Engaging in rigorous workouts while listening to loud music can create a conflicted emotional experience, as it brings both dread and gratitude. Despite the benefits of music in enhancing performance and reducing fatigue perception, concerns arise about potential ear damage from loud volumes. Studies affirm that music serves to inspire and guide workouts, promoting a flow state. However, even brief exposure to loud sounds poses risks to cochlear hair cells, necessitating a balance between exercising with motivating music and safeguarding auditory health.
Whenever I need to make something happen in a hard workout, like run 400 meters in 65 seconds after an hour of exercise, I suddenly have zero regard for my ears.
Music is a performance-enhancer. As a team of exercise scientists catalogued in this study, music can help reduce one's perception of fatigue 'through dissociation and distraction.'
Even short bursts of exposure to loud noises can damage cochlear hair cells. Those are the special transducers that convert sound waves into electrical signals.
There's a reason Peloton instructors have to know how to curate the perfect playlist. Deployed accordingly, the right song can function as instructive or inspiring.
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