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Circuit Strength Training with Ability-Based Modifications for Law Enforcement Recruits

March 4, 2019by Robert G. Lockie, PhD, TSAC-F

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Circuit training is quick and effective way to induce training adaptations that are similar to the demands that tactical officers face in their career. This is a basic layout of a circuit training program that can be implemented to recruits during training to prepare them for the physical demands they will face.

TSAC Facilitators Exercise Technique Program design

Leave No Stone Unturned—Training for Success in the NFL Combine

March 4, 2019by Loren Landow, CSCS,*D

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The NFL Combine is a week-long evaluation process that allows NFL scouts, coaches, general managers, and owners to get an up-close and personal evaluation of the talent that comprises the given year’s draft class. This is a day-by-day program outline to maximize results and effort for the NFL combine.

Coaches Program design Testing and Evaluation

A Creative Mind in the Professional Development of a Strength and Conditioning Coach

June 21, 2024by Gary Stebbing, PGDIP, CSCS,*D

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This article discusses the importance of a creative and open mind in strength and conditioning coaches, as well as tips to develop it.

Coaches Professional Development

Performance Under Stress – Implications for Tactical Personnel

June 19, 2023by Mark Stephenson, MS, ATC, CSCS,*D, TSAC-F,*D, Whitney Tramel, CSCS, TSAC-F, and Robin Orr, PhD, TSAC-F,*D

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This article discusses performance under stress, as well as factors influencing this performance in tactical personnel.

TSAC Facilitators Exercise Science

Physiological Variability and Training Considerations Across the Menstrual Cycle – Guidelines for Fitness Professionals

November 20, 2025by Kanchana Paromita Venkatesh, MSc, CSCS, USAW, and Meg Stone, MA, CSCS,*D, RSCC*E, FNSCA*E

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This article from Personal Training Quarterly looks at training plans based on menstrual health to help personal trainers better support female clients. Visit NSCA online to read more on athletic performance, health, and fitness.

Personal trainers Exercise Science Program design Organization and Administration Testing and Evaluation Client Consultation|Assessment Safety Basic Pathophysiology and Science of Health Status or Condition, Disorder, or Disease Professional Development

Role of Hormones

June 7, 2022by Strength Training

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This excerpt from Strength Training, Second Edition briefly details hormones and their role in the human body.

Personal trainers TSAC Facilitators Coaches Exercise Science

The Prevalence of Muscle Dysmorphia in Adolescents and What to Look For

April 11, 2018by Nicholas Maruca, CSCS

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This article discusses what muscle dysmorphia is, the ways in which adolescents can fall victim to it, and how to intervene when body image becomes distorted.

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Tactical Fitness Research 2018

February 18, 2019by Guy D. Leahy, MEd, CSCS,*D

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This article is a review of the research relating to the tactical population from presentations and research from the 65th Annual Meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM).

TSAC Facilitators Exercise Science

Long-Term Athletic Development (LTAD) for the Personal Trainer – Part 2: Action – How Can Personal Trainers Integrate LTAD into Clients’ Programs?

August 16, 2024by Rick Howard, DSc, CSCS,*D, RSCC*E

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This three-part series shows how personal trainers can create a physically literate cradle-to-grave culture for all, with LTAD as the framework.

Personal trainers Program design Professional Development

Conditioning Preparation for Multi-Stage Events – The Example of the Marathon des Sables – Part 1

October 13, 2025by Gary Stebbing, PGDIP, CSCS,*D

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