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Kinematic and Kinetic Chains

June 1, 2017

Article

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.

Personal trainers Coaches Exercise Science Program design kinematic chain kinetic chain strength and conditioning

Designing a Resistance Training Program for Paralympic Throwers

April 5, 2024

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This article focuses on a program for a Paralympic athlete born with a congenital limb deficiency (transradial peromelia) of the right arm.

Coaches Program design Paralympic Athlete Throwers Shot Put Transradial Peromelia

The Importance of Creatine Timing for Muscle Size and Strength

September 15, 2023

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This article provides a discussion around the evidence on creatine timing and supplementation.

Personal trainers Nutrition Creatine Carbohydrates Timing Micronutrients

TSAC Report – Military Column – January 2024

June 7, 2024

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The purpose of this article is to explore physical training interventions and their impact on military combat-centric roles for female soldiers.

TSAC Facilitators Program design Testing and Evaluation Military Job Task Load Carriage Endurance

Push Jerk

October 15, 2018

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This excerpt from Exercise Technique Manual for Resistance Training, Third Edition goes over the technique and execution in each phase of the push jerk.

Coaches Exercise Technique Push Jerk Weightlifting Olympic Weightlifting Power Development

Quantifying Training and Competition Load

August 6, 2021

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This excerpt from NSCA’s Essentials of Sport Science highlights the importance of quantifying training load for both programming and monitoring an athlete’s progression or regression over time.

Personal trainers TSAC Facilitators Coaches Program design Training Load Player Load RPE GPS

Resistance Training Progressions for the Older Adult – Pulls and Rows

February 3, 2023

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This article provides four exercises that are specifically designed to assist in building efficient posterior chain strength that can ultimately improve quality of life, ability, and performance for the older adult.

Personal trainers Program design Basic Pathophysiology and Science of Health Status or Condition and Disorder or Disease Sarcopenia Posterior Chain Older Adult Kyphosis Row

Utilizing Battling Rope Exercises for HIIT and SMIT

June 4, 2016

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Battling rope exercises can be used as a metabolic training modality following a comprehensive resistance training workout to increase the client’s heart rate and help maximize the metabolic cost of the training session.

Personal trainers Exercise Technique Program design interval training HIIT high intensity interval trainin metabolic training battling ropes exercises monster ropes exercises strength training battling ropes monster ropes

Concurrent Activation Potentiation – Inconsequential Event or Viable Ergogenic Strategy

January 18, 2020

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This article aims to discuss concurrent activation potentiation (CAP) and the proposed mechanisms underlying it, summarize the available research examining the phenomenon, and provide strategies for its implementation.

Coaches Exercise Science Exercise Technique Potentiation Maximal Muscular Effort Weightlifting Concurrent Activation Potentiation

Muscle Activation and Strength Training

June 1, 2017

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Periodization of training is based on the principle that different loads (e.g., light, moderate, or heavy) or power requirements recruit different types and numbers of motor units. Recruitment order is important from a practical standpoint for several reasons.

Coaches Exercise Science strength and conditioning strength training

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