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Incorporating the Farmer’s Walk Exercise into Your Client’s Program
October 9, 2025by Michael Krackow, PhD, ATC, CSCS, TSAC-F, and Joyce Blandino, PhD
This Personal Training Quarterly article reviews the farmer’s walk exercise and how to incorporate it safely into a client’s exercise program. Visit NSCA online to read more on fitness news and exercise research.
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Hypertrophy Loading Zones: How Incorporating Light Weights can Translate into Greater Gains
May 10, 2018by Dr. Brad Schoenfeld. PhD, CSCS*D, CSPS*D, NSCA-CPT*D, FNSC
Lighter weights can translate to bigger muscles, Brad Schoenfeld says in this lecture from the NSCA's 2014 Personal Trainer Conference. Brad presents one of his latest studies, which looks at hypertrophy in trained subjects.
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Program Design Considerations for Seniors Who Use a Walker
June 7, 2024by James Di Naso, MS, CSCS, NSCA-CPT, Malia Gunn, Amanda Johnson, and Niondina Nyström, MS, CSCS, NSCA-CPT
This article will present exercise programming considerations for seniors who use a walker and provide an example client profile to demonstrate how these considerations can be applied to clients using a walker.
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Operationalizing Power
June 11, 2018by NSCA's Guide to Tests and Assessments
Considering that the term "power" typically evokes the perception of high-speed movement, many people are inclined to take the tenets of specificity to literally mean “train fast, be fast.” However, to create the most strategic methods of training and adaptation, it is vital to compartmentalize power into the primary testable and trainable elements.
Coaches Exercise Science Testing and Evaluation
Practical Applications and Future Directions of Electromyography use in Tactical Populations
November 23, 2020by Katherine Balfany, CSCS and Robert Lockie, PhD, TSAC-F
This article reviews electromyography (EMG) procedures as well as provides examples of how EMG data analysis has been used in tactical populations.
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Windows of Opportunity
March 12, 2019by Developing Agility and Quickness, Second Edition: pp. 68 – 70
This book excerpt from Developing Agility and Quickness describes the windows of opportunity in youth athletes to time progressions in speed and agility training with their biological and chronological development.
Coaches Program design
A Mindful Lift – Benefits of Mindful Meditation in Strength and Conditioning – Part 1
January 3, 2021by Elizabeth Hope, Meagan Wilson, and Brian Gearity, PhD, ATC, CSCS,*D, FNSCA
In the first of a two part series, this article explores the possible benefits for strength and conditioning coach development and discusses how mindful meditation can improve reflective practice and the coach-athlete relationship.
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How to Manipulate Rest Intervals to Maximize Strength Training Effectiveness
July 28, 2023by Anthony Mortara, EdD, CSCS
This article will review the latest evidence regarding optimal rest intervals, and the science behind them.
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Hamstring Training for Injury Prevention – Part I
April 20, 2018by Joel M. Bergeron, MS, CSCS,*D
This article provides a review of the anatomy of the hamstring muscles and includes ways to minimize the severity and frequency of hamstring strains.
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