“If You Didn't Exercise during Lockdown, What Were You Even Doing?”: Young Women, Sport, and Fitness in Pandemic Times

H Thorpe, G O'Leary, N Ahmad, MJ Nemani - Youth, 2023 - mdpi.com
Sports and physical activity organizations around the world have expressed concern that the
COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted girls and young women's participation, with …

Understanding the impact of COVID-19 on youth sport in Australia and consequences for future participation and retention

S Elliott, MJ Drummond, I Prichard, R Eime… - BMC public health, 2021 - Springer
Background COVID-19 continues to represent the single biggest challenge to contemporary
community sport globally. Compliance with social distancing policies, strict return-to-play …

Perceptions of physical activity changes due to COVID-19 restrictions among women in the United Kingdom

JJ Forsyth, L Makay, V Riley - Women in sport and …, 2021 - journals.humankinetics.com
The purpose of the current study was to explore, via interview, how and why women felt their
physical activity levels and active lifestyles had been affected by COVID-19. Telephone …

Women's Physical Activity as Becoming: Lines of Flight from the Fitness Assemblage

H Thorpe, J Brice, G O'Leary… - Journal of Sport and …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Building upon and extending a growing strand of research engaging feminist new
materialisms to understand women's moving bodies as more-than-human phenomena, this …

Australian sport and physical activity behaviours pre, during and post-COVID-19

R Eime, J Harvey, M Charity - BMC Public Health, 2024 - Springer
Background Globally, COVID-19 and associated restrictions impacted negatively on
recreational physical activity (RPA). Participation in community sport was significantly …

The impact of the COVID-19 lockdown on elite sportswomen

A Bowes, L Lomax, J Piasecki - Managing Sport and Leisure, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Research question: The COVID-19 pandemic decimated elite level sport across the globe,
although there were concerns that this impact affected women's sport much more so than for …

The impact of COVID-19 restrictions on Australians' frequency and duration of participation in different types of sport and physical activity

R Eime, J Harvey, M Charity, A Pankowiak… - BMC Sports Science …, 2022 - Springer
Background Sports management and public health physical activity stakeholders need to
understand changing patterns of participation to inform the development of sport and …

'I Exercise With Others in About 6–7 Online Fitness Communities': Women's Exercise Routine and Resilience During COVID-19 Stay-at-Home Orders

C Ocobock, KR Hejtmanek - Gender and Power in Strength Sports, 2023 - taylorfrancis.com
During COVID-19 stay-at-home orders (SaHO), people faced shifts in their work and home
lives. These shifts, in combination with the temporary closure of gyms and fitness centers …

Reconceptualizing women's wellbeing during the pandemic: Sport, fitness and more-than-human connection

H Thorpe, A Jeffrey, S Fullagar… - Journal of Sport and …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
This paper explores the gendered, disruptive effects and affective intensities of COVID-19
and the ways that women working in the sport and fitness sector were prompted to establish …

Female Higher Education Students' Lived Experiences during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case Study Viewed through a Phenomenological Lens

D Atkins, K Godber - COVID, 2023 - mdpi.com
This paper examines the subjective realities of female students in higher education as they
navigated their well-being and active lives during the COVID-19 pandemic. Drawing upon …