Objective To critically review developments over the first fifty years of research (1967–2017)
on (a) how people feel when they participate in exercise and physical activity, and (b) the …

Initiating physical activity can be difficult. Maintaining regular activity is even more
challenging. Fewer than 5% of US adults attain even 30 min of daily moderate-vigorous …

Insufficient physical activity is one of the ten leading global risk factors for mortality (World
Health Organization, 2009), with worldwide prevalence ranging from 16.6 to 34.5% for …

Highlights•Exercise psychology has not produced interventions that can increase physical
activity.•Popular theories reflect narrow focus on information-processing as basis of …

The contextual interference (CI) model hypothesizes random practice (high CI) leads to
inferior acquisition, but superior retention and transfer capabilities compared to blocked …

Background In a time of physical inactivity pandemic, attempts to better understand the
factors underlying the regulation of exercise behavior are important. The dominant …

Cognitive control of physical activity and sedentary behavior is receiving increased attention
in the neuroscientific and behavioral medicine literature as a means of better understanding …

Physical activity and exercise guidelines for weight management call for at least 60 min of
daily activity. However, these documents fail to acknowledge that almost no obese adults …

Why do individuals fail to exercise regularly despite knowledge of the risks associated with
physical inactivity? Automatic processes regulating exercise behaviors may partly explain …

This article reviews recent developments in the design of interventions to improve health
behavior. Based on dual-system models we classify intervention strategies according to …