| Can you have your vigorous exercise and enjoy it too? Ramping intensity down increases postexercise, remembered, and forecasted pleasure Z Zenko, P Ekkekakis, D Ariely Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology 38 (2), 149-159, 2016 | 173 | 2016 |
| Escape from cognitivism: Exercise as hedonic experience P Ekkekakis, Z Zenko Sport and exercise psychology research, 389-414, 2016 | 117 | 2016 |
| Proportion of adults meeting the 2018 physical activity guidelines for Americans according to accelerometers Z Zenko, EA Willis, DA White Frontiers in public health 7, 135, 2019 | 116 | 2019 |
| Moving sport and exercise science forward: a call for the adoption of more transparent research practices AR Caldwell, AD Vigotsky, MS Tenan, R Radel, DT Mellor, A Kreutzer, ... Sports Medicine 50 (3), 449-459, 2020 | 97 | 2020 |
| Knowledge of exercise prescription guidelines among certified exercise professionals Z Zenko, P Ekkekakis Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research 29 (5), 1422-1432, 2015 | 71 | 2015 |
| Do you find exercise pleasant or unpleasant? The Affective Exercise Experiences (AFFEXX) questionnaire P Ekkekakis, Z Zenko, S Vazou Psychology of Sport and Exercise 55, 101930, 2021 | 58 | 2021 |
| Affect as a potential determinant of physical activity and exercise P Ekkekakis, Z Zenko, MA Ladwig, ME Hartman Affective determinants of health behavior, 237-261, 2018 | 49 | 2018 |
| Measurement of affective responses to exercise: From “affectless arousal” to “the most well-characterized” relationship between the body and affect P Ekkekakis, Z Zenko Emotion measurement, 299-321, 2016 | 49 | 2016 |
| Internal consistency and validity of measures of automatic exercise associations Z Zenko, P Ekkekakis Psychology of Sport and Exercise 43, 4-15, 2019 | 47 | 2019 |
| Changing minds: Bounded rationality and heuristic processes in exercise-related judgments and choices. Z Zenko, P Ekkekakis, G Kavetsos Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology 5 (4), 337, 2016 | 46 | 2016 |
| Increasing the pleasure and enjoyment of exercise: a novel resistance-training protocol JC Hutchinson, Z Zenko, S Santich, PC Dalton Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology 42 (2), 143-152, 2020 | 38 | 2020 |
| The affective interval: an investigation of the peaks and valleys during high-and moderate-intensity interval exercise in regular exercisers AG Box, Y Feito, Z Zenko, SJ Petruzzello Psychology of Sport and Exercise 49, 101686, 2020 | 28 | 2020 |
| Critical review of measurement practices in the study of automatic associations of sedentary behavior, physical activity, and exercise Z Zenko, P Ekkekakis Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology 41 (5), 271-288, 2019 | 25 | 2019 |
| Exercise in obesity from the perspective of hedonic theory: A call for sweeping change in professional practice norms P Ekkekakis, Z Zenko, KM Werstein Applied Exercise Psychology, 289-315, 2017 | 23 | 2017 |
| Essentials of exercise and sport psychology: An open access textbook Z Zenko, L Jones | 22 | 2021 |
| Strategies to facilitate more pleasant exercise experiences L Jones, Z Zenko Essentials of exercise and sport psychology: An open access textbook, 242-270, 2021 | 21 | 2021 |
| Affective responses to exercise: Measurement considerations for practicing professionals Z Zenko, MA Ladwig Essentials of exercise and sport psychology: An open access textbook, 271-293, 2021 | 19 | 2021 |
| A systematic narrative review of extrinsic strategies to improve affective responses to exercise L Jones, Z Zenko Frontiers in Sports and Active Living 5, 1186986, 2023 | 17 | 2023 |
| Knowledge of exercise prescription guidelines across one 4-year kinesiology curriculum P Ekkekakis, MJ Albee, Z Zenko Research quarterly for exercise and sport 87 (1), 124-130, 2016 | 17 | 2016 |
| Do exercisers maximize their pleasure by default? Using prompts to enhance the affective experience of exercise. Z Zenko, RM Kahn, CJ Berman, JC Hutchinson, L Jones Sport, exercise, and performance psychology 9 (3), 405, 2020 | 16 | 2020 |