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Components of Group Dynamics within the Strength and Conditioning Context
January 15, 2019by DR Andrew D. Gillham, PhD, CSCS,*D
Coaching staffs need to be mindful of how groups are formed for training, who the leaders are, and what group norms are established across the different combinations of athletes training.
Coaches Exercise Science
Mindset and Nutrition – How Different Emotional States Affect the Way People Interact with and Make Food Choices
March 28, 2020by Nicole Vitola, NSCA-CPT and Jonathan Mike, PhD, CSCS,*D, NSCA-CPT,*D
The purpose of this article is to evaluate the leading mindset, behavioral, and psychological factors controlling food intake, as well as, educate professionals on how to assist with developing healthier nutrition practices.
Personal trainers Nutrition
Integrating Safer Tackling Cues in the Weight Room
April 20, 2018by Jace A. Derwin, CSCS, RSCC
Integrating weight room cues that are more consistent with those used to reinforce safer tackling techniques on the field may help with athlete retention and buy-in, and prevent potential confusion.
Coaches Exercise Technique Program design Safety
5 Researched Ways to Become a Fat Burning Beast
August 27, 2018by Michael A. Nelson PhD, CSCS
Learn how to increase the body’s use of fat as a fuel without compromising the use of carbohydrates for higher-intensity training. Mike Nelson, PhD, explains how combining specific nutrition and exercise together affects the use of fat as a fuel, in this session from the NSCA’s 2017 Personal Trainers Conference.
Personal trainers Nutrition Program design
Plyometric Training
August 15, 2020by Strength Training
This excerpt describes plyometric training with regards to the stretch-shortening cycle.
Personal trainers TSAC Facilitators Coaches Exercise Science
Anaerobic and Muscle Endurance Development
May 23, 2018by Developing Endurance
This article provides essential guidelines for athletes beginning a strength and conditioning program that ensures safety and productivity of the training sessions.
Coaches Exercise Technique
Training the “Post Youth” Client
May 9, 2018by Dan John
The aging athlete and office worker are both being cramped into body positions that not ideal. People in these situations could greatly benefit from some daily exercises to perform to overcome these issues. In this hands-on session, attendees will be given some simple movements that can be adapted for anyone and any situation.
TSAC Facilitators Coaches Exercise Technique Program design
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
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