summary: Personal music selection greatly increases the motivation, emotional response and satisfaction of gym-goers. Participants who selected the music themselves were found to be more motivated compared to those whose music was selected by the fitness facility.
Moreover, the perceived motivational value of music influenced users’ emotional states during workouts. Notably, the level of musical enjoyment correlated with satisfaction with the workout session.
Important facts:
- Self-selected music during workouts is more motivating and gives gym users more autonomy compared to facility-selected music.
- The perceived motivational quality of music directly influences the emotional state of gym-goers, thereby influencing their training experience.
- The degree of enjoyment of the music correlates strongly with the overall satisfaction of the workout session.
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research in International Journal of Sports Management and Marketing It reveals the impact of music on fitness facility users and provides valuable insights for the health and fitness industry.
This study explores how different types of music, whether the music is self-selected by the person working out or music selected by the fitness facility, influences the customer’s emotional and cognitive responses in such an environment. It shows how it affects
Antonio S. Williams and Zach P. Pedersen, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA, and Byung-kik Park, Dongguk University, Seoul, South Korea, found that external stimuli such as music can influence a person’s emotional and cognitive states. explains that there is They sought to understand whether music could motivate them during exercise.
Researchers recruited 183 self-paced gym users and divided them into two groups. One is a group that allows you to choose the music you listen to during training, and the other is a group where the facility chooses the music. Testing was conducted in a regular fitness facility, not in a lab. The team then used structural equation modeling to analyze the data and evaluate hypotheses.
I made three discoveries. First, participants who chose their own music were much more motivated to participate in fitness activities than participants in facility-selected music groups. The researchers suggest that this choice increased gym-goers’ autonomy, which positively impacted their workouts.
Second, perceptions of whether music is motivating have a direct impact on the emotional state of gym-goers. Enjoying music while exercising increases your motivation and enhances your emotional response during exercise.
Finally, the level of musical enjoyment matched the level of satisfaction gym users felt after their workout session. In other words, the emotional and cognitive impact of music had a direct impact on customers’ overall satisfaction with their exercise experience.
The implications of this research are important for fitness facility managers and owners. Understanding the motivational power of music and its impact on customer emotions can help optimize the fitness facility environment and improve the overall experience. Of course, greater satisfaction and enjoyment can lead to repeat business.
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“Influence of Music on Motivational Traits Perceived by Self-paced Fitness Consumers, Optimal Emotional State and Satisfaction with Exercise Experiencesby Antonio S. Williams et al. International Journal of Sports Management and Marketing
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Influence of Music on Motivational Traits Perceived by Self-paced Fitness Consumers, Optimal Emotional State and Satisfaction with Exercise Experiences
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of music motivation evoked by two major types of music sources (i.e., self-selected music and facility-selected music) on consumer emotional and cognitive responses in a fitness facility environment. is to examine the effects of the nature of
The concept of the motivational nature of music was consistent with Mehrabian and Russell’s stimulus-bio-response (SOR) theory.
We conducted a survey with self-paced fitness customers (n = 183) Persons exposed to any type of music in a natural field environment. SEM was used for hypothesis evaluation.
Three hypotheses were confirmed. SSM provides more motivation to fitness facility customers than FSM. We found that greater awareness of the motivational properties of music led to greater excitement and pleasure, and that greater joy and excitement led to greater satisfaction with the exercise experience.
