Mumbai: Do you get bored easily while running, jogging, or doing any form of exercise and leave itincomplete? Then, you must listen to your favourite music as it can help you not only to complete your exercise but also to increase the time span you have been spending doing it.

Music has the ability to get your mind very quickly into the mode of exercise.

Padma Rao, a PR professional, loves to go for a run early mornings. Listening to music is very important for her as it gives her a big boost. “My running pattern depends a lot on the kind of music I listen to. My running rhythm automatically increases if I am listening to a fast and peppy number from Madonna or Guns N Roses I find myself still running at the same pace after the song is over,” she says.

For actor Rajneesh Duggal, music gives him a high. “Even a double shot of coffee won’t get me up and running like good music, especially Eye of the Tiger. Exercise becomes very dull without music. For example, when I go to Joggers Park with my iPod, I lose track of time when I am running while listening to music; I have to stop and remind myself to go back home,” he smiles.

Fitness expert Leena Mogre advises people to listen to music before and while exercising. “Music can help you administer your exercises without a trainer. It can help you measure the beats of your steps especially in the case of spinning, jogging, running and cycling. If you are feeling low music can provide you instant motivation. To some extent it can help you burn more calories than usual,” she says.

Adds actor Tara Sharma, “Music does lift the mood and makes me feel light, but I do not listen to it while running.”

Watch Myles Kennedy’s great spin on the Guns-n-Roses classics during Slash’s performance at the Glastonbury Festival June 27th performance.
On the heels of his solo album debut as #1 Rock Album and performing at some of the largest European outdoor Festivals, Slash launches his U.S. Summer tour.
The U.S. dates will feature vocalist Myles Kennedy who was also part of the European tour and received strong critical praise at shows like the Download Audiences in Europe were treated to a career-spanning Slash set list of songs from the new album which Kennedy provides vocals for two songs, along with Slash classics from Guns N Roses like “Sweet Child O’ Mine”, “Paradise City” and numerous Velvet Revolver, and Slash’s Snakepit favorites.

Confirmed Slash’s US dates:
Aug. 29 – San Francisco, CA – The Warfield Theater
Aug. 31 – Aspen, CO – Belly Up
Sept. 1 – Denver, CO – Ogden
Sept. 2 – Kansas City, MO – Voodoo Lounge
Sept. 4 – Mount Pleasant, MI – Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort
Sept. 5 – Milwaukee, WI – Pabst Theater
Sept. 6 – Clear Lake, IA – Surf Ballroom
Sept. 8 – Chicago, IL -Riviera Theater
Sept. 9 – Windsor, ON – Caesars Windsors – The Colosseum
Sept. 10 – Toronto, ON – Kool Haus
Sept. 11 – Belleville, ON – Empire Theater
Sept. 14 – New York, NY – Terminal 5
Sept. 15 – Boston, MA – House of Blues
Sept. 18 – Norfolk, VA – The Norva
Sept. 20 – Atlanta, GA – Center Stage
Sept. 22 – Council Bluffs, IA – Harrah’s – Stir Cove
Sept. 23 – Medina, MN – Medina Entertainment Center
Oct. 2 – Seattle, WA – Showbox at the Market