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Using Age-Specific Benchmarking of Performance Measures to Create Individual Strength and Conditioning Programs
May 8, 2018by Kevin Paxton, MS
Learn about processes of data collection and presentation, and how to use the data to individualize athletes’ training. In this session from the NSCA’s 2016 National Conference, Kevin Paxton demonstrates an age-specific long-term athletic development (LTAD) syllabus for soccer players.
Coaches Exercise Science Program design
Exertional Rhabdomyolysis: What is Too Much?
December 3, 2018by Ben Gleason, PhD, CSCS,*D, RSCC
In this session from the 2018 NSCA Coaches Conference, Ben Gleason brings awareness to the circumstances that lead to rhabdomyolysis syndrome, and some of the exercise programming that can cause this condition. Ben offers recommendations for preventing exertional rhabdomyolysis when training athletes at a variety of preparedness levels.
Personal trainers TSAC Facilitators Coaches Exercise Science Program design Safety Basic Pathophysiology and Science of Health Status or Condition, Disorder, or Disease
Fundamental Principles of Upper Body Training: Pushing, Pulling, and Pressing
August 27, 2018by Lee Burton, PhD, CSCS
Identify common misconceptions related to shoulder function and learn about the process of improving shoulder mobility, stability, and strength. In this session from the NSCA’s 2017 Personal Trainers Conference, Lee Burton, PhD, provides easy-to-prescribe screens and exercise progressions to improve and maintain shoulder function.
Personal trainers Coaches
Hypertrophy Loading Zones: How Incorporating Light Weights can Translate into Greater Gains
May 10, 2018by Dr. Brad Schoenfeld. PhD, CSCS*D, CSPS*D, NSCA-CPT*D, FNSC
Lighter weights can translate to bigger muscles, Brad Schoenfeld says in this lecture from the NSCA's 2014 Personal Trainer Conference. Brad presents one of his latest studies, which looks at hypertrophy in trained subjects.
Personal trainers Exercise Science Program design
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September 19, 2019by Jim McDonald, CSCS, NSCA-CPT, TSAC-F
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Personal trainers TSAC Facilitators Coaches
The Case for Gameday Resistance Training in Non-Contact High-Intensity Intermittent Sports
February 7, 2021by Jordan Murphy, CSCS, Brian Gearity, PhD, ATC, CSCS,*D, FNSCA, and Clayton Kuklick, MA, PhD, CSCS
The purpose of this article is to review the related literature that has explored the influence of resistance training programs on the onset of fatigue and muscular power as it relates to non-contact high-intensity intermittent sports, in order to provide suggestions for creating same-day training programs.
Coaches Program design
Developing Fitness-Component Assessments for Military Units
A physical assessment continues to be one of the best ways to evaluate and measure physical preparedness and readiness of a military unit for job-related tasks and future missions. Tactical facilitators must consider multiple factors when developing testing protocols and programs, including leadership support, limited resources, and training cycle time constraints.
TSAC Facilitators Testing and Evaluation
TSAC Report - First Responder Column
July 26, 2024by Sarah Lanham, MS, CSCS, and Mark Abel, PhD, CSCS,*D, TSAC-F
This column reviews recent literature that investigated the appropriateness of a commonly utilized on-duty exercise training modality for firefighters and describes the occupational demands of specialist tactical police officers.
TSAC Facilitators Exercise Science Program design
JOP Matrix—Application to Lacrosse
April 20, 2018by Matthew Kevin Van Dyke, MS, CSCS
Ultimately, there is no “one magical exercise” that can be programmed to appropriately develop all physical training adaptations required in competition, but the JOP Matrix can be used to help address several necessary adaptations needed for lacrosse players.
Coaches Exercise Technique Program design
Implementing Olympic-Style Weightlifting in Strength Training for Sport
August 26, 2019by Antonio Squillante, CSCS,*D, NSCA-CPT,*D, RSCC
This article considers some of the main differences between the training of Olympic weightlifters and the use of Olympic weightlifting exercises in strength training for sport.
Coaches Exercise Technique Program design
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