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"The tendency to synchronize may be the most
mysterious and pervasive drive in all of nature"
-Dr. Steven Strogatz, Author of "Sync"
"The tendency to synchronize may be the most
mysterious and pervasive drive in all of nature"
"The tendency to synchronize may be the most
mysterious and pervasive drive in all of nature"
Harness the Power of Rhythm


About RhythmRadio
When I graduated HS and got to University of Miami, I very actively went in search of a fitness routine that was as fun and effective as year-round High School sports. I realized this deficit of structured daily fitness was a problem that I had to solve for the rest of my life. After a year of moving around the gym in exploration, I fell in love with jumping rope. It became a daily habit and after time I started to compile a list of songs that seemed to put me into flow while jumping. I quickly noticed that it was songs where the tempo was close enough to sync to, that the benefits began to compound. I would lose track of time, get lost in daydreams, all while mindlessly maintaining the rhythm. My hand eye coordination and posture was improving, my nerves about dancing at bars disappeared, rhythm was slowly working it's way into other facets of my life. These songs that I could sync to, became so powerful that I started to conceive a tool that would enable synchronicity. I bought up mp3 players and installed them into every different kind of jump rope I could find, making prototypes for a product I called RhythmRope, where a playlist of songs that synced were stored in the handle. This was seven years ago.
Today, the app is called RhythmRadio and it's a set of tools designed help us harness the power of Rhythm, for every movement and exercise. As tech has evolved and I've turned my focus to interaction design, the mass of evidence for the mental and and physical benefits of dance has continued to stack.
The Science of Sync

Scientists recently showed a strong neurological connection between your mind and your fascia (the fibrous tissue surrounding your muscles), proving the fascia actually stores memories and information. So when you're shooting a basketball, it's not just your mind thats remembering how you shoot, it's your body. It's actually the fascia that remembers the skill that you patterned. RhythmRadio and dance is like an improv class for your fascia.

A study at the Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine in 2007 showed that Argentine tango was better at improving the movement of Parkinson's disease patience then an exercise class.

Swedish researches studied 112 teenage girls who were experience physical and mental distress. Half of the girls attended weekly dance classes, while the other half didn't. The girls who took the dance classes improved their mental health and reported a boost in mood for up to eight months.

From an article called "Dancing and the Brain" from Harvard Mahoney Neuroscience Institute: "The mental coordination involved with dancing activates both sensory and motor circuits. Therefore, when one dances, one's brain is both stimulated by the sound of the music and by the dance movements themselves. PET imaging has shown brain regions that become activated during dance learning and performance, including motor cortex, somatosensory cortex, basal ganglia, and cerebellum."

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