Stress factors have in numerous studies been shown to induce analgesia. Among these stress factors, exercise is well known to produce analgesia. In contrast, relatively few studies have explored the effect of exercise on non-painful perception. Therefore, present study was designed to investigate exercise-induced alterations in detection thresholds for mechanical and vibration stimuli. Furthermore, the purpose was to examine whether aerobic exercise increases pain thresholds for mechanical and pressure stimuli. Pain perception is also known to be modulated by cognitive functions, for example distraction has shown to reduce perceived pain sensations. So far, no studies investigating exercise-induced analgesia, have considered that the observed analgesia may be caused by a distraction component of the exercise. This factor was taken into consideration in the study by including a control session with distraction similar to the exercise.