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The Metabolic “Pink Taxing” of Fitness Standards for Female Service Members
May 10, 2024by Allison Brager, PhD, and Valerie Starratt, PhD
This article will explore the concept of “pink taxing,” whereby females must expend more metabolic energy compared to their male counterparts to achieve the same scores in standard military fitness tests.
TSAC Facilitators Exercise Science Program design
Monitoring Training Load in American Football
February 4, 2019by Andrew Murray, CSCS
Monitoring training load is essential for determining if athletes are adapting positively or negatively to their training program. This article goes over the various measurement metrics and includes recommendations to monitor training load for football athletes.
Coaches Exercise Science Program design
Daily Carbohydrate Requirements
November 17, 2023by Strength Training
This excerpt from Strength Training briefly discusses glycemic index and glycemic load.
Personal trainers TSAC Facilitators Coaches Nutrition
Varying Tempo for Hypertrophy
June 4, 2018by Lee Boyce
Due to the principle of specificity, training should be tailored to the goal of the lifter in terms of the prioritization of strength, hypertrophy, health, and functional outcomes. If the goal is muscular hypertrophy, it may be beneficial to vary the repetition range, and to utilize a variety of loads and loading strategies in the pursuit of maximizing hypertrophy.
Personal trainers Exercise Science
Incorporating Training Load Monitoring into Fitness Programming: A Review of Practical Tools for Fitness Providers
October 8, 2018by Grayson Elmore, MAEd, ATC, LAT
In recent years, performance and prevention strategies have grown to include monitoring training load (TL) to understand fatigue and the potential effects of fatigue on training adaptation and performance.
Personal trainers Testing and Evaluation Client Consultation|Assessment
Concept First!: An Approach to Teaching the Fundamental Human Movements
May 7, 2018by Dan John
This session by Dan John from the 2015 NSCA Coaches Conference explains the “concept first” method as a simple way that allows the athletes to learn movement quickly and begin to load appropriately.
Coaches Exercise Technique Program design
Fatigue – Enemy or Ally?
April 15, 2022by Dane Bartz, PhD, CSCS and Alexandra Bartz
The purpose of this article is to help bring awareness of athletic recovery by useful fatigue monitoring and managing tools, such as external and internal load examples.
Coaches Exercise Science Program design
Incorporating the Farmer’s Walk Exercise into Your Client’s Program
October 9, 2025by Michael Krackow, PhD, ATC, CSCS, TSAC-F, and Joyce Blandino, PhD
This Personal Training Quarterly article reviews the farmer’s walk exercise and how to incorporate it safely into a client’s exercise program. Visit NSCA online to read more on fitness news and exercise research.
Personal trainers Exercise Science Exercise Technique Program design Testing and Evaluation Client Consultation|Assessment Professional Development
TSAC Report – First Responder Column – April 2024 – Addressing Low Back Pain in First Responders
September 20, 2024by Sarah Lanham, MS, CSCS,*D, and Mark Abel, PhD, CSCS,*D, TSAC-F
This article addresses low back pain in first responders by examining three relevant studies.
TSAC Facilitators Exercise Technique Program design Testing and Evaluation
Tactical Solutions Roundtable Session – Preparing National Guard and Reserve Soldiers for the Army Combat Fitness Test
February 27, 2021by Nicholas Barringer, PhD, RD, CSCS,*D, Brice Long, CSCS, Devon Smith, CSCS, Joshua Stuart-Shor, and Katy Tran Turner
From the virtual 2021 NSCA Coaches Conference, human performance specialists from the O2X Human Performance network discuss the Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT), including what it entails, how strength coaches can best prepare individuals for it, and the nutritional and mental demands of training for the test.
TSAC Facilitators Coaches Nutrition Program design Testing and Evaluation
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