Jim Kielbaso, MS, CSCS, spoke at the NSCA's 2013 Personal Trainer Conference about finding balance between working with personal training clients vs athletes.
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This article aims to offer guidance on the effects of certain medications, as well as help personal trainers and their clients in the consultation process with qualified physicians and pharmacists.
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This video bundle includes three videos from the NSCA’s 2017 Personal Training Business Clinic. The videos cover various aspects of marketing and growing a personal training business. CEUs available.
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This article will demonstrate why personal trainers should consider the use of blood flow restriction (BFR) and BFR technology for appropriate medically-screened clients that provides an objective way to apply pressure, whether that is through manual or automated cuffs.
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Marie Spano, MS, RD, CSCS, spoke at the NSCA's 2013 Personal Trainer Conference on the most popular nutrition myths and provides evidence debunking each one.
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The importance of recognizing a closed-chain activity lies in the fact that the motions of multiple joints are coupled. Weakness at any one joint will consequently limit performance of the entire movement.
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