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Fluid Periodization – Training the Modern Day Athlete
July 17, 2020by Matthew Nein, MS, CSCS,*D, RSCC
In this session from the 2020 NSCA Coaches Conference, Matt Nein, Coordinator of Sports Performance at Salisbury University, discusses his fluid periodization model for coaches to use to easily adapt to the changing situations on a week-to-week (or even day-to-day) basis, and still optimize training for the athletes.
Coaches Program design
Milk – A Multi-Faceted Food
December 4, 2019by Kelsey Thornton, Tim Piper, EdD, CSCS,*D, and Joseph Allen, CSCS
This article discusses the macronutrients and micronutrients that are in milk and provides information to help athletes better comprehend the benefits of consuming milk as part of their nutritional intake.
Coaches Nutrition
NSCA’s Coaching Podcast, Episode 15: Jay DeMayo
Jay DeMayo, strength and conditioning coach at the University of Richmond, talks to the NSCA Head Strength and Conditioning Coach, Scott Caulfield, about training within a system but having flexibly, empowering athletes to make decisions in workouts, staying at one institution for 15+ years, books every coach should read, and knowing your role within the team setting.
Coaches Professional Development
Military Column – July 2025
October 16, 2025by Whitney Tramel, MS, CSCS, TSAC-F, and Mark Stephenson, MS, ATC, CSCS,*D, TSAC-F,*D
This TSAC Report article highlights the need for recovery strategies to support both physical readiness and psychological resilience in military training. Visit NSCA online to learn more about tactical athletes.
TSAC Facilitators Exercise Science Testing and Evaluation Safety Professional Development
Tactical Training and the Menstrual Cycle – From the Field Experience from Naval Special Operations Training
April 15, 2022by Ingri Pauline
This article serves to educate people about the menstrual cycle in the tactical female population. It provides a framework for how to work through the phases of menstruation to increase training response, and thus, overall success in military training.
TSAC Facilitators Exercise Science Program design Basic Pathophysiology and Science of Health Status or Condition, Disorder, or Disease
Lactate—A Multi-Faceted Metabolite
October 25, 2019by Dr Carmine Grieco III, CSCS,*D
This article discusses lactate testing as a cost-effective alternative way to create advanced exercise prescriptions, as well as opening the possibility of being a new biomarker of metabolic health for personal trainers.
Personal trainers Exercise Science Program design Client Consultation|Assessment
Sports Concussion: The Role of Neck Strength and Risk Reduction
May 7, 2018by Tad Seifert, MD
Despite an incidence of approximately 3.8 million sports-related concussions per year, prevention of this injury remains quite challenging. Neck strengthening may limit transmitted forces to the head and mitigate trauma to the brain. In this session from the 2015 NSCA Coaches Conference, Tad Seifert reviews current evidence-based data in neck strength and its association with concussions.
Coaches Exercise Science Exercise Technique Program design Safety
Growth Hormone Responses to Stress
June 8, 2018by Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning-4th Edition With Web Resource
Growth hormone release is affected by the type of resistance training protocol used, including the duration of rest periods. Short rest period types of workouts result in greater serum concentrations compared to long rest protocols of similar total work; however, at present it is not clear how the various molecular forms or types of growth hormones are affected by rest period duration.
Coaches Exercise Science Nutrition
Loading and Unloading Strategies: Managing All Variables within a Comprehensive Program
June 20, 2020by Joel Raether, MAEd, CSCS,*D, TSAC-F,*D
Joel Raether, Director of Sport Performance at Authentic Performance Center, uses this session to take a closer look at how all variables within a program must be addressed to account for cumulative fatigue, density of variables within, and how to manage stressors for the tactical athlete with high demands for physical, mental, physiological, and emotional stress.
TSAC Facilitators Program design
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
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