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Effective Use of Power Racks for Improved Swimming Performance
December 1, 2023
The purpose of this article is to inform readers of a training tool which is both safe and effective in allowing swimmers to develop strength and power through a unique training protocol.
Coaches Program design Swimming Resistance Training Power Racks Volume Load
Designing a Resistance Training Program for Paralympic Throwers
April 5, 2024
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
Carbohydrate Loading
July 15, 2019
This excerpt from NSCA’s Guide to Sport and Exercise Nutrition discusses carbohydrate loading strategies for athletes to achieve optimal athletic performance.
Personal trainers Coaches Nutrition Carbohydrate Loading Glycogen Supersaturation
Shift-Based Program Scheduling for Firefighters
April 1, 2016
There is no argument that periodization is successful, and that different models can be applied with success in different fashions. The question of how shift work really affects a periodized program—more specifically firefighter shift work—is less clear.
TSAC Facilitators Program design shift work periodization fitness for firefighters tactical strength and conditioning firefighters TSAC
In-Season Training for High School 100-m Sprinters
February 29, 2020
This NSCA Coach article focuses on the in-season resistance training and mobility exercises designed for the 100-m sprint track and field high school athlete.
Coaches Program design Sprinting High School Athlete Program Design Vertical Jump hs-coaching
Return to Perform: Student-Athlete Assessments and Guidelines for Safe Return Back to Sports during the Period of COVID-19
November 19, 2021
The purpose of this article is to strongly suggest and offer a pragmatic and stepwise approach that takes into account the ideas and concepts of shared decision making that allows for the “best practices,” pre-participation screenings, evaluations, and stratification flow charts for safe and effective return to play for athletes.
Coaches Program design Acclimation Health Risk Screening COVID-19 Resistance Training
Polarized Endurance Training (PET) for Cardiovascular Endurance Optimization
June 1, 2017
There is growing evidence that polarized endurance training is a promising method for optimizing a tactical athlete’s cardiovascular system, preparing for physical performance tests, allowing for a more full recovery during deployment, and allowing for safer return to duty after injury or deployment.
TSAC Facilitators Exercise Science TSAC Report Endurance cardiovascular fitness tsac-f tactical strength and conditioning
Exercise Physiology 101 – What Every Personal Trainer Should Know
December 8, 2019
The purpose of this article is to help both personal trainers and clients with seven main concepts within exercise physiology that will improve training effectiveness and assist in explaining the body’s response to exercise.
Personal trainers Exercise Science Nutrition Exercise Technique Program design Exercise Physiology Stroke Volume Hydration EPOC Resistance Training Bone Density Aerobic Exercise
Monitoring Training Load in American Football
February 4, 2019
Monitoring training load is essential for determining if athletes are adapting positively or negatively to their training program. This article goes over the various measurement metrics and includes recommendations to monitor training load for football athletes.
Coaches Exercise Science Program design Athlete Monitoring Metrics GPS Training Load Football
Respiratory Adaptations to Aerobic Endurance Training
November 12, 2018
This Kinetic Select from NSCA’s Essentials of Personal Training, Second Edition gives a brief overview of respiratory adaptations, and how aerobic interventions of duration and intensity can be used for specific adaptations for endurance training.
Personal trainers Coaches Exercise Science Program design Adaptations Respiratory Adaptations Duration Intensity Endurance Training
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