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Building Strength in the Fire Academy—Sample Training Program from Personal Perspective

April 1, 2016

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Through a well-designed resistance training program, firefighter recruits can gain the movement skills, confidence to exercise, and foundational strength/physiological adaptations that they need for a long and healthy career.

TSAC Facilitators Exercise Science Exercise Technique Program design Resistance Training TSAC Fire Academy Firefighters

Altering Traditional Exercises to Fit Any Need

June 1, 2016

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Given the right implement and creativity, there is no limit to being able to adjust and modify exercises to achieve program goals. This article shares a few of the many exercises that can be done to work with specific limitations.

TSAC Facilitators Program design TSAC Report rehabilitation exercise variations

Practical Applications and Future Directions of Electromyography use in Tactical Populations

November 20, 2020

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This article reviews electromyography (EMG) procedures as well as provides examples of how EMG data analysis has been used in tactical populations.

TSAC Facilitators Exercise Science Exercise Technique Program design Testing and Evaluation EMG Force Output Muscle Activation Load Carriage

Firefighter Perceived Fitness: Implications for Injury Risk and Training Program Development

May 1, 2015

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In this session from the 2015 NSCA TSAC Annual Training, Katie Sell discusses current research on how perceived fitness in firefighters may be related to injury prevalence (on-duty and in training) and provide recommendations on how tactical facilitators can decrease adverse repercussions of inaccurately perceived fitness levels (e.g., injury, overtraining, and job-related preparation).

TSAC Facilitators Program design Safety TSAC Tactical Strength and Conditioning Firefighter Injury prevention

Exercise Programming for Tactical Athletes Suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

April 24, 2017

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In this session from the NSCA’s 2017 TSAC Annual Training, Mick Stierli discusses the new 12-week structured exercise program for law enforcement that was recently implemented in New South Wales, Australia. Stierli explains how to integrate a similar program into an organization and how to gain buy-in from tactical athletes.

TSAC Facilitators Program design Basic Pathophysiology and Science of Health Status or Condition and Disorder or Disease TSAC Tactical Athlete PTSD Programming for Mental Health and Stress Related Disorders Mental Health

Tactical Training with Limited Resources and Space

April 29, 2013

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Chris Frankel, Head of Human Performance for TRX Training, spoke at the NSCA's 2013 TSAC Conference on training tactical athletes with limited resources and space. In this hands-on presentation, Chris performs exercises using the TRX Suspension Training System.

TSAC Facilitators Program design Organization and Administration Suspension Training TRX TSAC Tactical Athlete

The Men, the Mission, and (Then) Me

April 24, 2017

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Learn to design programs that prioritize a soldier’s needs above all else. In this session from the NSCA’s 2017 TSAC Annual Training, Nate Palin explains how to develop an athlete assessment and training continuum that reduces bias.

TSAC Facilitators Program design Organization and Administration Professional Development TSAC tactical athlete athlete assessment solider readiness

Firefighting - The Last Bastion of Demanding Occupations

April 29, 2013

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In this video from the NSCA's 2013 TSAC Conference, Paul Davis, PhD, of the First Responder Institute, talks about the physical demands of the firefighting profession while posing the question, could it be one of our last demanding occupations?

TSAC Facilitators Program design Organization and Administration Job Demands TSAC Tactical Athlete Tactical Demands

Scientifically Defensible Physical Testing for Tactical Operators

April 24, 2017

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In this session from the NSCA’s 2017 TSAC Annual Training, Tim Doyle teaches about the complexity of developing tests and standards for tactical populations and the importance of sound science backing the tests and standards.

TSAC Facilitators Organization and Administration Testing and Evaluation TSAC Tactical Operator Physical Testing Test Development

Compartmentalizing Physical Training: Examining and Organizing Conditioning Efforts

April 24, 2017

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In this session from the NSCA’s 2017 TSAC Annual Training, Rob Hartman identifies areas of focus for programming conditioning, and provides insight into how to utilize percent-based programming for conditioning both aerobic and anaerobic efforts.

TSAC Facilitators Program design TSAC Tactical Athlete Programming Conditioning Aerobic Effort

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