As the world shut down in the wake of COVD-19, the performing arts world changed. Shows were cancelled, rehearsals suspended and training took on a different form. Many began dancing - and even rehearsing - indoors. Hallways became dance floors, mantle pieces became ballet barres, and somehow we kept going. Due to space constraints, hard floors and a multitude of other factors, many were unable to train as vigorously as they had pre-pandemic. Now as dance studios, schools and companies begin to open their doors once more, we need to prepare our bodies for the challenges dance presents us. Join us in this episode as athletic trainer and strength and conditioning specialist Will Zinser talks about how to prepare to return to the studio.

Resources:

- Article - “CSCCa and NSCA Joint Consensus Guidelines for Transition Periods: Safe Return to Training Following Inactivity” - https://journals.lww.com/nsca-scj/Fulltext/2019/06000/CSCCa_and_NSCA_Joint_Consensus_Guidelines_for.1.aspx

- Dance/USA Task Force on Dancer Health - “Return to Dance and Training Considerations due to COVID-19” - https://dance-usa.s3.amazonaws.com/page_uploads/COVID%20-%20RETURN%20TO%20DANCE%20-%20MAY%202020%20-%20PDF.pdf

- Dance/USA Task Force on Dancer Health - “COVID-19: Ideas for staying in shape during social isolation restrictions” - https://dance-usa.s3.amazonaws.com/page_uploads/UPDATED%20COVID%20PAPER%20-%20MAY%202020%20-%20PDF.pdf

- The Dance Docs - “Dancing in a Mask” - https://www.thedancedocs.com/episodes/dancing-in-a-mask

- University of Delaware - Soreness Rules - https://cpb-us-w2.wpmucdn.com/sites.udel.edu/dist/c/3448/files/2017/07/UD-Soreness-Rules-Jul-28-2017-25les5o.pdf

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Host: Marissa Schaeffer

Co-Hosts: Ellie Kusner and Marissa Schaeffer

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