Studies // Cited work
The pleasure and displeasure people feel when they exercise at different intensities
Ekkekakis, P., Parfitt, G., & Petruzzello, S. J. (2011). The pleasure and displeasure people feel when they exercise at different intensities.
Level D Review doi:10.2165/11590680-000000000-00000
What this study supports
Supports the claims that pleasure declines mainly above the ventilatory or lactate threshold, that sub-threshold intensities produce pleasant changes for most people with large individual variability near the threshold, and that self-selected intensity fosters tolerance of higher intensities. Narrative review of experimental studies.
- Who was studied
- Not applicable: a review of 33 articles (1999 to 2009) on exercise intensity and affective responses.
- Design
- Review
- Level of evidence
- Cross-sectional, observational, qualitative work and narrative reviews.
Claims that rest on it
Each claim states what the site asserts, at what strength, and with what caveat.
EmpiricalLevel DConfidence MODERATE
Pleasure during exercise declines mainly above the ventilatory or lactate threshold, most people experience pleasant changes below it with large individual differences near it, and self-selected intensity appears to foster tolerance of higher intensity.
- Scope
- Affective responses during and around single exercise bouts in reviewed studies from 1999 to 2009.
- Caveat
- A narrative review; thresholds vary between people and the findings concern how exercise feels, not symptom outcomes.
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