Sport psychology

A simple experiment. Two exercise bike sessions with the same workload. One in silence, the other with my own playlist. The time to exhaustion increases by 20%. The heart rate is the same, lactate levels are the same, and the perceived exertion is the same. The body lasts longer with the same physiological indicators. The study by the University of Jyväskylä was published in Psychology of Sport and Exercise on 9 May 2026. About…