Empirical description of effects of exercise on mood.

Nowlis D P, Greenberg N

Percept Mot Skills. 1979 Dec;49(3):1001-2. doi: 10.2466/pms.1979.49.3.1001.

18 experienced joggers showed altered Mood Adjective Check List responding after jogging 12.5 miles, highlighted by increased pleasantness. Results support a broad-spectrum, unipolar approach to quantification of exercise-induced mood change.