This article provides essential guidelines for athletes beginning a strength and conditioning program that ensures safety and productivity of the training sessions.
This infographic provides a brief overview of the practical, research-based application to maximizing muscle size through blood flow restriction training.
Personal trainersTSAC FacilitatorsCoachesProgram designInfographicsBlood Flow RestrictionLimb Occlusion Pressure
The purpose of this article is to provide strength and conditioning coaches with practical knowledge from the framework of self-determination theory to facilitate student-athlete motivation within the weight room across varying sports.
In this session from the NSCA’s 2016 TSAC Annual Training, Ryan Massimo demonstrates foundational movement techniques that engage the body as a single coordinated system, complement the movements the body performs on the job and in life, and help to build optimal and usable strength, power, mobility, and durability.
TSAC FacilitatorsExercise TechniqueProgram designmobilityfoundational movementskinetic chaintotal bodymulti-planar movement
Scientific research has identified lactate threshold (LT) and maximal exercise performance as being very important contributors to endurance performance. A well-designed endurance training program can lead to improvement in both LT and maximal exercise performance within a single season and from season to season.
This video bundle includes six nutrition lectures from the NSCA’s 2016 National Conference. Topics include supplementation for strength, aerobic training, and body composition; alcohol and exercise; recovery nutrition for the high school athlete; and nighttime feeding.
CoachesExercise ScienceNutritionProgram designProfessional DevelopmentSupplementation for strengthAerobic TrainingBody CompositionNutritionRecoveryhs-coaching