By Rachel Langston
I got an iPod Shuffle for Christmas. I wanted one so that I could listen to something at the gym without having to worry about radio reception if I wasn’t lucky enough to get the treadmill closest to the window!
Actually, I prefer listening to talk radio when I exercise (sports talk radio to be precise) but I was willing to expand my musical horizons to help me pass the exercise time. At least I THOUGHT I was willing. That was before I discovered podcasts!
Now, a whole new world has been opened and my exercise life will never be the same. I knew that podcasts were gaining popularity but I had no idea of the number and variety that exist. There is somebody talking about everything (and I do mean everything)!
Now, my exercise time is full of talk on sports, money, business information and strategies, book reviews, movie reviews, sermons from well-known preachers and all kinds of stuff. Using my exercise time to listen to these podcasts is helping the time pass more quickly than it would otherwise AND it is helping me learn things about owning/running my business at the same time. I am actually listening to what is being piped into my ears instead of obsessing about how long I have exercised and how much longer I have to go! I get information from a podcast much more quickly and concisely than I would listening to a radio show and I can listen on my schedule, instead of having to tune in at a certain time to a certain station.
Who knew that I could kill 2 birds with just 1 little podcast?
Copyright, RPL Communications, 2007
