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Are they devoted fans whove been waiting with bated breath at the weight rack for a glory-drenched comeback?
Or are they exercise cliches who also run up steps while listening to Eye of the Tiger?
Samuels is not alone, as Eminems been linked to athletic performance for some time now.
I was new to the gym and wanted a distraction.
Till I Collapse was one of the first tracks I downloaded for my gym playlist.
Theres evidence that aggressive music can make you work harder.
Costas Karageorghis of Brunel University in London is a leading expert in exercise science.
In 2014, Karageorghis and his team partnered with Spotify to come up with theultimate workout playlist.
According to the research, at 110 BPM, its an ideal musical accompaniment to strength training.
Famous bodybuilders, including Dwayne Johnson, a.k.a.
the Rock, have saidEminem is their favorite rapper.
And Eminem himself toldMens Journalthat hedabbled in bodybuildingwhen he was in recovery for drug addiction.
Others, like Joshua Peguero, a reporter at KTXS News in Texas, listen to Em while running.
Peguero said that Eminems tracks are both a distraction and motivation because of the story behind them.
Yet through effort he got himself out of that situation.
She said: You could have 20 Eminem tracks on a playlist and never get tired of hearing them.
But not everyone listening to him at the gym is actually that bothered about Marshall Mathers the artist.
Brazier said while he loves listening to Eminem while hes lifting, thats where his devotion stops.
Its a relationship between Eminem and the gym for me, he said.
This gets to the heart of whats so appealing about Eminem as workout music.
Theres something uplifting in the dark world he creates.
But for a few others, it also operates on another level.
Eminem is a macabre writer.
