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  "textContent": "BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Most people assume music makes workouts feel better because it’s distracting or energizing. Both are true. But a new study found something more specific: music doesn’t raise your physical ceiling. It just delays when your brain calls it. The study: same effort, two conditions Twenty-nine recreationally active adults did […]\n\nThe post The research behind why your favorite songs make you push your workout harder first appeared on The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News.",
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