Tap Your Senses for Sensational Workouts!
**Use Your Nose: next time you hop on your bike, try dabbing a few drops of peppermint essential oil on your writs. Smelling peppermint can help you ride harder & faster, upping your caloric burn by 15%. A study conducted at Wheeler Jesuit University found that athletes who sniffed mint ran faster, gripped stronger, and pumped out more push-ups. The scent of jasmine can boost performance, too. "We think those two scents jolt the reticular activating system, a part of the brain that makes you feel more alert," says Alan Hirsch of Smell and Taste Treatment & Research Foundation in Chicago.
**Taste The Power: A pep-o-mint Lifesaver might salvage a lackluster workout session. "Chewing on minty gum or a Lifesaver can have the same effect, since taste and smell are so closely connected," says Hirsch.
**Turn Up the Volume: The sound of music blocks nerves from signaling body fatigue & perception of effort, explains Costas Karageorghis of Brunel Univ in London. You can boost your effort by up to 10% & your performance by listening to upbeat tunes, particularly songs with 120-140 beats per minute.
**Feel the Earth Move: "Thanks to wind and terain changes, which you feel against your body & under your feet, your heart rate is on average 5 to 10 beats per minute higher," says John Porcari of the Univ of Wisconsin-LaCrosse. "You burn 10 to 15% more calories."
Stimulating Songs:
-Lady Gaga ...Paparazzi, 116 beats per min or Just Dance, 119bpm
-Rihanna ...Please Don't Stop the Music, 122bpm
-La Roux ...Bulletproof, 123bpm
-Black Eyed Peas ...I Gotta Feeling, 129bpm
-A.R. Rahman & the Pussycat Dolls ...Jai Ho(You Are My Destiny), 139bpm
###Try these songs at your next workout, see if YOU notice the diff! SMILE! :)
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