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Nutritional Strategies to Balance Exercise-Induced Inflammation
April 20, 2018by Laurel Wentz, PhD, RD, CSSD
While acute inflammation is a normal response to high-intensity training, chronic inflammation results in depressed immunity and impaired muscle response. Learn about nutritional strategies to help balance exercise-induced inflammation to optimize performance outcomes.
Coaches Nutrition Basic Pathophysiology and Science of Health Status or Condition, Disorder, or Disease
Sports Nutrition for the High School Athlete
May 9, 2018by Tavis Piattoly, MS, RD, LDN
Even though most high school athletes feel as though their diet is sufficient in quality and caloric value, this session from the 2015 NSCA National Conference explains that high school athletes usually do not meet their caloric needs to support their training volume. Tavis Piattoly identifies the challenges high school athletes face regarding their nutrition and the strategies that can be used to correct these issues.
Coaches Nutrition
Dietary Fat and Performance
May 22, 2018by NSCA’s Guide to Sport and Exercise Nutrition
Dietary fat has both long-term and short-term effects on an athlete and athletic performance. “Fat loading” as a strategy to improve athletic performance remains unproven.
Coaches Nutrition
Do Front Squats and Goblet Squats Provide Enough Training Stimulus for the Abdominals?
March 13, 2024by Nick Tumminello, NSCA-CPT
This article demonstrates the benefits and limitations of the front squat and goblet squat in training for the abdominals.
Personal trainers Exercise Technique Program design
How to Minimize the Risks Associated with Intensive and Specialized Sports Training in Adolescent Females
October 15, 2018by Yann LeMeur, PhD
Early sport specialization is often characterized by intensive training and is becoming increasingly common. Adolescent female athletes who train excessively and adopt poor diets are at risk of the female athlete triad, overuse injury, mental health issues, and overtraining.
Personal trainers Coaches Program design
Varying Tempo for Hypertrophy
June 4, 2018by Lee Boyce
Due to the principle of specificity, training should be tailored to the goal of the lifter in terms of the prioritization of strength, hypertrophy, health, and functional outcomes. If the goal is muscular hypertrophy, it may be beneficial to vary the repetition range, and to utilize a variety of loads and loading strategies in the pursuit of maximizing hypertrophy.
Personal trainers Exercise Science
The 6-Year Plan—Developing a Comprehensive Strength and Conditioning Program from Jr. High to High School
May 9, 2018by Doug Bull, MS, CSCS, RSCC, USAW
In this session from the 2016 NSCA Coaches Conference, Doug Bull addresses the multitude of problems faced by high school strength coaches every day. These include constraints on time and available space, training multisport athletes, dealing with the developmental level of the athlete, and ways to utilize a coaching staff to aid in running a successful program.
Coaches Program design
The Army Combat Fitness Test – Redefining Physical Training for the United States Army
July 29, 2019by Alexander Bedard, Kevin Bigelman,and Russell Nowels
This article describes the transition from the Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT) to the Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT), as well as the detailed events that make the ACFT.
TSAC Facilitators Exercise Technique Program design Organization and Administration Testing and Evaluation
Bioenergetic Demands of American Football—Considerations for Developing a Preparatory Conditioning Program
May 6, 2019by Jace A. Derwin, CSCS, RSCC
This article is intended to provide an understanding of the demands of football from a bioenergetic perspective and provides a framework in which strength and conditioning professionals can design conditioning plans that focus on preparing athletes for competition.
Coaches Program design
Annual Program of Strength and Conditioning for High School Wrestlers
September 27, 2024by W. Jeffrey Armstrong, PhD, CSCS, and Charles Lambert, PhD, USAW
This article seeks to provide a sample periodized program plan that will progress wrestlers for multiple years while considering the diverse individual needs and weight class-specific goals.
Coaches Program design Professional Development
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