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Abdominal and Lumbo-Pelvic Stability Exercises for First Responders
March 4, 2020by Ciara Gonzales, CSCS and Robert Lockie, PhD, TSAC-F
This article will discuss why it is important for first responders to have abdominal and lumbo-pelvic strength in relation to movements and tasks in their specific jobs. A list of possible exercises and implementation are also included.
TSAC Facilitators Exercise Technique Program design
Dietary Fat and Performance
May 22, 2018by NSCA’s Guide to Sport and Exercise Nutrition
Dietary fat has both long-term and short-term effects on an athlete and athletic performance. “Fat loading” as a strategy to improve athletic performance remains unproven.
Coaches Nutrition
Skill-Based Key Performance Indicators
November 17, 2023by NSCA’s Essentials of Sport Science
This brief excerpt from NSCA’s Essentials of Sport Science discusses skill-based key performance indicators (KPIs).
Personal trainers TSAC Facilitators Coaches Exercise Technique Program design Testing and Evaluation Professional Development
NSCA’s Coaching Podcast, Episode 4: Lance Walker
Lance Walker, Global Director of Performance at Michael Johnson Performance (MJP), talks to the NSCA Head Strength and Conditioning Coach, Scott Caulfield, about being unselfish in your work, developing your people skills in order to be a better coach, and mapping out your professional path.
Coaches Professional Development
A Scalable Approach to Athlete Monitoring
October 31, 2021by Dr. William Hornsby III, PhD, CSCS,*D and Dr. John Wagle, PhD, MBA, CSCS, RSCC
From the 2021 NSCA’s Coaches Conference, Guy Hornsby, Teaching Assistant Professor in Athletic Coaching Education at West Virginia University, and John Wagle, the Director of Performance Science and Player Development for the Kansas City Royals Major League Baseball (MLB) team, discuss applied sports science and athlete monitoring for both intercollegiate student-athletes and professional athletes.
Coaches Program design Testing and Evaluation
Deceleration Progressions from Squat-Lunge to Sprint
August 27, 2018by Loren Landow, CSCS,*D
Learn about Loren Landow’s philosophy-based system of multidirectional training and explore how to best integrate multidirectional training to straight-line speed performance through a full progression of bilateral and unilateral exercises. In this session from the NSCA’s 2017 National Conference, Landow addresses the factors that influence agility with special attention to the feet and hips
Coaches Exercise Technique Program design
The Seated Medicine Ball Throw Performed by Law Enforcement Recruits – Normative Data and Training Implications
May 9, 2025by Robert Lockie, PhD, TSAC-F,*DTSAC Facilitators Exercise Science Exercise Technique Program design Testing and Evaluation Client Consultation|Assessment
Light Sled Pulls
June 11, 2018by NSCA's Guide to Program Design
Learn how to perform a light sled pull, which can help increase speed strength, power, and stride length.
Coaches Exercise Science Exercise Technique Program design
TSAC Report - First Responder Column
July 26, 2024by Sarah Lanham, MS, CSCS, and Mark Abel, PhD, CSCS,*D, TSAC-F
This column reviews recent literature that investigated the appropriateness of a commonly utilized on-duty exercise training modality for firefighters and describes the occupational demands of specialist tactical police officers.
TSAC Facilitators Exercise Science Program design
Heart Rate Variability Useful in Monitoring Fitness and Training Responses in Tactical Athletes
April 24, 2018by Kimberly Allen, CSCS, TSAC-F and Robert L. Herron, CSCS,*D
HRV is thought to provide objective insight into understanding fatigue, “trainability,” and “readiness” to perform in athletic populations. Evolving access to HRV data may enhance the understanding of individualized fitness and training responses in tactical athletes.
TSAC Facilitators Program design Basic Pathophysiology and Science of Health Status or Condition, Disorder, or Disease
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