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" It&amp;#x27;s hard to find anyone who doesn&amp;#x27;t work out with an iPod or MP3 player strapped to their arm these days. (Flashback: Remember Walkmans?). Now a new study seems to be validating what a lot of us already know, that music can be a powerful fitness tool--but some songs are more effective than others ...According to researchers in England, music is a powerful fitness partner. It may help you work out about 15 percent longer and with more ease (for example, good tunes could help you forget how hard the exercise bike is killing your legs). But the music your gym blasts over the speakers might not be as effective as the songs in your iPod, the researchers say. The best songs for moderate to intense exercise, they say, often have about 120 to 140 beats per minute. Here are some tunes that the scientists say are most effective for motivation: &amp;quot;I Like the Way You Move&amp;quot; by Bodyrockers &amp;quot;Mercy&amp;quot; by Duffy &amp;quot;The Heat is On&amp;quot; by Glenn Frey &amp;quot;Don&amp;#x27;t Stop Me Now&amp;quot; by Queen and &amp;quot;Dancing Queen&amp;quot; by Abba What are your favorite songs to sweat to? Would &amp;quot;Dancing Queen&amp;quot; make your iPod playlist? Photo: iStock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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