Pleasant for some and unpleasant for others: a protocol analysis of the cognitive factors that influence affective responses to exercise

Table 1 Factors influencing the affective responses of low and high active women.

Low-Active Group		High-Active Group
State of mind	Pre-Exercise Affective State
+ve pre-exercise affective state
-ve pre-exercise affective state		-ve pre-exercise affective state
Doing exercise	Outcomes of Doing Exercise	Doing exercise
Consequences of exercise		Consequences of exercise
Enjoyment of exercise		Enjoyment of exercise
Benefits of exercise		Benefits of exercise
		Stimulation
I can do it	Perception of Ability
Ability to sustain intensity
Ability to exercise longer than 30 min
Ability to cope		Ability to cope
From exercising	Achievement	From exercising
Performance accomplishments		Performance accomplishments
Satisfaction		Satisfaction
Thinking about nothing	Focus of Attention	Thinking about nothing
Not aware of time		Not aware of time
Thinking of things outside exercise		Exercise happening without thought or attention
Switching off from body		Association with interoceptive cues
Focused on exercising
	Anticipation of the End
Cardiorespiratory	Awareness of Interoceptive Cues	Cardiorespiratory
Temperature		Temperature
Perspiration		Perspiration
Muscular		Muscular
Integration of cues		Integration of cues
Level of fatigue
Warm up	Perception of Physiological State	Warm up
Steady state/rhythm		Steady state/rhythm
		Getting into rhythm
Appropriateness	Self-monitoring of the Exercise Intensity	Appropriateness
Comfort		Comfort
Preference for intensity
	Perception of Control

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