NSCA COVID-19 Taskforce Return to Training Resources
The NSCA has built a collection of resources to help our community of strength and conditioning professionals and athletes safely return to training and adapt to the new challenges created by the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic.
COVID-19: NSCA Guidance on Safe Return to Training for Athletes
National Strength and Conditioning Association COVID-19 Return to Training Task Force. COVID-19: NSCA Guidance on Safe Return to Training for Athletes. May 2020.
CSCCa and NSCA Joint Consensus Guidelines for Transition Periods: Safe Return to Training Following Inactivity
Caterisano, A, Decker, D, Snyder, B, Feigenbaum, M, Glass, R, House, P, Sharp, C, Waller, M, and Witherspoon, Z. 2019. CSCCa and NSCA Joint Consensus Guidelines for Transition Periods. Strength and Conditioning Journal, 41(3), 1-23.
NSCA’s Safety Checklist for Exercise Facility and Equipment Maintenance
From NSCA, 2016, Essentials of strength training and conditioning, 4th ed., edited by G. Haff and T. Triplett (Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics). Adapted, by permission, from National Strength and Conditioning Association, 2004, NSCA’s essentials of personal training, edited by R.W. Earle and T.R. Baechle (Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics) 604-606.
National Strength and Conditioning Association COVID-19 Return to Training Task Force. COVID-19: NSCA Guidance on Safe Return to Training for Athletes. May 2020.
Caterisano, A, Decker, D, Snyder, B, Feigenbaum, M, Glass, R, House, P, Sharp, C, Waller, M, and Witherspoon, Z. 2019. CSCCa and NSCA Joint Consensus Guidelines for Transition Periods. Strength and Conditioning Journal, 41(3), 1-23.
COVID-19 Resources from Global Organizations
Below is a list of additional online resources that may be useful for strength and conditioning coaches, fitness professionals, and other professionals contributing to the COVID-19 return to the training process.
- Alliance for a Healthier Generation
- American College Health Association
- American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) – Tips for Staying Physically Active During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – Guidance for Institutes of Higher Education
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – Interim Guidance for Administrators of US Institutions of Higher Education
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – Stress and Coping
- CoviDB
- Mayo Clinic – COVID-19 Resources
- National Alliance on Mental Illness
- National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA)
- National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) – Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resources
- National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) – Preventing Catastrophic Injury and Death in Collegiate Athletes Links – PDF Booklet: Full Text
- National Institutes of Health
- World Health Organization (WHO)
- ACES Return to Play Task Force – COVID-19 Resources
- American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) – COVID-19 Reopening and Return to Play Resources
- American Red Cross – Coronavirus Information and Training Services
- Aspen Institute Project Play – COVID-19 Risk Assessment Tool – PDF Version: Full Text
- Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) – Framework for Rebooting Sport in a COVID-19 Environment
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – Parks and Recreation Facilities
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) – Considerations for Youth Sports
- Coalition for the Registration of Exercise Professionals (CREP) – Reopening Guide
- GOV.UK – Elite Sport Return to Training Guidance Stage One
- Korey Stringer Institute (UCONN): Return to Sports and Exercise During the Covid-19 Pandemic: Guidance for High School and Collegiate Athletic Programs
- National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) – Guidance for Opening Up High School Athletics and Activities
- National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) – Status of State Association Activity Restrictions
- United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC) – Coronavirus Updates
- USA Weightlifting – Back to Lifting Resources
