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How to Leverage Wearable Fitness Technology to Increase Client Success
February 3, 2024by Brittany Todd, MA, NSCA-CPT
This article briefly discusses tips for personal trainers using wearable fitness devices, including how to help guide clients towards proper utilization, understanding, and application of the information provided.
Personal trainers Professional Development
Factors Impacting First Responder and Military Recruits and How Certified Strength and Conditioning Professionals are Needed Now More Than Ever
June 25, 2018by Joseph Dulla, MA
The article discusses the talent crisis that is currently plaguing United States first responders, public safety agencies, and military organizations, and concludes with highlights of select successful programs.
TSAC Facilitators Exercise Science
Run and Cut
October 4, 2021by Developing Speed
This excerpt from Developing Speed describes an agility drill that aims to develop change of direction.
Coaches Exercise Technique Program design
Repeated Sprint Ability: Bridging the Gap between Science and Application
May 9, 2018by Ernie Rimer, CSCS
Repeated sprint ability (RSA) may be one of the most important factors to consider when developing strength and conditioning programs for high-intensity repeated sprint sports. In this session from the NSCA’s 2016 Coaches Conference, Ernie Rimer reviews the latest science behind RSA, compares the pros and cons of RSA protocols performed in the laboratory and in the field, and suggests methods to improve RSA.
Coaches Exercise Science Program design
Back to Basics: A Common Sense Approach to Coaching the Special Forces Tactical Athlete
May 9, 2018by Brandon Stone, MS, CSCS
Understand why the strength and conditioning basics work, how they work, and how they elicit the desired performance outcomes. In this session from the 2016 TSAC Annual Training, Brandon Stone identifies buzzwords like mental toughness, work capacity, and regeneration, as well as how those are integrated into training the program at the 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne).
TSAC Facilitators Exercise Technique Program design
A Sample Ability-Based Conditioning Session for Law Enforcement and Correctional Recruits
June 10, 2019by Karly Cesario, Matthew Robert Moreno, TSAC-F, Ashley Bloodgood, and Robert G. Lockie, PhD, TSAC-F
Law enforcement and correctional officers have the potential to be in a physically demanding situation at any time. This article is an overview of a conditioning program that can be used in physical training for recruits in the academy.
TSAC Facilitators Exercise Technique Program design Testing and Evaluation
From Talking the Talk to Walking the Walk: A Demonstration of Mental Toughness Techniques for Tactical Facilitators
August 27, 2018by Peter Jensen, PhD
Learn how to differentiate between the three critical tactical psychological skills related to enhancing tactical athlete performance, and how each tactical psychological skill impacts performance for the tactical athlete. In this session from the NSCA’s 2017 TSAC Annual Training, Peter Jensen, PhD, teaches how to apply each tactical psychological skill in a training setting to improve tactical athlete performance.
TSAC Facilitators Exercise Technique
Does Your Athlete Have Muscle Dysmorphia? Considerations and Implications for Recognition, Assessment, Management, and Treatment
August 28, 2018by James Leone, MPH, PhD, ATC, CSCS,*D
Learn how to recognize and treat muscle dysmorphia in your athletes. In this session from the NSCA’s 2017 Personal Trainers Conference, James Leone covers many facets of athlete muscle dysmorphia, including the clinical features, identifying at-risk populations, using assessment tools, managing athletes suspected of having muscle dysmorphia, and how to treat it using a team-based approach.
Personal trainers Coaches Exercise Science Basic Pathophysiology and Science of Health Status or Condition, Disorder, or Disease
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
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