TSAC Report -- Military Column -- October 2024

by Kathryn Bell, MS, CSCS, and Brian Schilling, PhD, CSCS
TSAC Report April 2025
Vol 75, Issue 2

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This article identifies relationships between training style characteristics and successful completion of a military physical test battery.

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This article originally appeared in TSAC Report, the NSCA’s quarterly, online-only publication geared toward the training of tactical athletes, operators, and facilitators. It provides research-based articles, performance drills, and conditioning techniques for operational, tactical athletes. The TSAC Report is only available for NSCA Members. Read more articles from TSAC Report 

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Kathryn Bell, CSCS

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Kathryn Bell is a third year PhD student at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Her research interests involve the cardiorespiratory effects of load ...

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Brian K. Schilling, PhD, CSCS, FNSCA

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Brian Schilling is a Professor at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. His research interest is tactical strength and conditioning, and he teaches bot ...

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