| Experience of exercise |
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| During exercise | Affective | Negative | Hard, tired, unpleasant, pressure, wish to finish soon, negative thoughts | |
| Positive | Happy | |||
| Biological | Negative | Heavy legs | ||
| After exercise | Affective | Negative | Tired, exhausted, stressed, difficult, tension, weak (immediately after) | |
| Positive | Relaxed, satisfied, optimistic, better mood, positive, calm, more energy, more alive mentally and physically, more vivid, think better, active (after 15 mins) | |||
| Biological | Negative | Heavy and tired legs, hard even to walk, high heart rate, sweaty, painful | ||
| Cognitive |
| Is it because we forget or a relief from a false alert? | ||
| Urge to smoke |
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| During exercise | Affective | Higher urge | Stress, anxiety, need to relax from the tension (high intensity), pressure (high intensity) | |
| Cognitive | Low urge | Not thinking of smoking at all | ||
| Higher urge | As an escape from exercise pressure | |||
| After exercise | Affective | Low urge | Need to relax and calm down first, tired, exhausted, feelings of wellness, relaxed | |
| Biological | Low urge | Sweaty, out of breath, “open” lungs, breathing difficulties, need to rest first | ||
| Cognitive | Low urge | No thoughts of smoking, clears your mind, not to waste the effort and satisfaction from accomplishment to finish the exercise | ||
| Exercise preference |
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| Preferred intensity | Vigor | Affective | Better when I feel tense, difficult at first but then much better, more self-satisfaction, more enjoyable, gives more energy | |
| Moderate | Affective | More pleasant, easier, less tired | ||
| Cognitive | As beneficial as vigor | |||
| Preferred type of exercise and intensity in everyday life | Unsupervised | Outdoors | Walking, jogging, gardening | |
| Supervised | Indoors | Gym | ||
| Gradual increase |
| Gradual increase in both intensity and duration | ||
| Exercise and smoking relationship |
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| Effects of exercise on smoking behavior | Does not affect | Unrelated behaviors, compatible behaviors (if light physical activity or light smoker), no effect on managing desire to smoke | ||
| Does affect | Positive effect on general sense of self-control, increase in self-efficacy over behavioral control | |||
| Effects of smoking on exercise behavior |
| Breathing problems, discomfort, low endurance, negative thoughts, difficult | ||