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5 Reaction Drills to Build Quickness
May 22, 2018by Developing Agility and Quickness
This book excerpt provides examples of quickness drills that may improve the ability to identify a specific stimulus and to respond quickly and appropriately.
Coaches Exercise Technique Program design
Motor Control for the Snatch—an Integrative Approach
April 20, 2018by Derek Crawford, PhD and Nicholas Binder Drake, CSCS, NSCA-CPT, USAW
The snatch is one of the most technically demanding competitive movements. This article focuses on barbell trajectory (or bar path), motor control, and the height of the bar relative to the athlete’s body.
Coaches Exercise Science Exercise Technique Program design
First Responder Research Column – The Importance of Adequate Sleep for First Responders’ Mental Health
October 2, 2025by Sarah Lanham, MS, CSCS,*D, and Mark Abel, PhD, CSCS,*D, TSAC-F,*D
This TSAC Report article discusses the training load of GPS technology and blood lactate monitoring for first responders. Visit NSCA online to learn more about tactical fitness.
TSAC Facilitators Exercise Science Program design Organization and Administration Testing and Evaluation Client Consultation|Assessment Safety Basic Pathophysiology and Science of Health Status or Condition, Disorder, or Disease Professional Development
Creatine
January 9, 2021by Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning, Fourth Edition
This excerpt will briefly discuss the importance of exercise, dosage of the supplement, efficacy, body mass changes, and adverse effects of creatine.
Personal trainers TSAC Facilitators Coaches Nutrition
Supramaximal Eccentric Strength Training
May 9, 2018by Dietmar Schmidtbleicher, PhD
Dietmar Schmidtbleicher, Head and Chair for Sport Sciences at the Institute of Sport Sciences at the Goethe University Frankfurt/Main in Frankfurt, Germany—and one of the world’s leading experts on strength and power training—explains the influencing factors of force production in eccentric muscle actions. Schmidtbleicher made a rare appearance in the United States at the NSCA’s 2015 National Conference.
Coaches Exercise Science
Increase Hip and Trunk Stability with Loaded Carries for Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation, and Performance
December 14, 2020by Jason Taylor, CSCS and Mason Reed, CSCS
The goal of this article is to understand contralateral and ipsilateral loading, how to set-up loaded carries, electromyography activity during exercises, and how to apply these exercises into the strength training program.
Coaches Program design
Defining, Measuring, and Monitoring Resilience for the Tactical Professional: Part 2—Holistic Measurement and Monitoring: Theory, Principles, and Application
July 11, 2022by Colin Tomes, CSCS, TSAC-F, Ben Schram, TSAC-F, and Robin Orr, PhD, TSAC-F,*D
Part 2 of this series on allostatic load theory will focus on how monitoring personnel holistically can contribute to a well-rounded health and performance model supporting the tactical athletes.
TSAC Facilitators Exercise Science Program design Testing and Evaluation
Strength Training Practices for Rowing – Part 3 – Conditioning Training
September 12, 2020by Williamson Ruth, CSCS and Blake Gourley
This is the third and final article of a series on strength training practices for rowing and will focus on the energy systems development of rowing athletes.
Coaches Program design
Using LTAD to Program for a Middle School Athlete and a High School Athlete: Part 2 – Creating a Developmentally-Appropriate Strength and Conditioning Program
January 28, 2019by Rick Howard, MEd, CSCS, *D
This second article of a two-part series continues the discussion of long-term athletic development (LTAD). This article provides practical application of the LTAD principles by examining two sample programs.
Coaches Nutrition Program design Organization and Administration
Tests Based on Work Demands and Training Status
June 14, 2018by NSCA
Fitness testing uses a battery of protocols recognized by the scientific community as both reliable and valid, and it measures important fitness constructs such as aerobic endurance, muscular strength, muscular endurance, power, agility, flexibility, and balance.
Coaches Exercise Science
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