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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
The Strength and Conditioning Professional’s Role in Preventing Falls of Older Adults
June 11, 2018by Jeffrey A. Alexander
This article reviews common risk factors for falls, discusses practical means to assess risks, and proposes training strategies and other avenues aimed at reducing the risk of falling in older adults.
Personal trainers Exercise Science Testing and Evaluation Client Consultation|Assessment Safety
How to Utilize Contrast Training for Strength, Power, and Performance
January 3, 2021by Charley Gould
The purpose of this article is to provide an introduction to contrast training, including how it is defined, what variables are utilized, and examples of how to use it in training.
Personal trainers Program design
Neural Contributions to Muscle Growth
June 14, 2018by NSCA
Neural adaptations help mediate growth-related processes and the early increase in strength is attributable mainly to improved neural function. Along with neural changes, various aspects of the protein metabolism in the muscle are changing in the early phases of training.
Coaches Exercise Science
Development of Muscle Mass: How Much is Optimum for Performance?
September 3, 2019by Yann Le Meur
This infographic highlights differences between hypertrophic gains and neural adaptations for optimal athletic performance.
Personal trainers TSAC Facilitators Coaches Program design
Integrating Blood Flow Restriction Training in the Personal Training Setting
April 15, 2025by Nicholas Rolnick, DPT, MS, CSCS, and Sten Stray-Gundersen, PhD
This article will demonstrate why personal trainers should consider the use of blood flow restriction (BFR) and BFR technology for appropriate medically-screened clients that provides an objective way to apply pressure, whether that is through manual or automated cuffs.
Personal trainers Exercise Science Program design Testing and Evaluation Client Consultation|Assessment Safety Basic Pathophysiology and Science of Health Status or Condition, Disorder, or Disease Professional Development
Periodized Nutrition and Metabolic Flexibility for Special Operators
April 24, 2018by Craig Weller
The extent to which a special operator’s training schedule can be planned in advance is often limited due to their unpredictable operational demands. However, there may be opportunities to plan for specific training during certain periods.
TSAC Facilitators Exercise Science Nutrition
Anaerobic Training and Electromyography Studies
November 26, 2018by Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning, Fourth Edition
This Kinetic Select excerpt from the Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning, Fourth Edition describes the results from electromyography (EMG) studies on the neural adaptations to anaerobic training.
Personal trainers TSAC Facilitators Coaches Exercise Science
Supporting Periodizational Models for Speed Development
May 7, 2018by Boo Schexnayder
In this session from the NSCA's 2016 National Conference, Boo Schexnayder demonstrates how to effectively design long-term and short-term programs for speed development. Schexnayder explains how to effectively periodize strength training in a manner that supports speed development, as well as how to use speed and power training as a neural integration tool to enhance strength development.
Coaches Program design
Muscle Growth
June 19, 2020by Strength Training
This article briefly explains the two principles necessary for muscle growth.
Personal trainers TSAC Facilitators Coaches Exercise Science Program design
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