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TSAC Report - Military Column - January 2025
June 10, 2025by Kathryn Bell, MS, CSCS, and Brian Schilling, PhD, CSCS
This article in TSAC Report 76, explores fitness testing methods in military training spaces. Visit NSCA online to read more on tactical populations, and performance training
TSAC Facilitators Exercise Science Program design Testing and Evaluation Client Consultation|Assessment Safety Emergency Procedures Professional Development
Benefits of Flexibility Training
May 18, 2018by NSCA's Essentials of Personal Training, Second Edition
Flexibility training is important because of the role that flexibility plays in improving movement performance and reducing the opportunity for injury. Learn more about the role of flexibility training in this exclusive excerpt from the book NSCA's Essentials of Personal Training, Second Edition, published by Human Kinetics.
Personal trainers Exercise Science Exercise Technique
Dynamic Warm-Ups for the Land-Based Athlete
August 24, 2018by Julia Triano MS, CSCS Julian Lim
One way to potentially lower an athlete’s susceptibility to injury is a proper warm-up protocol. Warm-ups can potentially aid in injury prevention as a result of optimized movement preparation, and it can also reduce muscle soreness and improve performance.
Coaches Program design
Power Snatch
May 18, 2018by Exercise Technique Manual for Resistance Training, 3rd Edition With Online Video
This book excerpt provides a step-by-step breakdown of the movements of the power snatch, from the starting position to the downward movement.
Coaches Exercise Technique
Examining the Efficacy of Common Fitness and Movement Tests—Personal Perspective
June 20, 2018by Lee Boyce
In the push for personal training sales, many gyms will use assessment protocols as a way to prove to clients that they can indeed benefit from personal training. This article examines the merits behind this concept.
Personal trainers Program design Testing and Evaluation
Building Strength in the Fire Academy—Sample Training Program from Personal Perspective
April 23, 2018by Brice Long, CSCS
Through a well-designed resistance training program, firefighter recruits can gain the movement skills, confidence to exercise, and foundational strength/physiological adaptations that they need for a long and healthy career.
TSAC Facilitators Exercise Science Exercise Technique Program design
Two-Arm Kettlebell Swing
May 18, 2018by Exercise Technique Manual for Resistance Training, 3rd Edition With Online Video
Read a step-by-step description of how to perform the two-arm kettlebell swing, in this exclusive excerpt from the book Exercise Technique Manual for Resistance Training-3rd Edition With Online Video, published by Human Kinetics.
Coaches Exercise Science Exercise Technique
The FMS™ Trunk Stability Push-Up – Breathing and Corrective Exercise Considerations
July 18, 2025by Grayson Elmore, PhD, ATC, CSCS
This Personal Trainers Quarterly article examines a client's ability to maintain pelvic and trunk stability during a dynamic fitness screening. Visit NSCA online to read more on corrective exercises, health, and fitness.
Personal trainers Exercise Science Program design Organization and Administration Testing and Evaluation Client Consultation|Assessment Basic Pathophysiology and Science of Health Status or Condition, Disorder, or Disease Professional Development
R7 Approach to Program Design
November 15, 2019by Karl Robertson, CSCS
Ever wonder if there’s a more efficient approach to program design? In this session from the 2019 NSCA’s Coaches Conference, Mike Robertson, President of Robertson Training Systems and the co-owner of Indianapolis Fitness and Sports Training (IFAST), discusses his simple seven-step approach to program design.
Personal trainers Coaches Program design
Implementing Core Training Concepts into Strength Training for Sport
August 1, 2020by Kyle O'Toole, CSCS
This article provides an understanding of the role the core plays during execution of athletic movements, as well as provides evidence-based concepts that help to strengthen the core and maximize movement performance.
Coaches Program design
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