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Agility and Quickness Test: Box Step-Off Landing Assessment
May 1, 2017
This book excerpt explains how to perform the box step-off landing assessment, which is used to determine an athlete’s readiness before beginning a program in agility and quickness.
Coaches Exercise Technique Testing and Evaluation Speed agility box test agility and quickness movement assessment exercsie assessment
Maintain Training While Traveling with Dumbbells: Personal Insight
January 1, 2014Coaches Exercise Technique Program design training with a barbell training with dumbbells dumbbells training modified training travel workouts training while traveling
Prevention of Hamstring Injuries in Sprinters
December 15, 2019
The purpose of this article is to describe the cause of hamstring injuries in sprinters and present a biomechanical intervention, or drill, that can be used to prevent hamstring injuries while transitioning sprint athletes toward the utilization of frontside mechanics.
Coaches Exercise Technique Program design Hamstring Injuries Sprinters Sprinting Mechanics
Personal Trainers and Nutrition Advice—What Can I Legally Tell My Clients
January 1, 2015
Personal trainers are responsible to be familiar with the sometimes fluid landscape of the nutritional counseling laws in their state and to abide by them.
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Performance Nutrition Following an Injury—From Personal Experience
July 20, 2015
As activity levels decrease, and swelling and inflammation set in, maintaining a diet that promotes healing is essential to keeping weight under control and speeding up recovery.
TSAC Facilitators Nutrition injury recovery nutrition for injury recovery weight management Trisha Stavinoha
Implementing Fitness Testing for Law Enforcement—An Opinion Piece—Part 2
April 1, 2015
By implementing a fitness assessment, a law enforcement agency can assess its officers and gather important data. As long as there are support mechanisms in place to assist the “at risk” officers—such as access to physical training instructors, occupational health professionals, or dietitians—the organization can ensure that its officers move towards becoming a healthier and more resilient workforce.
TSAC Facilitators Testing and Evaluation fitness assessment TSAC law enforcement fitness testing
Occupationally Fit for Duty—What are the Physical Tasks of California Patrol Law Enforcement Officers?
September 1, 2016
A common theme in tactical fitness is to train for the demands of the position. This begs the questions: what are the actual occupational physical fitness requirements of the position of a California patrol law enforcement officer and how might these inform programming for this population?
TSAC Facilitators Program design Testing and Evaluation occupational fitness TSAC-F TSAC law enforcement POST
Considerations of Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) Training
September 3, 2019
The innovative technology found in portable BFR training systems can help tactical personnel achieve greater strength and hypertrophic gains, as well as optimize training programs and overall performance.
TSAC Facilitators Program design Blood Flow Restriction BFR Injury Reduction
Hamstring Training for Injury Prevention – Part I
January 1, 2013
This article provides a review of the anatomy of the hamstring muscles and includes ways to minimize the severity and frequency of hamstring strains.
Coaches Exercise Science Program design injury prevention hamstring injury hamstring strain; hamstring training
Dynamic Warm-Ups for the Land-Based Athlete
August 24, 2018
One way to potentially lower an athlete’s susceptibility to injury is a proper warm-up protocol. Warm-ups can potentially aid in injury prevention as a result of optimized movement preparation, and it can also reduce muscle soreness and improve performance.
Coaches Program design Dynamic Warm-Ups Static Stretching Static vs Dynamic Stretching Programming Warm-Ups
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