“…For example, music is often used by those taking part in recreational activity (Wininger & Pargman, 2003; Priest et al, 2004; Pazoki et al, 2007) and by patients recovering from a stroke or other cardiovascular problem and taking part in rehabilitation programs (Vollert et al, 2003; Metzger, 2004; Kim & Koh, 2005; Jeong & Kim, 2007; Mandel et al, 2007). Music has been used also by athletes during submaximal (Szmedra & Bacharach, 1998; Hayakawa et al, 2000; Potteiger et al, 2000; Nethery, 2002; Edworthy & Waring, 2006; Yamashita et al, 2006; Karageorghis et al, 2006a) and maximal (De Bourdeaudhuij et al, 2002; Atkinson et al, 2004; Tenenbaum et al, 2004; Crust, 2004a, b; Crust & Clough, 2006; Macone et al, 2006; Simpson & Karageorghis, 2006; Caria et al, 2007) exercise, as well as in their pre‐competition preparations (Bishop et al, 2007; Eliakim et al, 2007), to improve performance.…”