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NSCA Membership - Powering Your Continuing Education
Stay on top of the latest knowledge of strength and conditioning, and increase your professional expertise through the latest NSCA continuing education.
Members can take advantage of up to 12 free CEU opportunities each year along with generous event, NSCA store and recertification discounts. Not sure if you are a member? You can log in to your NSCA Account; if you are a member your membership type will be listed under your name on the “My Account” home page. Or join today by using the "Become a Member" link at the top of this page.
Access Free CEU Opportunities
NSCA members gain access to select complimentary quizzes, each for a limited time. Once the complimentary period ends, the quiz will be offered at standard rates. Current offers available to members are below.
We are offering three (3) Free CEU Opportunities for March and April and another three (3) for May and June in 2024. Get a jump start on your continuing education and take full advantage of your membership benefits.
Selecting Metrics That Matter: Comparing the use of the countermovement jump for performance profiling, neuromuscular fatigue monitoring, and injury rehabilitation testing
The countermovement jump (CMJ) is one of the most used performance assessments in strength and conditioning. Although numerous studies discuss the usability of different metrics in this test, this is often performed within the context of a specific aim. However, to our knowledge, no information currently exists providing practitioners with some over-arching recommendations on which metrics to choose when the purpose of using the test differs. This article discusses how the metrics selected to monitor during CMJ testing may differ when aiming to use it as a proxy for athletic performance, as part of neuromuscular fatigue monitoring, or as part of a test battery for return to performance in injured athletes. Members' Free Access: 3/1/2024 - 4/30/2024
MAKING SENSE OF ASYMMETRY IN SPORT PERFORMANCE AND S&C RESEARCH
In this video from the 2022 NSCA National Conference, Chris Bailey discusses monitoring, quantifying, and other relevant research in regard to asymmetries in sport performance. Members' Free Access: 3/1/2024 - 4/30/2024
OLDER PEOPLE TRIP, SOME FALL—A PROGRAM TO DECREASE SENIORS’ FALL RISK
Falls resulting from trips are a leading cause of injury and can sometimes result in death, especially in the older population. Numerous researchers have studied the biomechanical mechanisms that differentiate fallers from nonfallers and determined whether training can beneficially impact those outcomes. Exercise and task-specific interventions have demonstrated fewer falls after trips but can be costly and often require specialized equipment, making their applicability less practical. Qualified health and fitness practitioners can develop evidence-informed, exercise-based programs focusing on 3 components (balance training, task-specific training, and resistance exercise). Such programs may help to reduce fall risk in older adults based on previously documented studies identifying the biomechanical demands of a successful fall arrest after a trip perturbation. These multicomponent programs should include a safe task-specific training element that does not require specialized equipment. Members' Free Access: 3/1/2024 - 4/30/2024
