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Breaking into the Performance Training Arena as a Personal Trainer
March 13, 2019by Mark Roozen, MEd, CSCS, NSCA-CPT, TSAC-F, FNSCA
In this session from the NSCA’s 2018 Personal Trainers Conference, Mark Roozen describes his experience working as a strength and conditioning coach and his transition to doing performance training in the private sector.
Personal trainers Coaches Organization and Administration Professional Development
From the Field – Transitioning from Military Service to Strength and Conditioning Coach
January 2, 2022by Gabe Bain, CSCS, TSAC-F, RSCC
This article provides recommendations and advice from a former active-duty Infantry/Military Intelligence Officer in the United States Army on the transition to becoming a tactical strength and conditioning coach.
TSAC Facilitators Professional Development
Concurrent Cognitive and Physical Fitness Training – Part Two
March 29, 2024by Gary Stebbing, PGDip, CSCS
This article builds upon a previous article on the potential benefits personal trainers can offer clients by combining both cognitive and physical training.
Personal trainers Exercise Science Program design Professional Development
Bridge: Shoulder Function during Overhead Lifting Tasks
May 4, 2018by NSCA
This video demonstrates optimal joint kinematics at the shoulder complex for overhead lifting tasks as well as a screening process to provide coaches with a tool to assess an athlete’s suitability for overhead lifting.
Coaches Exercise Technique
Dynamic Warm-Ups for the Land-Based Athlete
August 24, 2018by Julia Triano MS, CSCS Julian Lim
One way to potentially lower an athlete’s susceptibility to injury is a proper warm-up protocol. Warm-ups can potentially aid in injury prevention as a result of optimized movement preparation, and it can also reduce muscle soreness and improve performance.
Coaches Program design
Rehabilitation to Performance of the Shoulder for the Tactical Athlete
February 25, 2026by Alexander Weber, DC, CCSP, CSCS, and Michael Fanning, DC, DACBSP, RMSK, CSCS
This TSAC Report article examines the primary risk factors contributing to shoulder pain in tactical athletes and provides evidence-based rehabilitation strategies. Visit NSCA online to learn more about exercise research for tactical athletes.
TSAC Facilitators Exercise Science Exercise Technique Organization and Administration Testing and Evaluation Client Consultation|Assessment Safety Basic Pathophysiology and Science of Health Status or Condition, Disorder, or Disease Professional Development
The Role of Cervical Musculature and Upper Trapezius Isometric Contractions in the Reduction of Concussions
April 20, 2018by P.J. Gardner, MS, ATC, CSCS
The evaluation, treatment, and management of concussions are an ongoing evolution in sports injury management and medicine. Strengthening the neck and shoulder region has been one way of trying to reduce head and neck injuries.
Coaches Exercise Technique Program design Safety Basic Pathophysiology and Science of Health Status or Condition, Disorder, or Disease
Trust: Getting Them to do What They Don't Want to and Like it
May 8, 2018by Marisa Viola, CSCS
Motivation techniques derive from building relationships of trust and honesty. In this session from the NSCA’s 2017 Coaches Conference, Marisa Viola, Assistant Director of Strength and Conditioning at Rutgers University, teaches how to connect and impact this generation of athletes.
Coaches Professional Development
Implementing Strength Training to Improve Ruck March Capacity
April 17, 2020by Shane Michael Jenne, CSCS, NSCA-CPT
This article describes the various strength training processes that can be implemented to build a soldier’s ruck march capacity.
TSAC Facilitators Program design
Redefining the Strategy for Chronic Low Back Pain
November 8, 2019by Kevin Mullins Jr, CSCS
This article explores the possible causes of low back pain, as well as three potential strategies that a personal trainer may use to work with someone dealing with low back pain.
Personal trainers Program design
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