Marie Murphy Rex Murphy

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Something optimistic, like Abba or Shakira, the help

can lose Along with weight, one of The Most popular New Year 's more exercise do's intentions"".

Although any form of movement is better than none", "fleets" exercise seems particularly good for The Heart and brain.

So, if you are one of the millions that are out of the resolution of the active, maybe up-tempo music can help you, the positive "liveliness"? In one experiment, for the that we looked at, whether it can work.

in contrast to a leisurely stroll, a brisk walk is more likely to increase the blood flow to the brain and also lead to the release of a hormone called BDNF (brain derived neurotrophic factor). BDNF helps to stimulate the production of new brain cells, which is certainly useful, as they get older.

fleet Walker would life seem longer than those with a more leisurely stroll.

Found , who said, rapidly, lived on average 24% more than those who said they walked at a slower pace.

But it is difficult to tease out cause and effect from such studies, because it could be that people who walk briskly are simply healthier in the First Place .

Trust Me , I'm a doctor-team

Two years ago, with Rob Copeland, professor of Physical Activity and health at the University of Sheffield, where we recruited a group of seated workers, we assigned then randomly assigned to do either 10,000 Steps or Active 10 (a free NHS app which will help you to walk the path back to health).

The Active 10 group were asked to match three of the fleets of 10-minute walks in the day, instead of aiming for a certain number of Steps .

We discovered that when It Comes to the health, short bursts of brisk seem to go deliver more benefits and are often easier to manage, than to try to hit the 10,000-step goal.

Doctor beat?

we wanted to revise This year, The Experiment with more participants - But also at whether the addition of music would help the people to increase the pace.

One of the problems with the people telling you to do "brisk walking", that few of us really know what "brisk walking". I said, it means "Fast Enough , that they can are able to talk, But not sing". I personally don't find that particularly useful as I can sing, But quickly I'm walking.

A clearer definition of "brisk walking" is walking in about 100 Steps per minute. And this, in turn, can be helped by listening to music that has a stroke of at least that. Music such as "Dancing Queen " by Abba or Hips Don ' T Lie by Shakira.

I together with Marie Murphy , a professor of exercise and health at the University of Ulster, and we recruited 24 volunteers between the ages of 25 and 65, we divided randomly in two groups.

has a pedometer and asked to try and hit 10,000 Steps A Day , while The Other group was stopped, walk briskly for 30 Minutes per day of music we had selected for you.

We have tested every blood pressure, cholesterol and body fat to the beginning of The Experiment , then sent to their different Regime for five weeks before you came back to be re-tested.

Those assigned to brisk walking certainly Found The Music pleasant, But it did not make a difference?

Prof Murphy says: "The Good news is, we saw the positive changes in both groups, But those who saw afloat by The Music of somewhat greater improvements than those who did the 10,000 Steps . "

The 10,000-Stepper saw an average decrease of the body fat from 1. 8%, while the fleets of walkers, your body reduced fat-2. 4%. The fleets hikers also saw a greater drop in blood pressure.

So The Message is, if you want to keep in shape, mentally and physically, just download some fast music and get the feet moving, one in front of The Other .

on BBC 2 on Wednesday, 8. January 20:00 GMT and on iPlayer.

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Source of news: bbc.com