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Dietary Fat and Performance

May 22, 2018by NSCA’s Guide to Sport and Exercise Nutrition

Article

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

Exercise Physiology 101 – What Every Personal Trainer Should Know

December 8, 2019by John Acquaviva and Michael Maina, CSCS

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The purpose of this article is to help both personal trainers and clients with seven main concepts within exercise physiology that will improve training effectiveness and assist in explaining the body’s response to exercise.

Personal trainers Exercise Science Nutrition Exercise Technique Program design

Meal Frequency and Weight Loss—Is There Such a Thing as Stoking the Metabolic Fire?

April 6, 2018by Dylan Klein

Article

This article discusses the effects of an increase or decrease in meal frequency, specifically in regards to metabolic rate and body fat loss.

Personal trainers Nutrition

Assessment Batteries—Practical Decision Making for Firefighter Fitness Batteries

April 24, 2018by John R. Bennett, MS, CSCS,*D

Article

In addition to standard health, fitness, or sport assessment guidelines, several guidelines exist for the fire service. Since each agency is different in its preferences, capabilities, and philosophies, applying a standard recommendation may not be possible. This article introduces basic decision-making considerations for fire service assessment batteries.

TSAC Facilitators Program design Client Consultation|Assessment Safety

Performance Under Stress – Implications for Tactical Personnel

June 19, 2023by Mark Stephenson, MS, ATC, CSCS,*D, TSAC-F,*D, Whitney Tramel, CSCS, TSAC-F, and Robin Orr, PhD, TSAC-F,*D

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This article discusses performance under stress, as well as factors influencing this performance in tactical personnel.

TSAC Facilitators Exercise Science

Performance under Pressure – Coping Skills and Mitigation Strategies for Tactical Personnel

November 17, 2023by Whitney Tramel, MS, CSCS,*D, TSAC-F,*D, Mark Stephenson, MS, ATC, CSCS,*D, TSAC-F,*D, and Robin Orr, PhD, TSAC-F,*D

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This article will discuss specific measures of stress that can be monitored, as well as coping skills to mitigate the negative effects of stress.

TSAC Facilitators Exercise Science Program design

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September 19, 2019by Mark White, MS, CSCS, TSAC-F & Robert Pettitt, PhD, CSCS

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Personal trainers TSAC Facilitators Coaches

What Types of Fitness Training do Firefighters Actually Need? Models to Adapt Training Preference

April 24, 2018by John R. Bennett, MS, CSCS,*D

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Military and law enforcement needs analyses are not specifically matched to firefighting, but those training styles are better than basic fitness regimens or no regimen at all. For firefighters who are attracted to other styles of training not specific to firefighting, there are ways to train for all the demands of firefighting without making the firefighter use training modalities that they dislike or are not comfortable using.

TSAC Facilitators Exercise Science Exercise Technique Program design

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May 17, 2018by Ben Haines, PhD

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Neuromuscular Responses and Adaptations to Maximal Strength/Power Training – From Theory to Application

Coaches

Fri0930Haines

May 17, 2018by Ben Haines, PhD

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Neuromuscular Responses and Adaptations to Maximal Strength/Power Training – From Theory to Application

Coaches

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