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From the Field – The Journey to Building a Sports Performance Facility: From Head Trainer to Business Owner
December 11, 2025by Jonathan Blakely Jr., CSCS,*D, RSCC
This PTQ article shares a real-world story to give inspiration and practical advice on creating your own sport performance business. Visit NSCA online to read more on athletic performance and professional development.
Personal trainers Program design Organization and Administration Testing and Evaluation Client Consultation|Assessment Safety Emergency Procedures Legal Issues Professional Development
Employee or Independent Contractor? Guidelines for Classifying Workers
November 29, 2020by Guillermo Escalante, DSC, MBA, ATC, CSCS and Manuel Escalante
Some positions within the fitness industry can be tricky to classify. This article helps businesses decipher the difference between a hired employee and an independent contracted position.
Personal trainers Legal Issues Professional Development
Post-Workout Nutrition—Nutrient Timing and the Anabolic Window
April 10, 2018by Dylan Klein
This article summarizes the relevant literature regarding post-workout nutrient timing and its importance to training adaptations, specifically increasing skeletal muscle hypertrophy and replenishing skeletal muscle glycogen stores.
Personal trainers Nutrition
Giving the Clients What They Want—A Personal Perspective
April 12, 2018by Ryan Carver, CSCS
It is the job of the personal trainer to help clients reach their goals in a safe and effective manner. However, it can be easy to lose sight of the big picture of a client’s life and have tunnel vision on specific training aspects that may not matter.
Personal trainers Organization and Administration Professional Development
Strongman Training for Youth
April 20, 2018by Rick Howard, MEd, CSCS,*D
Strength and conditioning coaches can safely and effectively integrate strongman training into youth strength and conditioning programs by following established programming guidelines and available research recommendations.
Coaches Exercise Technique Program design
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
Strength Training for the Aging Exerciser - Benefits, Considerations, and Program Design Tips
April 21, 2025by Josh McMillan, CSCS,*D, RSCC*D
This article dives into the extensive benefits of strength training for aging exercisers, emphasizing its positive effects on muscle mass, bone density, balance, and metabolic health.
Personal trainers Exercise Science Program design Organization and Administration Testing and Evaluation Client Consultation|Assessment
Working with Elite Athletic Women’s Menstrual Cycle
July 28, 2023by Delaney Stone-Kerr, CSCS
The purpose of this article is to share the importance of the menstrual cycle’s effects on elite athlete performance, and how these effects should influence the training and recovery of high-performing athletic women.
Coaches Program design Basic Pathophysiology and Science of Health Status or Condition, Disorder, or Disease
Benefits of Exercise during Pregnancy
April 24, 2020by NSCA's Essentials of Personal Training, Second Edition
This excerpt briefly explains the benefits of exercise while pregnant.
Personal trainers Coaches Exercise Science
Strength Training Practices for Rowing – Part 3 – Conditioning Training
September 12, 2020by Williamson Ruth, CSCS and Blake Gourley
This is the third and final article of a series on strength training practices for rowing and will focus on the energy systems development of rowing athletes.
Coaches Program design
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