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Hands-On – Building Muscle without Weights
May 9, 2018by Nick Tumminello, NSCA-CPT
Contrary to popular belief, you do not need to “pump iron” to build muscle. In this session from the NSCA’s 2015 Personal Trainers Conference, Nick Tumminello explains that to build muscle you need to create a training stimulus that elicits the three mechanisms for muscle growth. In other words, building muscle is not about the specific exercises you do, it is about the specific stimulus you create.
Personal trainers Exercise Science Exercise Technique Program design
Maximize Motor Unit Recruitment - Get Bigger, Leaner, and Stronger
August 17, 2018by Chad Waterbury
In this video from the NSCA's 2013 Personal Trainer Conference, Chad Waterbury discusses how to maximize motor unit recruitment. Chad discusses three ways to recruit more motor units - lift heavy, accelerate sub-maximal loads, and train with high-tension movements.
Personal trainers Exercise Science Program design
Does Your Athlete Have Muscle Dysmorphia? Considerations and Implications for Recognition, Assessment, Management, and Treatment
August 28, 2018by James Leone, MPH, PhD, ATC, CSCS,*D
Learn how to recognize and treat muscle dysmorphia in your athletes. In this session from the NSCA’s 2017 Personal Trainers Conference, James Leone covers many facets of athlete muscle dysmorphia, including the clinical features, identifying at-risk populations, using assessment tools, managing athletes suspected of having muscle dysmorphia, and how to treat it using a team-based approach.
Personal trainers Coaches Exercise Science Basic Pathophysiology and Science of Health Status or Condition, Disorder, or Disease
Metabolism Based Eating: Fat Loss and Muscle Gain in a Caloric Deficit
May 8, 2018by Todd Miller, PhD, CSCS,*D, TSAC-F, FNSCA
Learn how diet and strength training in the absence of aerobic exercise can be used to improve body composition through simultaneous fat loss and muscle gain. In this session from the NSCA’s 2016 Personal Trainers Conference, Todd Miller demonstrates how to use body composition and metabolism measurements along with popular food tracking apps and activity monitors to design individualized diet and exercise strategies. CEUs available.
Personal trainers Exercise Science Nutrition
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September 19, 2019by Jonathan Lynch, MS, CSCS, RSCC
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October 4, 2018by David Barr, CSCS,*D, CSPS,*D, NSCA-CPT,*D, TSAC-F,*D, RSCC
Training Techniques for Optimal Muscle Gain and Fat Loss
Personal trainers
Effects of Core Instability on Muscle Activity
February 25, 2019by Developing the Core: pp 34-36
This Kinetic Select from Developing the Core reviews the effects of muscle activity when performing exercises on unstable surfaces.
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Does Training to Failure Maximize Muscle Hypertrophy?
March 27, 2020by Adam Virgile, CSCS
This infographic discusses factors to consider when training to muscle failure.
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Muscle Activation in Hip Thrust Variations
March 4, 2019by Yann Le Meur
This infographic looks at the percentages of optimal muscle activation in variations of the hip thrust.
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Muscle Damage and Hypertrophy: The More, the Better?
June 19, 2018by Yann Le Meur, PhD
There is a sound theoretical rationale supporting a potential role for muscle damages in the hypertrophic response, but a cause-effect relationship directly linking these gains to muscle damage is yet to be established. If such a relationship does in fact exist, it is not clear as to what extent of damage is optimal for inducing maximum muscle growth.
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