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Effective Functional Exercise Programming for the Older Fitness Client After a Total Knee Replacement
April 1, 2014
This article examines the effects that are commonly experienced by people who have undergone knee replacement surgery as well as the exercises that can help them regain functionality.
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A Personal Trainer’s Guide to the Aspiring Bodybuilder
March 8, 2024
This article will discuss the balance between what an aspiring bodybuilder may expect from a personal trainer, what a personal trainer is able to provide, and how a personal trainer can be a valuable asset towards the aspiring bodybuilder’s development.
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Progressive Strategies for Teaching Fundamental Resistance Training Movement Patterns
August 4, 2023
This article provides the personal trainer with sample exercise progressions for teaching resistance training movement patterns along with practical strategies for instruction and reinforcement of proper technique.
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Practical Guidelines for Accurate Body Fat Measurements
October 7, 2022
This article seeks to explain monitoring body composition, including how to assess it properly for an accurate evaluation to minimize errors in body fat estimation and maximize physical training.
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Nutrition Research Column – April 2025 – Adaptogens and Nootropics – Nutrients to Improve Stress Management, Mental Health Outcomes, and Cognition
August 8, 2025
This TSAC Report column examines the use of adaptogen and nootropic supplements to aid in favorable stress-related and cognitive outcomes. Visit NSCA online to discover more about nutrition research.
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Working around a Client’s Low Back Pain – Strategies and Exercise Progressions
July 14, 2023
The primary focus of this article is to provide personal trainers with an evidence- and practice-based approach to exercise selection and implementation in those with low back pain.
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Stability and the Squat: Front-Loaded versus Back-Loaded Squatting—Part 4
June 1, 2017
Squatting may be commonplace in the weight room, but proper execution of this great exercise is difficult. Strength and conditioning coaches will need to properly select exercises and cue their athletes in a way that not only allows for a proper stabilizing strategy to occur, but promotes it.
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Maintaining Health and Fitness in Parenthood
October 4, 2024
This article will explore aspects of the struggle of parents to maintain personal wellness with pre-school age children and offer strategies that may help personal trainers or their clients increase quality of life
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Instability Training—Help or Hype?
January 1, 2014
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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The Recovery Process
January 1, 2015
Many processes and applications are used for recovery programs but there are certain factors that must be taken into consideration before determining the optimal course of action.
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