Instability Training—Help or Hype?
by Ronald L. Snarr, CSCS, Jason C. Casey, PhD, CSCS, Ashleigh Von Hallmark, CSCS, and Ryan Eckert, CSCS, NSCA-CPT
Personal Training Quarterly
January 2014
Vol 2, Issue 1
This article briefly examines the most popular instability training devices and provides examples of how instability training can be incorporated into traditional resistance training programs.
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Ronald L. Snarr, PhD, CSCS,*D, NSCA-CPT, TSAC-F
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