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Using Your Creativity and Knowledge Base to Implement LTAD—A Sample LTAD Program and Lessons Learned
June 20, 2018by Rick Howard, MEd, CSCS,*D, USAW
This article describes an innovative approach that was used to implement a long-term athletic development (LTAD) program in a health club, and includes the steps used for implementation.
Coaches Program design
Recovery Methods for Endurance Athletes
October 24, 2020by Lisa Stanley
This article will look at the use of supplements, nutrition, compression socks, cryotherapy, and myofascial release as enhanced recovery methods for endurance runners.
Coaches Nutrition Program design
National Basketball Strength and Conditioning Association (NBSCA) Performance Summit 2019 – Chicago in Review
March 21, 2020by Stephen Bird, PhD, CSCS, RSCC*E, Thomas Huyghe, CSCS, and Ernest Delosangeles Jr, ATC, CSCS
This article provides a review of sessions presented at the 2019 National Basketball Strength and Conditioning Association (NBSCA) Performance Summit including strength and conditioning methods and coaching strategies, in-season strength programming, force plate assessment, injury prevention, and player monitoring.
Coaches Exercise Science Program design Testing and Evaluation Professional Development
Increasing Performance on Tactical Aerobic Endurance Tasks
August 24, 2018by Daniel Cooper, MS, CSCS, TSAC-F
When isolating aerobic capacity as a determinant of performance, traditional interventions have focused on increasing an individual’s VO2max. Based on the large acute improvements from a single positive psychology research study, investigations into the application of integrated psychophysiological strategies to optimize performance should be explored.
TSAC Facilitators Exercise Science Program design
Preparing Firefighter Recruits to Successfully Pass and Tolerate the Demands of the CPAT
This article aims to provide information designed to assist firefighter recruits to achieve a successful Candidate Physical Ability Test (CPAT) performance.
TSAC Facilitators Program design
Integrated Perspectives on Tactical Preparation—Adding Mental Skill Training to Physical Fitness during Police Training Scenarios
January 15, 2019by Stacy L Gnacinski, MS, CSCS, and Ken Brock
This article shares various options for integrating mental skills training into existing strength and conditioning programs. Such simultaneous, dual-training approaches may better prepare officers for the realities of occupational performance.
TSAC Facilitators Program design
The Metabolic “Pink Taxing” of Fitness Standards for Female Service Members
May 10, 2024by Allison Brager, PhD, and Valerie Starratt, PhD
This article will explore the concept of “pink taxing,” whereby females must expend more metabolic energy compared to their male counterparts to achieve the same scores in standard military fitness tests.
TSAC Facilitators Exercise Science Program design
Overtraining
May 22, 2018by NSCA's Essentials of Personal Training, Second Edition
Understanding how the body adapts to the overload of aerobic exercise is critical to designing effective exercise training programs, monitoring exercise responses and progress, and assessing training outcomes.
Personal trainers Coaches Exercise Science Testing and Evaluation
Feasibility and Difficulties of Conducting Research on Professional Firefighters
April 26, 2021by Matthew Sokoloski, CSCS, TSAC-F, Dr Brandon Rhett Rigby, PhD, CSPS, NSCA-CPT, Isaac Rowland, CSCS, Ryan Gordon, CSCS, and Christopher Ryan Bachik, CSCS, TSAC-F
The purpose of this article is to identify and discuss the difficulties that can arise when performing physiological-based research with firefighters.
TSAC Facilitators Program design Testing and Evaluation
Emphasizing Strength and Power Performance Using the Trap Bar Deadlift for the Modern-Day Warfighter
The purpose of this article is to provide warfighters and tactical facilitators with an evidence-based approach to improve maximal strength and power using the trap bar deadlift as it relates to combat preparedness.
TSAC Facilitators Program design
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