Even National Geographic is getting into the act

Just received the September issue of National Geographic - it's got a man "flying" on the cover, and other articles are:

--Saving Orphan Elephants
--Forever Wild in the Adirondacks
--Girl Power in Brazil
--The Race to the South Pole
--Lords of the Sahara

There's also a section called "Next" which doesn't seem to deal much with geography. It has:
-Researchers seek the weak spots in a home's defenses (against fire)
-Fitness Beat
-ELegs (a wearable robot that may help paraplegics walk. And this is pretty cool, by the way.)

Anyway, Fitness Beat.

It's a one page article that talks about how music helps people get through their workouts. "Music is a driving force, songs can make adrenaline surge\."

And I agree with that - many's the hill I've fought to get up with the help of the transcendant themes from The Rock or Pirates of the Caribbean.

"Pacing is also the key," says the sports psychologist consulted for this article, Costas Karageorghis.

The fact that music helps you work out is probably not news to you - who among us doesn't put in the earbuds when we go for walks or jogs (or in my case, biking). But try music when you're doing your weight training, as well. (And no, you don't need to do 30 minutes worth of weight training. 15 minutes of targeted training will be just fine.)