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Risk Factors Requiring Wellness Interventions
November 6, 2020
This excerpt from NSCA's Essentials of Tactical Strength and Conditioning explains the importance of wellness programs for tactical athletes.
TSAC Facilitators Program design Wellness Interventions Tactical Sleep Disruption Stress Nutrition
Leave No Stone Unturned—Training for Success in the NFL Combine
March 4, 2019
The NFL Combine is a week-long evaluation process that allows NFL scouts, coaches, general managers, and owners to get an up-close and personal evaluation of the talent that comprises the given year’s draft class. This is a day-by-day program outline to maximize results and effort for the NFL combine.
Coaches Program design Testing and Evaluation NFL Combine Football Athlete Testing
What is the Catch? Clarifying Weightlifting Exercises and Terminology
January 1, 2013
This article covers commonly used terminology from United States of America Weightlifting (USAW), plus it contains illustrations of the basic positions for weightlifting exercises.
Coaches Exercise Technique Program design Olympic-style weightlifting power snatch squat weightlifting clean and jerk snatch
Bridge: The Pull-Up – Technique and Variations
May 1, 2015
This video demonstrates some of the basic technique and variations of the pull-up.
Personal trainers TSAC Facilitators Coaches Exercise Technique exercise technique pull-up how to do a pull-up hs-coaching
What I’ve Done, Didn’t Do, and Will Never Do: A Coach’s Perspective on Coaching
July 31, 2017
Bob Alejo passes on some of what he has learned in a long coaching career. In this session from the NSCA’s 2017 National Conference, Alejo discusses what he has learned that might keep you from making the same mistakes or persuade a change in current programming.
Coaches Program design Professional Development Strength and Conditioning Bob Alejo Strength and Conditioning Coaches Strength Programming Athlete Monitoring
Lower-Body Power Development for Collegiate Female Soccer Players
September 4, 2020
This article discusses the influence of lower-body power on soccer performance in collegiate female soccer players. It also covers testing for muscular power qualities, different training modalities to use, and sample training programs as examples.
Coaches Program design Soccer Power Plyometrics Complex Training Strength
Periodization and Programming for Strength Power Sports
January 30, 2012
Respected strength coaches Mike Stone and Meg Stone spoke about periodization and programming for strength power sports at the 2012 NSCA Coaches Conference.
Coaches Program design Programming Strength and Conditioning Periodization Strength and Power Athlete 2012-Coaches-Conference
Bridge: Breathing is a Fundamental Mobility Pattern, with Dana Santas
September 17, 2018
Dana Santas demonstrates how to improve mobility and performance by reestablishing positive breathing patterns.
Personal trainers Exercise Technique Program design Breathing Mobility Functional Movement Fundamental Mobility Dana Santas
Analyzing the Speed Requirements of a Sport
May 1, 2017
While analyzing the speed requirements of different sports may, at first, seem to be a massive challenge, asking a few key questions can make the task much simpler.
Coaches Exercise Science Exercise Technique speed sport requirements strength and conditioning
Resistance Training for the Older Client – Should They Press, Squat, and Deadlift?
April 30, 2021
This article discusses the importance of resistance training for older adults and considerations that personal trainers need to be aware of when working with this population.
Personal trainers Exercise Science Program design Client Consultation|Assessment Older Adult Resistance Training Activities of Daily Living Personal Trainer
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