108 The Psychology of Exercise in Retirees, with Dr Josie Perry

Dr Josie Perry is a Chartered Sport and Exercise Psychologist.  Josie’s company Performance In Mind works with those in sport at all levels – including Olympians – and sometimes people on the stage or in high profile jobs, to help them overcome their barriers to success so that they can achieve their goals.  

Author Josie talks about the moment she realised just how much of a difference her mindset could make to her performance – on the starting line of her first Ironman triathlon. From this epiphany, Josie went back to university to study sport psychology and has since competed many studies around the psychology of sport and exercise. 

In her latest book, Josie writes about the psychology behind exercise in retirees. Having worked with Silverfit, she has gained a valuable understanding into what gets the current generation of retirees up and exercising regularly. 

We discuss how understanding that the motivations and barriers to exercise differ at different stages of our lives can help us to better support people in exercise – at all times of our life.