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Client Assessments—Breathing
January 8, 2019by Daniel Flahie, MSEd, CSCS
Assessing clients is a vital component of the personal training experience. This article gives an overview of breathing mechanics and how to apply proper breathing exercises into a client’s assessment and program.
Personal trainers Coaches Exercise Science Exercise Technique Client Consultation|Assessment
NSCA’s Coaching Podcast, Episode 21: Lawrence Herrera
Lawrence Herrera, owner and founder of LH Performance, talks to the NSCA Head Strength and Conditioning Coach, Scott Caulfield, about how strong is strong enough, keeping the training simple, and relating to athletes and coaches.
Coaches Professional Development
A Framework for Annual Planning and Programming for Division II Women’s Cross Country and Track and Field Distance Runners
March 2, 2026by Mike Waller, PhD, USAW-2, CSCS,*D, NSCA-CPT,*D, FNSCA, and Ian Bonder, MS, CSCS,*D, RSCC
This NSCA Coach article examines strength and conditioning strategies for collegiate distance runners to build performance for outdoor competition. Visit NSCA online to read about sport science.
Coaches Exercise Science Exercise Technique Program design Organization and Administration Testing and Evaluation Basic Pathophysiology and Science of Health Status or Condition, Disorder, or Disease Professional Development
Designing a Resistance Training Program for Paralympic Throwers
May 3, 2024by Lawrence Judge, CSCS,*D, NSCA-CPT, RSCC*E, FNSCA, Josh Cinnamo, and Bruce Craig, PhD, FNSCA
This article focuses on a program for a Paralympic athlete born with a congenital limb deficiency (transradial peromelia) of the right arm.
Coaches Program design
The 165-lb Body Drag Benchmarking and Training Implications for Law Enforcement Recruits
December 5, 2020by Robert Lockie, PhD, TSAC-F and Matthew Robert Moreno, TSAC-F
The purpose of this article is to describe the 165-lb body drag as performed by California law enforcement recruits in order to graduate academy.
TSAC Facilitators Testing and Evaluation
Considering the Culture within the Training Facility
June 20, 2018by Andy Gillham, PhD, CC-AASP, CSCS
This article explores what a facility-level culture may look like, identifies some of the expected benefits of purposely developing that culture, and discusses some misalignment between what coaches say they want the culture to feel like and the message the athletes are likely to receive.
Coaches Exercise Science
High School Sports and Strength and Conditioning – Implications for Tactical Organizations
February 27, 2021by Robert Lockie, PhD, TSAC-F, Megan McGuire, and Erika Hernandez, CSCS
This article explores the concept of how lifestyle behaviors encouraged at the high school-level could affect fitness during adulthood, with a focus on both sport and strength and conditioning participation.
TSAC Facilitators Program design
Core Programming: Trunk Movement Complexes
June 11, 2018by Developing the Core
The exerciser with 8 to 12 months of training experience can begin to include exercise complexes that combine trunk movement patterns with multijoint movements. Single-plane and multiplane movements can be performed using both open- and closed-chain exercises.
Coaches Exercise Science Program design
Needs Analysis for Injury Prevention
May 21, 2018by NSCA's Guide to Program Design
By understanding the means by which athletes encounter risk, strength and conditioning professionals can integrate exercise programs that may offset one of the steps toward injuries.
Coaches Program design
Resistance Training Adaptations: Skeletal Changes
June 14, 2018by NSCA's Essentials of Personal Training Second Edition
Bone tissue is “alive” and is a dynamic tissue that can respond to resistance training. In addition to the obvious effects of resistance training on muscle mass and strength, resistance training may lead to decreased risk for osteoporosis, fractures, and falls in later life.
Coaches Exercise Science
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