Evidence-Based Practice in Personal Training – Understanding the Meaningfulness of Research Findings

by Grayson Elmore, CSCS
Personal Training Quarterly December 2021
Vol 8, Issue 3

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The purpose of this article is to provide personal trainers reading the strength and conditioning research the knowledge necessary to better understand the statistical data commonly reported in research manuscripts.

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This article originally appeared in Personal Training Quarterly (PTQ)—a quarterly publication for NSCA Members designed specifically for the personal trainer. Discover easy-to-read, research-based articles that take your training knowledge further with Nutrition, Programming, and Personal Business Development columns in each quarterly, electronic issue. Read more articles from PTQ »

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Grayson Elmore is an Assistant Professor of Health and Human Performance at Austin Peay State University. Elmore teaches strength and conditioning and ...

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