AFFECTIVE FORECASTING 351 time course of their emotions would be unknown. Wilson, Wheatley, Meyers, Gilbert, and Axsom (2000), for example, found that college sports fans overestimated how happy they would be the day after their favorite team won a football game.
This chapter reviews the short- and long-term ef-. fects and beneï¬ ts of cardiorespiratory endurance exer-. cise. It then describes several tests that are commonly. used to assess cardiorespiratory ï¬ tness.
Another way to gauge your exercise intensity is to see how hard your heart is beating during physical activity. To use this method, you first have to figure out your maximum heart rate â the upper limit of what your cardiovascular system can handle during physical activity. The basic way to calculate your maximum heart rate is to subtract your age from 220.