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Autonomy-Supportive Coaching: A New Perspective on Training Athletes
November 15, 2021by Adam Feit, PhD, CSCS,*D, RSCC
From the 2021 NSCA’s Coaches Conference, Adam Feit, Coordinator of Physical and Mental Performance at Springfield College, discusses the benefits of satisfying athletes’ and coaches’ basic psychological needs. He also explains how behaviors can help or hinder performance and how to create an autonomy-supportive training and coaching environment.
Coaches Professional Development
Sprint Interval Training
June 19, 2018by Yann Le Meur, PhD
This study assessed the performance effects of a novel short-term and highly accessible training protocol based on maximal shuttle runs in the field.
Coaches Exercise Science
Toward Ending the Diet Wars: Which One is Best for Weight Loss and Health?
May 7, 2018by Alan Aragon, MS
Confused about which diet is best? Alan Aragon examines the evidence behind the claims made by each of the main diet perspectives in this session from the 2015 NSCA Personal Trainers Conference. The questions answered include: “which diet is best for weight loss?” and “which diet is best for promoting health and preventing cardiovascular disease?” Individual goals and circumstances will be discussed as well as practical applications.
Personal trainers Nutrition
Energy System Training
May 7, 2022by NSCA's Essentials of Tactical Strength and Conditioning
This excerpt from NSCA's Essentials of Tactical Strength and Conditioning aims to educate on some fundamentals of energy systems training in tactical personnel.
TSAC Facilitators Exercise Science Program design
Programming for Law Enforcement: Principles First
May 22, 2020by Matt Thompson, CSCS,*D, TSAC-F,*D
From the 2019 Tactical Annual Training, Matt Thompson, explains the principles that have helped guide his program design process and how coaches can utilize similar principles to help filter systems and methods to create a more effective training program.
TSAC Facilitators Program design Professional Development
Muscle Growth
June 19, 2020by Strength Training
This article briefly explains the two principles necessary for muscle growth.
Personal trainers TSAC Facilitators Coaches Exercise Science Program design
Fri1000Herrera
May 14, 2018 - May 12, 2025by Lawrence Herrera, CSCS
Training Groups versus Single Athletes
Coaches
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