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Is Now the Right Time to Start Your Own Fitness Studio or Gym? From Personal Perspective
April 10, 2018by Josh Leve
For anyone who is considering starting their own fitness business, there are a few questions that should be considered. For example, why is the studio market booming? Is it the right time for you to make the leap? To answer these questions, there are several considerations that might help in this decision-making process.
Personal trainers Organization and Administration
Before You Jump—Considerations Prior to Opening Your Own Facility
June 22, 2018by Robert Linkul, MS, CSCS,*D, NSCA-CPT,*D
Before taking any steps toward opening a facility, the personal trainer should review the following considerations to ensure they are making the right decision.
Personal trainers Coaches Organization and Administration Professional Development
Hierarchical Structure of Periodization Cycles
August 24, 2018by Developing Power
The periodization of training is facilitated by a hierarchical structure that allows for several distinct interrelated levels that can be used in the planning process. Each level of the periodization process should be based on the training goals established for the athlete or team.
Coaches Program design
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
Sprinting in Field and Court Sports
May 18, 2018by Developing Speed
Athletes in field and court sports require reactive agility—they must accelerate, decelerate, and change direction in a constantly changing environment. These requirements result in technical differences between sprinting in a field or court sport and sprinting the 100-m.
Coaches Exercise Technique
"Get Up and Go" Drill for Rugby Players
May 22, 2018by Developing Speed
The aim of the get up and go drill for rugby players is to develop the ability to accelerate from a low body position, which is especially important when accelerating into a potential contact situation.
Coaches Exercise Science Exercise Technique
Developing Bilateral Symmetry for Basketball Players—Considerations for the Use of Rotational Suspension Bodyweight Training
April 21, 2018by Steve Hess MEd, MATS and Chris Camacho MA, CSCS
In order to develop athletes who can move optimally in multiple planes of motion, training should include elements that can challenge them in multiple planes while providing various resistance and proprioceptive challenges.
Coaches Exercise Technique Program design
Why Strength and Conditioning Coaches Should Take Play Seriously
March 31, 2018by Rick Howard MEd, CSCS,*D
Athletic performance can be enhanced through the use of implementing various unstructured, semi-structured, and structured play from the 12 types of play. These can be performed in the weight room, at a sports practice, or even at home.
Coaches Exercise Technique Program design
NSCA's Coaching Podcast, Episode 3: Tim Pelot
Matt Shaw, Director of Sports Performance at the University of Denver, talks to the NSCA Head Strength and Conditioning Coach, Scott Caulfield. Topics under discussion include transitioning between jobs, separating yourself as an intern, building strategic relationships, working between departments, and how strength and conditioning coaches should be evaluated
Coaches Professional Development
Sleep Hygiene Strategies for Tactical Athletes
April 24, 2018by Canaan Heard, CSCS, NSCA-CPT
Tactical athletes, due to the nature of their jobs, may have sleeping problems (such as falling asleep and/or staying asleep) which is indicative of poor sleep quality. This article shares sleep hygiene strategies that can help tactical athletes achieve better rest.
TSAC Facilitators Program design
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