Skip to main content
. 2005 Jun 1;4(2):195–200.

Table 2.

Pre- and post-exercise mood reports for most- and least-preferred exercise modalities (n = 25). Data are means (±SD).

Mood Pre-exercise Post-exercise
Anger
Most-preferred exercise 58.64 (22.68) 48.56 (8.18)
Least preferred exercise 53.40 (15.45) 52.65 (11.12)
Confusion
Most-preferred exercise 45.87 (6.02) 42.56 (1.78)
Least preferred exercise 45.04 (8.13) 43.88 (3.70)
Depression
Most-preferred exercise 52.28 (12.27) 46.29 (3.01)
Least preferred exercise 54.89 (12.90) 51.50 (9.40)
Fatigue
Most-preferred exercise 54.50 (12.94) 50.55 (12.23)
Least preferred exercise 56.69 (11.55) 53.62 (10.50)
Tension
Most-preferred exercise 40.11 (4.20) 38.16 (2.15)
Least preferred exercise 42.05 (6.93) 39.26 (2.96)
Vigor
Most-preferred exercise 44.03 (10.57) 59.19 (6.57)
Least preferred exercise 41.28 (8.94) 44.56 (8.68)