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Sports Concussion: The Role of Neck Strength and Risk Reduction
May 7, 2018by Tad Seifert, MD
Despite an incidence of approximately 3.8 million sports-related concussions per year, prevention of this injury remains quite challenging. Neck strengthening may limit transmitted forces to the head and mitigate trauma to the brain. In this session from the 2015 NSCA Coaches Conference, Tad Seifert reviews current evidence-based data in neck strength and its association with concussions.
Coaches Exercise Science Exercise Technique Program design Safety
Age-Specific Speed Development: “Can You Make My Kid Faster, Faster?”
August 27, 2018by Lance S. Walker, MS, PT
Learn practical programming ideas to implement in youth speed training programs. In this session from the NSCA’s 2017 National Conference, Lance Walker explains how to leverage the differences between starting, acceleration, and maximum velocity dynamics (movement preparation) and plyometrics. Learn about the most common errors made by young athletes when training linear speed with practical tools, teachings, and contextual cues.
Coaches Program design
Health Behavior Change: Theory and Practical Tips for the Personal Trainer
May 7, 2018by Annette Lang, MS
Why are some behaviors so easy to change while others are so excruciatingly difficult? In this session from the 2015 NSCA Personal Trainers Conference, Annette Lang explains how to identify specific components that have contributed to success—or lack thereof—in changing behaviors and ultimately, habits.
Personal trainers Exercise Science Program design
The Use of Performance Tracking Technology to Facilitate Recovery
August 27, 2018by Shawn M. Arent, PhD, CSCS,*D and MR David A. DiFabio, MA, CSCS, CSPS
In this session from the NSCA’s 2017 National Conference, Shawn Arent and David DiFabio summarize the capabilities of various wearable sports performance tracking devices and explain how devices are being used to reduce risk of overtraining, facilitate recovery, and improve performance
Personal trainers Coaches Program design Testing and Evaluation
Progressive Speed and Power Training Concepts
May 7, 2018by Jimmy Radcliffe, MS, CSCS
In this practical session from the 2015 NSCA National Conference, Jimmy Radcliffe explains how to integrate strength and speed complexes and plyometric progressions into periodic progressions. Radcliffe is well-known for authoring “Functional Training for Athletes at all Levels” and “High-Powered Plyometrics.”
Coaches Exercise Technique Program design
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
Special Considerations for Training the Female Athlete
May 8, 2018by Tara De Leon, MS, CSCS,*D, RSCC
In this session from the NSCA’s 2017 Coaches Conference, Tara De Leon presents common issues that female athletes face and provides solutions for how to optimize training in females. CEUs available.
Coaches Program design
Speed, Agility, and Quickness Drills and Application for the Personal Training Client
May 8, 2018by Vance Ferrigno, CSCS
In this session from the NSCA’s 2016 Personal Trainers Conference, Vance Ferrigno teaches how the body moves in spherical three dimensional space and how to apply fun and innovative speed, agility, and quickness drills to enhance total movement quality.
Personal trainers Exercise Technique Program design
Hip Rotators: Friend or Foe?
May 8, 2018by Michael Griffith, MS, PT, CSCS
Learn about the hip rotators as they relate to performance training. In this session from the NSCA’s 2016 National Conference, Michael Griffith explains the limitations of the hip external rotators and how this can impede performance and lead to injury. This session will also provide eccentric drills and exercises for the hip rotators.
Personal trainers Coaches Exercise Science Program design
Facts and Fallacies of Fat Loss
May 8, 2018by Brad Schoenfeld, PhD , CSCS, CSPS, FNSCA
Brad Schoenfeld discusses what personal trainers can do to help their clients with weight loss in this session from the NSCA’s 2016 Personal Trainers Conference. Learn about the facts and fallacies of weight loss, as well as what really works.
Personal trainers Exercise Science Program design
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