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The Deadlift and Its Application to Overall Performance
April 24, 2018by Matthew R. Wenning, MS
This article provides a few key tips on how to perform the deadlift more efficiently and safely. Some helpful coaching cues—such as keeping the head slightly up, activating the lats, and pushing the knees out—can assist a tactical athlete in executing the deadlift while increasing strength over time.
TSAC Facilitators Exercise Technique Program design
The Strength and Conditioning Professional’s Role in Preventing Falls of Older Adults
June 11, 2018by Jeffrey A. Alexander
This article reviews common risk factors for falls, discusses practical means to assess risks, and proposes training strategies and other avenues aimed at reducing the risk of falling in older adults.
Personal trainers Exercise Science Testing and Evaluation Client Consultation|Assessment Safety
Tests Based on Work Demands and Training Status
June 14, 2018by NSCA
Fitness testing uses a battery of protocols recognized by the scientific community as both reliable and valid, and it measures important fitness constructs such as aerobic endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance, power, agility, flexibility, and balance.
Coaches Exercise Science
Reducing the Risk of Injury
March 15, 2019by Rod Pope, PhD-
This article is an overview of several studies that look into the effects of intensity and volume in the training of combat soldiers and its relation to injury.
TSAC Facilitators Exercise Science Program design
Home Training Methods: Improving Strength, Power and Hypertrophy Performance Attributes with Limited Equipment
May 28, 2021by Kevin Mullins Jr, CSCS
This article, tailored to individuals who do not have access to traditional equipment, will explore the exercise methods that less-impacted populations utilize during the shutdowns, and examine how those training effects can benefit strength-, power-, and hypertrophy-minded athletes.
Personal trainers Program design
Deployment Fitness—Carrier-Specific Navy Physical Training
April 24, 2018by Joshua B. Hockett, MS, CSCS, TSAC-F, NSCA-CPT
United States Navy Sailors have unique training and physical fitness considerations while out at sea. This article has information to help a fit boss assure their command is always fighting fit.
TSAC Facilitators Program design
Nutritional Interventions for Firefighters – What Diet is Best?
January 23, 2022by Andrew Gonzalez, CSCS,*D, TSAC-F,*D, Matt McAllister, MS, and Hunter Scott Waldman, PhD, CSCS
The purpose of this article is to shed light on the most current work that has been done in examining various dietary approaches to improving markers of cardiometabolic health and performance among high-stress occupations, such as firefighters, as well as the need for additional work in this area.
TSAC Facilitators Nutrition
Stability and Weightlifting: Training Stability—Part 3
April 20, 2018by Richard A. Ulm, DC, MS, CSCS,*D
This article is the third installment of a four-part series on stabilization in weight training. It covers how to train trunk stability and how to decrease the dominance of the extension/compression stabilizing strategy (ECSS) that is often perpetuated during training.
Coaches Exercise Technique Program design
Ruck-Based Selection Training
April 25, 2018by Thomas Rader, CSCS
Training to move heavy weight over a distance presents the participant with a unique set of physical challenges not typically seen in other training programs. However, there is a greater risk for injuries if appropriate training is not engaged in prior to the event.
TSAC Facilitators Exercise Technique Program design
Thoracic Mobility for the Tactical Operator
October 8, 2018by Joseph J. Swinfen, MS
Tactical operators face many challenges in relation to their job and need to be able to move optimally in order to avoid injuries. The tools provided in this article may assist in helping to develop the ability to improve thoracic mobility in tactical operators.
TSAC Facilitators Program design
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