Little is known about the effects conversation may have on exercise and if discussion would be enough of a stimulus to activate the stress response and therefore allow the individual to exercise more efficiently. To determine the effects of conversation on exercise performance, three trials were conducted on the Wingate cycle ergometer, subjects discussed topics that made them excited, anxious, and a neutral topic while exercising at an individual intensity with a resistance. Data suggests that there was only a 2.9% increase between the total energy expenditure of the exciting and anxious trials, however there was a 30.45% increase between the RPE values for the anxious and exciting trials. Therefore, showing that while individuals were exercising at a constant resistance, they perceived themselves to be doing less work while discussing a topic they found exciting rather than anxiety inducing. It was also determined that individuals had an 11.87% decrease in RPE values between the neutral and exciting topics. Therefore, individual perceived themselves to be doing less work when discussing a topic, they found exciting rather than neutral. There were no significant values obtained for the exciting, neutral, or anxiety-inducing trials. This evidence determines that conversation has an impact on exercise performance, and it would be suggested to exercise while engaging in an exciting conversation.