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Reverse Pendulum Exercise (Including Medicine Ball Twister Variation)
January 28, 2019by Developing the Core
This Kinetic Select excerpt from Developing the Core describes how to perform the medicine ball twist variation as a rotational core movement.
Personal trainers TSAC Facilitators Coaches Exercise Technique Program design
Dynamic Warm-Up for Speed and Power Athletes
August 26, 2019by Robert Smith, MS, CSCS,*D, RSCC*D
In this hands-on session from the NSCA’s 2018 Personal Trainers Conference, Bobby Smith, Owner and Director of Sports Performance at Reach Your Potential Training, explains and demonstrates his multi-phase dynamic warm-up system.
Personal trainers Coaches Exercise Technique Program design
The FMS Hurdle Step
January 25, 2024by Grayson Elmore, PhD, ATC, CSCS
The second in a planned series to review essential considerations of each Functional Movement Screen (FMS) pattern, this article will examine the FMS hurdle step pattern in finer detail.
Personal trainers Program design Client Consultation|Assessment
The Deadlift and Its Application to Overall Performance
April 24, 2018by Matthew R. Wenning, MS
This article provides a few key tips on how to perform the deadlift more efficiently and safely. Some helpful coaching cues—such as keeping the head slightly up, activating the lats, and pushing the knees out—can assist a tactical athlete in executing the deadlift while increasing strength over time.
TSAC Facilitators Exercise Technique Program design
The FMS™ Trunk Stability Push-Up – Breathing and Corrective Exercise Considerations
July 18, 2025by Grayson Elmore, PhD, ATC, CSCS
This Personal Trainers Quarterly article examines a client's ability to maintain pelvic and trunk stability during a dynamic fitness screening. Visit NSCA online to read more on corrective exercises, health, and fitness.
Personal trainers Exercise Science 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
How to Improve Ankle Dorsiflexion and Calf Strength for Better Performance
April 25, 2022by Nick Tumminello, NSCA-CPT
This article highlights four non-traditional calf exercises that can immediately be used in strength programs for improving calf strength while also increasing ankle dorsiflexion mobility.
Personal trainers Exercise Technique Program design
NSCA's Coaching Podcast: Joe Kenn's Bonus Audio From Episode 40
Coaches Organization and Administration Professional Development
Turkish Get-Up
September 22, 2023by Strength Training for Soccer
This excerpt walks strength and conditioning coaches through the Turkish get-up exercise.
Coaches Exercise Technique
Strongman Training
April 3, 2021by Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning, Fourth Edition
This excerpt from the Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning, 4th Edition gives a quick glimpse into some of the implements used in strongman training.
TSAC Facilitators Coaches Exercise Technique Program design
Gluteal Muscle Strength and Activation, and the Relation to Knee Pain
March 12, 2019by Joseph J. Swinfen
This article focuses on exercises that strengthen the gluteal muscles for abduction to help reduce knee pain in full range of motion and promote proper movement in the primary knee joints.
TSAC Facilitators Exercise Technique Program design
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