POLL: do you exercise with music?

Sue M.
on 10/27/10 4:34 am - Nantucket, MA

In the gym, most definitely.

Running on the streets or a paved trail, yes.

Running with my boyfriend - no.

Running in the woods - no.

Street races - yes
Trail race (the one) - no.

I'm not sure why trail vs street requires the change in sound, but there must be something about hearing the leaves beneath my feet!

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xjessx916
on 10/27/10 4:47 am - Sacramento, CA

RNY on 02/12/08

I need music! If I am not listening to music, my head starts messing with me and telling me I can't. Music is a good distraction for me, but when I am running with my husband I don't listen to music.

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mcarthur01
on 10/27/10 4:55 am - Cumming, GA

RNY on 10/30/08

Inside yes, outside no....

Where are we going?? And why am I in this handbasket??

right now. somewhere. somebody is working harder than you.

Paul C.
on 10/27/10 5:31 am - Cumming, GA

RNY on 07/16/10

Yes except for TKD classes obviously. For me the louder more powerful the music the better.

Paul C.
First 5K 9/27/20 46:32 - 11 weeks post op (PR 28:55 8/15/11)
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nate2009
on 10/27/10 6:09 am - Lebanon, OH

RNY on 07/14/09

Always !

No longer about weight , it's all about living.

superconducting
on 10/27/10 7:13 am - Montgomery, NY

Lap Band on 08/12/09

Yep, especially inside.

Tamimac
on 10/27/10 7:16 am

I do my exercising at home, so yes, either to music or with a tv show on. that makes it more fun to do....Sometimes I have to set a timer so that I can exercise for the full amt of time I want to work out, because I feel like I'm not in the mood, and I don't allow myself to quit until the timer goes off. You would be surprised how fast the time goes, and how much better you feel afterward!! Sometimes I even find I have hit a groove by the time the bell rings, and I don't stop, I just keep going another 10 or 15 minutes!!!!

imkim
on 10/27/10 7:35 am - Chatsworth, CA

Yes. The huffing and puffing is very distracting to me. Especially when I realize it is coming from me

Kim

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This includes my pre-surgery weight

Seht
on 10/27/10 8:42 am

RNY on 01/22/08

Forced music during spin classes or body pump classes.

Yes when running on the treadmill in the gym

Not so much when running outside. Occasionally when on a protected trail secure from traffic.

All that being said, most of the time it is just background noise. Unless it's a really hard rocking song with a powerful beat, I just tend not to notice the music.

Scott

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Mandyplus2 ..
on 10/27/10 8:54 am - GA

No.

I "watch" tv when I do HIIT on the treadmill in my living room, but I pu****uotes because it's such a hard workout that I mostly jus****ch the timer on the treadmill and can barely pay attention to anything else.

At the gym, no, because I weight train with my husband and we converse a bit. I think I'm going to start taking my MP3 player to the gym though. It should alleviate some boredom that is creeping in.

5'8" - 40 years old

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