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Considerations for Training Sedentary Populations

September 21, 2023by Gary Stebbing, PGDIP, CSCS

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This article identifies considerations and practical training ideas for training sedentary populations.

Personal trainers Program design

Creatine

September 23, 2019by NSCA’s Guide to Sport and Exercise Nutrition

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This excerpt from NSCA’s Guide to Sport and Exercise Nutrition briefly analyzes some of the research behind creatine and its application to sport performance.

Personal trainers TSAC Facilitators Coaches Nutrition

Needs Analysis and Program Design for Emergency Medical Service Personnel

October 11, 2021by Susannah Reiner, CSCS, NSCA-CPT

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This article seeks to analyze the needs analysis for emergency medical service (EMS) personnel and provide sample strength and conditioning programming for EMS personnel.

TSAC Facilitators Exercise Science Program design Testing and Evaluation

Microdosing and the Tactical Athlete – Considerations and Opportunities for Time-Critical Performance

January 20, 2023by Daniel James Bunyan, CSCS, TSAC-F

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This article explains the potential benefits of microdosing training with tactical athletes.

TSAC Facilitators Program design

The Value of Resistance Bands as a Training Modality

December 18, 2025by Allen Hedrick, MS, CSCS,*D, FNSCA

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This PTQ article provides a review of the practical and the physiological benefits that resistance bands can provide. Visit NSCA online to read more on fitness news, exercise science and athletic performance.

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Mobilize, Activate, Stimulate – Maximizing Your Warm-Ups

May 9, 2018by Emily Nolan

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Strength and conditioning professionals have a finite time to develop their athletes or clients. Too often the first 10 – 15 min of sessions are under-coached and poorly structured. In this session from the 2015 NSCA National Conference, Coach Emily Nolan explores ways to maximize the use of warm-ups.

Coaches Exercise Technique Program design Professional Development

Energy System Training

May 7, 2022by NSCA's Essentials of Tactical Strength and Conditioning

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This excerpt from NSCA's Essentials of Tactical Strength and Conditioning aims to educate on some fundamentals of energy systems training in tactical personnel.

TSAC Facilitators Exercise Science Program design

The Training Trap—Building Financial Freedom in an Appointment-Based Career

April 10, 2018by Joe Drake, NSCA-CPT,*D

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The career path of a personal trainer inherently presents a certain amount of instability and unpredictability, but this does not have to last. There is no reason that personal trainers cannot make great money, afford health insurance, save for retirement, and create more freedom in their lives.

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Selection and Design of Sport-Specific Resistance Exercises

April 20, 2018by Joel M. Bergeron, MS, CSCS,*D

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Specificity of training involves an analysis of physiological, anatomical, and psychological needs for an activity. This article explains how to create a well-designed program that takes exercise specificity into account.

Coaches Exercise Technique Program design

Time Course of Physiological and Anatomical Changes

April 3, 2020by NSCA's Essentials of Tactical Strength and Conditioning

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This excerpt from NSCA’s Essential of Tactical Strength and Conditioning explores the neural and muscular adaptations to training over time.

Personal trainers TSAC Facilitators Coaches Exercise Science
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