Acute Effects of Listening to Music and Watching Nature Videos on the Psychophysiological Responses and Time to Exhaustion During Moderate-Intensity Indoor Cycling

The aural and visual environment in which people exercise is described as being significant to their affective responses to exercise and possibly their degree of adherence. Research investigating the use of music and video during moderate-intensity exercise is needed because they are inexpensive, simple to adopt, and can reflect activity adherence and reduce dropout rates. This study examined the acute effects on psychophysiological variables and the time for exhaustion on a cycle ergometer during a moderate-intensity workout of listening to music, watching nature videos, or doing both. Thirty physically active young male adults (19.46 ± 0.87 years, 62.94 ± 11.86 kg; 169.23 ± 7.21 cm; 21.9 ± 3.14 kg/m2) exercised moderately to exhaustion or until 20 minutes in four different conditions: three experimental conditions (music only, video only, and music and video) and one control condition (no music and visually sterile). The results showed that the mean and standard deviation of changes in time to exhaustion and RPE during the second and fourth minutes of exercise differed. Finally, the major purpose of this study was to investigate how people responded to different audiovisual stimuli while exercising on a bike ergometer. The stimuli consisted of music, video, and music-video. These findings are still being debated in the research and may be attributable to the type of exercise, intensity of the exercise, and preference for audiovisual support. As a result, understanding the customer's and/or athlete's choice for these aspects is critical for achieving better results during training sessions, particularly in the moderate-intensity domain.