The iPod is clearly the ultimate exercise accessory. Not only does it play music, but it also plays podcasts, videos and audio books. So if Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger” won’t get your heart rate up while jogging, certainly most any audio book by master of horror Stephen King will. A study from Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia has confirmed that those who listened to music while going hard on an exercise bike for 10 minutes pedaled 11 percent farther than those who listened to silence or static for the same amount of time.
