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Management of Musculoskeletal Injuries—A Review for Fitness Professionals
January 1, 2015
Because a client’s functional abilities will change in each of the tissue healing phases, the fitness professional must understand the time it takes to heal and the science behind each phase in order to prescribe safe exercises for clients in those phases.
Personal trainers Program design Basic Pathophysiology and Science of Health Status or Condition and Disorder or Disease musculoskeletal injury recovering from injury overtraining
How to Design and Implement a Legally Defensible Tactical Fitness Test
May 1, 2015
This session from the NSCA’s 2015 TSAC Annual Training provide examples of how different agencies (i.e., fire, military, and police) have implemented legally defensible fitness tests. Previous experiences will be shared as well as general recommendations on how to implement a scientifically-based testing battery.
TSAC Facilitators Program design Testing and Evaluation Client Consultation|Assessment Legal Issues legally defensible testing battery task analysis
The Millennial Effect and the Rise of the Fitness Studio Industry
April 1, 2016
How are fitness studios with 8,000 – 9,000 sq ft able to survive? One way is to carve out a niche in this competitive and crowded industry.
Personal trainers Organization and Administration personal training business
Fitness Characteristics of Elite and Subelite Male Ice Hockey Players – A Cross-Sectional Study
December 8, 2019
This study investigated the differences in off-ice and on-ice fitness characteristics between elite and subelite male ice hockey players.
Personal trainers TSAC Facilitators Coaches Testing and Evaluation Infographics Ice Hockey Pro Agility Body Fat Percentage Countermovement Jump Height Speed
The Metabolic “Pink Taxing” of Fitness Standards for Female Service Members
May 3, 2024
This article will explore the concept of “pink taxing,” whereby females must expend more metabolic energy compared to their male counterparts to achieve the same scores in standard military fitness tests.
TSAC Facilitators Exercise Science Program design ACFT Metabolic Soldiers Sprint Drag Carry Fitness Standards
Tactical Peer Fitness Practical Application Workshop
September 2, 2022
The purpose of this case study was to assess a one-day peer fitness leaders workshop for firefighters and law enforcement officers to test the feasibility of creating a “Train the Trainer” program, which could be implemented for continued intervention.
TSAC Facilitators Program design Professional Development Firefighters Law Enforcement Workshop Fitness Leader Movement
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
Law Enforcement Tactical Strength and Conditioning Programs— Transform “Impossible” Obstacles into Ideal Opportunities
March 11, 2019
Mandy Nice explains the benefits and need of expanding health and fitness programs into military and law enforcement agencies, and offers strategies for the common obstacles preventing implementation of these programs.
TSAC Facilitators Organization and Administration TSAC Fitness Programs Tactical Strength and Conditioning
TSAC Research Column – April 2023
November 24, 2023
This article is part of a continuing series of tactical strength and conditioning (TSAC) research reviews. It is designed to bring awareness to new research findings of relevance to tactical strength and conditioning communities.
TSAC Facilitators Exercise Science Testing and Evaluation State Patrol Officers Soldier Firefighters Academy Fitness Normative Data Occupational Task
Running with Power
March 27, 2020
In this session from the 2019 NSCA National Conference, Joe Drake, co-owner of Gravity + Oxygen Fitness and Axiom Fitness Academy, discusses power, explains how running power allows you to determine overall effort, and educates on how to test and track running power in order to maximize training efforts.
Personal trainers Coaches Exercise Science Program design Running Power Triple Extension Energy Ground Contact Watts
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