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Maintaining Arm Health with Pitcher-Specific Strength and Conditioning Techniques
April 25, 2025by Avery Bridges, And Jeffrey Hartman, PhD, CSCS, NSCA-CPT
This article discusses baseball-specific strength and conditioning techniques, focusing on lower extremity training and improving shoulder mechanics.
Coaches Exercise Science Exercise Technique Program design Organization and Administration Testing and Evaluation Client Consultation|Assessment
Growth Hormone Responses to Stress
June 8, 2018by Essentials of Strength Training and Conditioning-4th Edition With Web Resource
Growth hormone release is affected by the type of resistance training protocol used, including the duration of rest periods. Short rest period types of workouts result in greater serum concentrations compared to long rest protocols of similar total work; however, at present it is not clear how the various molecular forms or types of growth hormones are affected by rest period duration.
Coaches Exercise Science Nutrition
Push, Pull, and Propulsion – The 10-20-30-40 Concept
November 6, 2018by Jason W. Masek, MA, ATC, PT, CSCS
Jason Masek talks about how to implement and properly execute push, pull, and propulsion movement patterns and variations into athlete programming.
Coaches Exercise Technique Program design
Shift-Based Program Scheduling for Firefighters
April 24, 2018by John R. Bennett, MS, CSCS,*D
There is no argument that periodization is successful, and that different models can be applied with success in different fashions. The question of how shift work really affects a periodized program—more specifically firefighter shift work—is less clear.
TSAC Facilitators Program design
Sat1000Wattenberg
October 2, 2018 - May 13, 2025by Clinton Wattenberg, MS, RD, CSCS
Integrating Nutrition into the Performance Paradigm
Coaches
The Art of Integration—Periodizing Speed, Power, and Strength in the Training Process
March 12, 2019by Chris Bellon, PhD, CSCS
In this NSCA 2018 Coaches Conference video, Chris Bellon discusses integrating periodization for speed, power, and strength development for collegiate athletes.
Coaches Exercise Science Program design
Conjugate Periodization
August 29, 2018by Matthew R. Wenning, MS
Coach and powerlifter Matt Wenning, MS, discusses the benefits of conjugate periodization in this talk from the NSCA's 2013 Coaches Conference.
Coaches Exercise Technique Program design
Strength Training Practices for Rowing – Part 2 – Strength Training for Performance
June 12, 2020by Williamson Ruth, CSCS and Blake Gourley
This article is the second of a series of articles on strength training practices for rowing and seeks to provide information on periodization strategies for rowers of different competitive levels and schedules, as well as include sample periodization plans and sample programs.
Coaches Program design
Periodization and Programming for Strength Power Sports
September 4, 2018by Michael H. Stone, PhD, CSCS, FNSCA and Meg E. Stone, MA, CSCS, RSCC*E, FNSCA
Respected strength coaches Mike Stone and Meg Stone spoke about periodization and programming for strength power sports at the 2012 NSCA Coaches Conference.
Coaches Program design
Exercise Physiology 101 – What Every Personal Trainer Should Know
December 8, 2019by John Acquaviva and Michael Maina, CSCS
The purpose of this article is to help both personal trainers and clients with seven main concepts within exercise physiology that will improve training effectiveness and assist in explaining the body’s response to exercise.
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