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A Narrative Review of Limb Dominance: Task Specificity and the Importance of Fitness Testing
July 14, 2021by Adam Virgile, CSCS
This infographic discusses unilateral limb dominance and how to evaluate it.
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November 2, 2017by Author McAuthorPersonal trainers TSAC Facilitators Coaches Exercise Science Exercise Technique Safety
Choosing Exercises and the Daily Plan
May 16, 2018by Joe Kenn, MA, CSCS,*D, RSCC*E
Coach Joe Kenn, MA, CSCS,*D, RSCC spoke at the NSCA's 2012 National Conference about how to choose the correct exercises and develop a comprehensive daily plan.
Coaches Exercise Technique Program design
Active Resistance Training for the Tactical Athlete
May 4, 2018by Jay Dawes, PhD, CSCS,*D, NSCA-CPT,*D, FNSCA
Learn about the various forms of active resistance training and how to create active resistance devices that are inexpensive and reduce injury risk compared to traditional log bars and kegs. In this session from the NSCA's 2016 Annual TSAC Training, Jay Dawes also discusses how to progress, regress, and program active resistance into a comprehensive strength and conditioning plan.
TSAC Facilitators Exercise Technique Program design
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*EArticle Members OnlyCEU Eligible
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.
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NSCA’s Coaching Podcast, Episode 20: Michael Doscher
Michael Doscher from Valdosta State University talks to the NSCA Head Strength and Conditioning Coach, Scott Caulfield, about how to thrive for many years at one institution and work well with those around you, as well as how strength coaches should be evaluated.
Coaches Professional Development
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May 16, 2018by Andy Galpin, PhD, CSCS,*D, NSCA-CPT,*D, FNSCA
How to Use, and Not be Used By, Fitness Technologies
TSAC Facilitators
From the Field Two-Part Series: Part 1 – The Benefits of Alternative Licensure for Strength and Conditioning Coaches Pursuing Physical Education Teaching
March 13, 2024by Gary McChalicher, EdD, CSCS
This article will explore the benefits of alternative licensure programs for strength and conditioning coaches aspiring to become physical education teachers.
Coaches Professional Development
Injury Mitigation in Career Firefighters Using an Athletic Trainer in a Direct Access Care Model
July 23, 2024by Susannah Reiner, PhD, CSCS, NSCA-CPT, Jennifer Tinsley Kubala, MS, LAT, ATC, Jacob Jelmini, PhD, LAT, ATC, CSCS, Alyssa Eastman, MS, Nicholas Heebner, PhD, ATC, Phillip Gribble, PhD, ATC, FNATA, and Mark Abel, PhD, CSCS,*D, TSAC-F
This article explores the process and reasoning behind integrating an athletic trainer within a fire department to provide clinical care and injury prevention protocols.
TSAC Facilitators Exercise Science Basic Pathophysiology and Science of Health Status or Condition, Disorder, or Disease Professional Development
Is Athlete “Buy-In” All that it is Cracked up To Be? An Analysis of Strength and Conditioning Coach Talk Discourse
August 23, 2018by Brian T. Gearity, PhD, ATC, CSCS,*D, FNSCA and Clayton Kuklick, MA, PhD, CSCS
Learn about a framework for analyzing how knowledge is created through “coach talk discourses,” and how those discourses guide coaches’ thoughts, feelings, and practices. This article critiques the coach talk discourse of “buy-in” in order to provide strength and conditioning coaches with other ways to think about and understand coaching.
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