Sports Science: The Brain-Body Connection

by Mark Stephenson, MS, ATC, CSCS,*D, TSAC-F,*D
April 2016

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TSAC Facilitators

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Exercise Science

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heart rate variability stress recovery strategies

Develop a better understanding of the brain’s role on exercise and recovery for the tactical athlete, and learn how to identify and implement heart rate variability (HRV) markers for prescribing recovery strategies. Presented by Mark Stephenson, Director of the Human Performance Program at a special operations unit for the Department of Defense, at the NSCA’s 2016 TSAC Annual Training.

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Mark Stephenson is a tactical sports science consultant and is a PhD student at the Faculty of Health Science and Medicine at Bond University with the ...

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Audience:
TSAC Facilitators

Topics:
Exercise Science

Keywords:
heart rate variability stress recovery strategies

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