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Podcast: Physical Activity Researcher
Episode: Athletic Retirement: A Transition to A Physically Active Lifestyle? Dr Erin Reifsteck (Pt 2) - Meaningful Sport Series
Description: Are former athletes any more physically active than people who never took part in competitive sport? Or is this even an important question to ask? In this second part of our conversation with Dr Erin Reifsteck, we explore the challenges and opportunities that athletes encounter when they leave the structured, competitive sport. Does the meaning of sport change in their lives? The main focus is on the intervention that she has developed with her colleagues to support athletes in transitioning to a physically active lifestyle.
Dr Erin Reifsteck is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Kinesiology a...