Music & Sport Tempo Finder

How it works
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See Watch any movement — walking, running, swimming, cycling
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Tap Tap the button in rhythm with what you see to capture the BPM
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Match Search for songs at that tempo and build a workout playlist
Example: you see someone walking — tap along to their steps, get 116 BPM, and instantly find songs that sync perfectly with that pace.
Music & Sport
Learn the Language
The core vocabulary of the Music & Sport methodology
Music Concepts
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Beat
also: Pulse, Tempo
The steady, repeating tick that drives the music forward.
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Think of a heartbeat or a clock. When we say "find the beat," we mean find that constant pulse and lock into it. BPM (beats per minute) is how we measure it — 120 BPM means 120 beats in one minute.
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Rhythm
A pattern of sounds and silences organised in time.
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The beat is constant; rhythm is what you do on top of it. A kick pattern, a breathing cycle, a stroke sequence — those are all rhythms built on the beat.
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Dynamics
How loud or soft, how strong or gentle.
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In music: fortissimo (very loud) to pianissimo (very soft). In sport: powerful strokes vs. gliding strokes. Dynamics change the intensity without changing the rhythm.
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Phrasing
A group of notes or movements that form a complete idea.
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Like a sentence in a conversation. A freestyle stroke cycle — reach, pull, push, recover — is a physical phrase. Phrases have a beginning, a peak, and a resolution.
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Ostinato
A pattern that repeats continuously underneath everything else.
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Your flutter kick is an ostinato — it keeps going steadily while your arms and breath do their own thing on top.
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Cadence
Your personal movement tempo.
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In running, it's steps per minute. In swimming, it's strokes per minute. Music & Sport trains you to find, control, and stabilise your cadence by locking it to a beat.
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Time Signature
How beats are grouped.
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4/4 means four beats per group (most pop and rock music). 3/4 means three beats per group (waltz time). Breathing every 3 strokes is swimming in 3/4.
The Connection
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Sync
When your movement aligns with the beat.
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Hand entry lands on the pulse. Kick matches the subdivision. Breath falls in its place within the cycle. Sync is the goal — it's where technique stabilises and movement becomes efficient.
The Music & Sport Distinction
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Training WITH Music
Music plays in the background as motivation.
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It lifts your mood, reduces perceived effort, makes exercise feel easier. You hear it, but your movement doesn't follow it. Most athletes train this way.
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Training THROUGH Music ★
Your movement locks into the music. This is what Music & Sport teaches.
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Kicks, strokes, and breath snap to the beat. The music becomes a training tool, not just a soundtrack. Cadence locks to a pulse, technique stabilises, and decisions get cleaner.
Music & Sport
Got Rhythm?
Can you keep the rhythm when the beat drops out?
Turn up your volume and pick a level.
Tap along to the beat
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