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Six Essentials to Safe Participation

May 23, 2018by NSCA's Essentials of Personal Training, Second Edition

Article

Hydration, footwear, and exercise frequency are only a few of the essentials to safe participation in cardiovascular activity. Make sure to include all six essentials in your program to ensure safe participation.

Personal trainers Coaches Exercise Science Safety

Loading and Unloading Strategies: Managing All Variables within a Comprehensive Program

June 20, 2020by Joel Raether, MAEd, CSCS,*D, TSAC-F,*D

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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

Bridge: Breathing is a Fundamental Mobility Pattern, with Dana Santas

September 17, 2018by Dana Santas, CSCS

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Dana Santas demonstrates how to improve mobility and performance by reestablishing positive breathing patterns.

Personal trainers Exercise Technique Program design

Biofeedback for Strength and Conditioning Performance

April 19, 2018by Gabrielle Smith

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Biofeedback is a tool that not everyone knows about, yet many coaches and athletes could benefit from using it. This article will describe the psychophysiological principle, introduce biofeedback, and provide descriptions of two biofeedback modalities that may be useful for strength and conditioning professionals to improve performance.

Coaches Exercise Science Exercise Technique Program design

Operationalizing Power

June 11, 2018by NSCA's Guide to Tests and Assessments

Article

Considering that the term "power" typically evokes the perception of high-speed movement, many people are inclined to take the tenets of specificity to literally mean “train fast, be fast.” However, to create the most strategic methods of training and adaptation, it is vital to compartmentalize power into the primary testable and trainable elements.

Coaches Exercise Science Testing and Evaluation

Integrating Whole Health in Veterans Affairs Healthcare – The Role and Application of the TSAC-F

August 15, 2025by Mark Young, MS, TSAC-F, and Dalan Zydel, MS, MBA, CSPS

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This article from the TSAC Report shares dietary guidance, customized exercise programs, and strategies for integrating whole health for veterans. Visit NSCA online to learn more about exercise science.

TSAC Facilitators Exercise Science Nutrition 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

Core Strength and Functionality with Loaded Carries

April 20, 2018by Scott J. Butcher, PHD,PT and John State Rusin, DPT, PT, CSCS

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What training approaches are efficient and effective at developing functionality and resiliency at the core? The answer lies within an intelligent, systemic, multi-method approach to training the core, including an eclectic set of training tools to individualize specific needs of athletes.

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September 19, 2019by Allison Randall, PhD, CSCS

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Resistance Training for the Older Adult – Progressions to Achieve an Overhead Press

February 7, 2022by Robert Linkul, MS, CSCS,*D, NSCA-CPT,*D, FNSCA

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This purpose of this article is to supply personal trainers with resistance training techniques, progressions, and cues that can assist their clients in overcoming sarcopenia and to eventually press to the overhead position pain free and with confidence.

Personal trainers Exercise Technique Program design

The Promotion of Exercise for Multiple Sclerosis

October 31, 2019by Chelcei Cashion and Joni Boyd, PhD, CSCS,*D, NSCA-CPT

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With almost one million people in the United States living with multiple sclerosis, this article aims to provide personal trainers with ideas for exercises to meet the needs of these individuals.

Personal trainers Program design Basic Pathophysiology and Science of Health Status or Condition, Disorder, or Disease
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