MUSIC AS AN ERGOGENIC RESOURCE: THE INFLUENCE OF MUSIC ON PERFORMANCE DURING THE PRACTICE OF STRENGTH TRAINING AND AEROBIC TRAINING

Abstract

The aim of this study was to verify whether the use of preferred and non-preferred music during exercise, regardless of musical style, could influence the physical performance of strength and aerobic trainers. This is a cross-sectional study, being a field research with a quantitative character following a descriptive study model, for statistical analysis the Shapiro-Wilk test was used to verify the normality of the data distribution and the ANOVA one-way F test was used to analyze the variance of the variable means and a value was adopted for significant statistical differences (P≤ 0.05). The results showed that there was a statistically significant positive difference (F=7.72; p= 0.01) in physical performance when preferred music was used for strength training in leg press exercises when compared to performing these exercises without the use of music. As for aerobic training, there were no statistically significant differences (F=3.34) in physical performance when the exercises were performed while listening to preferred music, non-preferred music or without listening to music.