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More efficient, perhaps, but at what price? Pleasure and enjoyment responses to high-intensity interval exercise in low-active women with obesity

Decker, Emily S., Ekkekakis, Panteleimon·2017·Psychology of Sport and Exercise

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Authors: Decker, E. S., & Ekkekakis, P.
Affiliations: University of Colorado Denver (US)
ORCID: Ekkekakis, Panteleimon
Venue: Psychology of Sport and Exercise
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2017-01
Volume: 28
Pages: 1-10
ISSN: 1469-0292 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychsport.2016.09.005
OpenAlex: W2519659878
Cited by: 139
References: 89
Citations by year: 2026: 7 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 12 · 2023: 8 · 2022: 16 · 2021: 18 · 2020: 27 · 2019: 18 · 2018: 16 · 2017: 12
FWCI: 12.36
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: Psychology of sport and exercise (publishedVersion)
Topics: Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Physical Activity and Health
Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology (medical) › Cardiovascular and exercise physiology
Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
Keywords: high-intensity interval exercise, moderate-intensity continuous training, exercise enjoyment, obese women, physical inactivity, exercise sustainability, recumbent cycling, ventilatory threshold, Feeling Scale, Physical Activity Enjoyment Scale

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