Exercise and Well-Being after High-Performance Sport
Luke Jones, "Exercise and Well-Being after High-Performance Sport"
English | ISBN: 1032232722 | 2023 | 144 pages | EPUB, PDF | 668 KB + 2 MB
English | ISBN: 1032232722 | 2023 | 144 pages | EPUB, PDF | 668 KB + 2 MB
Exercise and Well-Being after High-Performance Sport explores whether high-performance athletes have healthy and prosperous relationships with exercise and well-being after retirement from elite sports. This edited collection is the first of its kind to bring together sociologically informed accounts from former high-performance athletes about their retirement experiences and post-sporting careers.
The chapters combine creative narrative writing and social theory to frame the experiences of exercise and well-being after retirement from high-performance sport. Written by former high-performance athletes who are now socio-cultural sports scholars, the authors explore how retiring from elite sport impacted their relationship to exercise and physical activity, identity, and long-term mental health.
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