This excerpt from Developing the Core briefly defines closed- and open-chain exercises and their respective roles in training.

Learn how to individualize a group training session to ensure that all athletes are training at the same intensity. In this session from the NSCA’s 2017 Coaches Conference, Mick Stierli explains how to prescribe individual training for athletes at differing levels of fitness, and the importance of prescribing individual training intensity during conditioning sessions.

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Tex McQuilkin, Director of Training for Power Athlete HQ, defines athleticism as a trainable performance variable at the 2019 Coaches Conference. McQuilkin illustrates the four phases of the competitive lifecycle for sport athletes and empowers coaches with strategies to best apply progressive overload and support the long-term trainability of novice athletes.

Ryan Metzger, Senior Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach for Clemson University, talks to the NSCA Coaching Program Manager, Eric McMahon, about their internship program going virtual amidst the pandemic to provide young strength coaches the education they need to grow despite the lack of in-person training. Topics of discussion also include early sport specialization and burnout, as well as being a role model for female athletes. Find Ryan on Instagram: @clemsonolystrength or @coach_metz | Find Eric on Instagram: @ericmcmahoncscs or Twitter: @ericmcmahoncscs

In this career series article, developing personal training skills to train special populations is discussed; it includes starting out as a novice through the expert level.

This article reviews the use of heart rate as a way to program cardiovascular exercise.

This excerpt briefly explains programming agility sessions for lacrosse athletes.

This excerpt briefly discusses different assessments of internal and external load measures.

This article addresses three main areas of resistance exercise that best prepares tactical personnel for load carriage.