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Knee Movement and Exercise Guidelines
July 29, 2019by NSCA's Essentials of Personal Training Second Edition, pg. 552-553
This excerpt from NSCA’s Essentials of Personal Training discusses the importance of education on proper running surfaces, appropriate footwear, and the benefits of cross-training in addressing overuse of the knee.
Personal trainers TSAC Facilitators Coaches Exercise Science Program design Client Consultation|Assessment
Fueling with a Purpose—Prevention and Treatment of Relative Eating Disorder in Male and Female Athletes
April 20, 2018by Kelsee Gomes, MS, RD, CSSD, LDN, CLT
As the prevalence of disordered eating in sport continues to increase, sports dietitians and all medical personnel must learn to identify it properly and follow evidence-based practice, including sound judgment, when treating athletes with these issues.
Coaches Nutrition Basic Pathophysiology and Science of Health Status or Condition, Disorder, or Disease
Gravitational Running and the Tactical Athlete
February 4, 2020by Nicholas Barringer, PhD, RD, CSCS,*D, Erik Serrano, and Joseph Kardouni
The purpose of this article is to review various gravitational running (GR) techniques from an evidence-based approach, then recommend whether to include GR techniques in the training of tactical athletes.
TSAC Facilitators Exercise Technique Program design
Improving Recovery for Tactical Athletes
September 16, 2019by Kimberly Allen, CSCS,*D, TSAC-F,*D
The purpose of this article is to help provide recommendations of overall recovery modalities for tactical athletes.
TSAC Facilitators Nutrition Program design
Factors Determining Quickness: Anticipation
May 18, 2018by Developing Agility and Quickness
Scenarios that provide a stimulus relevant to the sporting environment may help athletes develop better anticipation skills through the refinement of search strategies, response speed and accuracy, pattern recognition, and decision-making abilities.
Coaches Exercise Science
Working with the Menstrual Cycle in Female Athletes
December 20, 2021by Calli Doan and Justin Kilian, MEd, CSCS,*D
The goal of this article is to promote professional dialogue and broaden the knowledge of ways to use nutrition and recovery techniques to work with the physiological changes that come throughout the menstrual cycle.
Coaches Exercise Science Nutrition
The Perception and Progression of the Female Athlete
June 20, 2018by Natajah Garcia and Alice Garza, Andres Garza, and Alyssa Gonzalez
Female athletes in the United States have made great progress in sports since Title IX was enacted in 1972. Despite the progress they have made, female athletes have yet to gain full recognition for their athleticism and their achievements. The purpose of this article is to break down the stigma female athletes have received over the years and shine light on the differences that make female athletes a reward to train.
Coaches Program design Organization and Administration
Quantifying Training and Competition Load
August 11, 2021by NSCA’s Essentials of Sport Science
This excerpt from NSCA’s Essentials of Sport Science highlights the importance of quantifying training load for both programming and monitoring an athlete’s progression or regression over time.
Personal trainers TSAC Facilitators Coaches Program design
Agility and Quickness Test: Box Step-Off Landing Assessment
May 21, 2018by Developing Agility and Quickness
This book excerpt explains how to perform the box step-off landing assessment, which is used to determine an athlete’s readiness before beginning a program in agility and quickness.
Coaches Exercise Technique Testing and Evaluation
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
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