title: EFFECTS OF SELF-SELECTED MUSIC ON MAXIMAL BENCH PRESS STRENGTH AND STRENGTH ENDURANCE.
abstract: Listening to music during strength workouts has become a very common practice. The goal of this study was to assess the effect of listening to self-selected music on strength performances. Thirty-one resistance-trained men (M age = 24.7 yr., SD = 5.9; M height = 178.7 cm, SD = 4.7; M body mass = 83.54 kg, SD = 12.0) were randomly assigned to either a Music group (n = 19) or to a Control group (n = 12). Both groups took part in two separate sessions; each session consisted in a maximal strength test (1-RM) and a strength-endurance test (repetitions to failure at 60% 1-RM) using the bench press exercise. The music group listened to music in the second assessment session, while the control group performed both tests without music. Listening to music induced a significant increase of strength endurance performance and no effects on maximal strength. These findings have implications for the use of music during strength workouts.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna.
authors.forename: Sandro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bartolomei
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna.
authors.forename: Rocco
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Di Michele
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of Bologna.
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Merni
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D054874:Athletic Performance / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009146:Music / Q000523:psychology*; D010807:Physical Endurance / Q000502:physiology*; D011897:Random Allocation; D014891:Weight Lifting / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult