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Exercise and Well-Being after High-Performance Sport : Post-Retirement Perspectives

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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.

This book is key reading for graduate and postgraduate students, as well as academics and researchers interested in sports retirement experiences, sport sociology, mental health, and well-being.

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  • ISBN-13: 9781032232720
  • ISBN-10: 1032232722
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • Publish Date: August 2023
  • Dimensions: 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.38 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 0.84 pounds
  • Page Count: 132

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