raised, it is invalid and has no exercise value.

Jeffrey Meyer said:

A GP once told me that he heard from some medical professor that one shouldn't read and/or listen
to music/speech while exercising, as it detracts from the efficacy of the exercise. Any truth in
this? Surely a raised pulse is a raised pulse? Opinions please.

He's a moron?

I find it easier to push hard when there's some "inspirational music" blasting into my skull, so
it's certainly not going to affect my cardio workout in a negative way.

There are some exercizes that require concentration and proper form (many weight-lifting techniques
for example), and I suppose it would be possible to get distracted and lose form... but I doubt too
many of us are tempted to read while slinging iron...

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A GP once told me that he heard from some medical professor that one shouldn't read and/or listen
to music/speech while exercising, as it detracts from the efficacy of the exercise. Any truth in
this? Surely a raised pulse is a raised pulse? Opinions please.

I take it that he played his "Sweatin' To The Oldies" tapes with the mute engaged?

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It depends I guess. If the music distracts you and causes you to not get intense then he is right.
Of course, you could stick on the William Tell Overture and HiYo Silver!! So I think music could
motivate you. Also wind training, at least for me, is awfully tedious and unless I have something to
entertain me, I won't keep at it long. Nice thing about the roads is inattentive drivers sure can
give you a thrill.

(Pbwalther) said:

It depends I guess. If the music distracts you and causes you to not get intense then he is right.
Of course, you could stick on the William Tell Overture and HiYo Silver!! So I think music could
motivate you. Also wind training, at least for me, is awfully tedious and unless I have something
to entertain me, I won't keep at it long. Nice thing about the roads is inattentive drivers sure
can give you a thrill.

Music pushes me. I have a higher average HR after an hour on my AirDyne if I don't read or watch TV
but just listen to Bruce Hornsby and the Range or ZZ Top, close my eyesmj and hammer.

If I have to multi-task and catch up on my reading, however, the intensity suffers. But if I get
involved in watching, say, a football game while I pedal, the duration increases because the boredom
and ass-algia decrease with the game's distraction. But the average and peak HR are lower. Unless
it's a really close game and the referees make a lot of REALLY bad calls and [censored] me off...

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A GP once told me that he heard from some medical professor that one shouldn't read and/or listen
to music/speech while

exercising,

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as it detracts from the efficacy of the exercise. Any truth in

this?

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Surely a raised pulse is a raised pulse? Opinions please.
--
Jeffrey

Well, I wouldn't advise reading while making left turns in heavy traffic

Jeremy Parker

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It depends I guess. If the music distracts you and causes you to not get intense then he is right.

I recall some minor news stories indicating that listening to music, reading, or watching TV while
exercising seemed to result in less attention being paid to the exercise, and therefore a less
strenuous workout. I'm fuzzy on the details, but I think they compared people using a treadmill with
no distractions, versus people using a treadmill while watching TV, etc.

This certainly does NOT mean that you should not listen to music or watch TV; it just means that
such things may distract you and cause you to slack off a bit. The correct response to this is "so
what", unless you are in training for something. It's usually much more important to develop an
enjoyable exercise regimen -- one that you will look forward to staying with for years -- than it is
to optimize a particular workout.

Mike Kruger said:

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It depends I guess. If the music distracts you and causes you to not get intense then he
is right.

I recall some minor news stories indicating that listening to music, reading, or watching TV while
exercising seemed to result in less attention being paid to the exercise, and therefore a less
strenuous workout. I'm fuzzy on the details, but I think they compared people using a treadmill
with no distractions, versus people using a treadmill while watching TV, etc.

I'd wager that the study was flawed through the use of "normal people". After all, we're talking
about cyclists here!

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