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Sports Nutrition Considerations for Firefighters

April 17, 2025

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This article will highlight recent key dietary practices and provide practical applications for implementing these practices for firefighters.

TSAC Facilitators Nutrition Exercise Technique Program design Organization and Administration Testing and Evaluation Safety First Responder Fitness Health and Wellness Supplements Dietary Practices Nutrition Firefighters

Technology and the Personal Trainer—Interviews from Experts in Personal Training

April 2, 2014

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As consumers embrace technology, they are also expecting that same incorporation of technology into their exercise programs. This article shares how some top trainers are meeting this need.

Personal trainers Organization and Administration Personal training technology social media for personal trainers fitness technology

Tactical Training and the Menstrual Cycle – From the Field Experience from Naval Special Operations Training

April 8, 2022

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This article serves to educate people about the menstrual cycle in the tactical female population. It provides a framework for how to work through the phases of menstruation to increase training response, and thus, overall success in military training.

TSAC Facilitators Exercise Science Program design Basic Pathophysiology and Science of Health Status or Condition and Disorder or Disease Special Forces Menstrual Cycle Hormones Premenstrual Syndrome

How to Modify the Back Squat for Lower Back Pain

December 2, 2022

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This article seeks to provide personal trainers with eight brief modifications that clients can benefit from if they suffer from both acute and chronic lower back pain (LBP).

Personal trainers Exercise Technique Program design Low Back Pain Conventional Back Squat Machine Bracing Core Stability

NSCA’s Coaching Podcast, Episode 108: Dr. Allison Randall

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Dr. Allison Randall, Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Vanderbilt University Women’s Basketball Program, talks to the NSCA Coaching and Sport Science Program Manager, Eric McMahon, about how her path to the 2012 London Olympic Games as an athlete led her to pursue the strength and conditioning profession. Topics include the use of appropriate cueing strategies to optimize work with young athletes, differences with team versus individual sports, and the importance of education for coaches. Find Dr. Randall on Twitter: @AllisonVRandall or Instagram: @allisonvrandall | Find Eric on Instagram: @ericmcmahoncscs or Twitter: @ericmcmahoncscs

Coaches Professional Development

5 Reaction Drills to Build Quickness

May 1, 2017

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This book excerpt provides examples of quickness drills that may improve the ability to identify a specific stimulus and to respond quickly and appropriately.

Coaches Exercise Technique Program design Agility ball drops drill shuffle reaction ball drill wave drill reactive sprint and backpedal drill reactive gear drill drills to improve quickness how to improve reaction times quickness

Using Feedback Drills to Coach the Turkish Get-Up

July 8, 2019

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This article is an overview of the Turkish get-up movement, as well as cues and drills to help in this movement.

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Boots on the Ground: Strength and Conditioning in the United States Army – Lessons Learned from a Year Coaching Infantrymen

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John Mata writes about his experience as a Tactical Strength and Conditioning Facilitator® (TSAC-F®) and his opportunity to be part of a pilot program directed by United States Army Forces Command (FORSCOM).

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A Mindful Lift – Benefits of Mindful Meditation in Strength and Conditioning – Part 1

January 1, 2021

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In the first of a two part series, this article explores the possible benefits for strength and conditioning coach development and discusses how mindful meditation can improve reflective practice and the coach-athlete relationship.

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Enhancing Athletic Performance – A Guide to Plyometric Training for High School Athletes

April 22, 2025

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This article provides high school strength and conditioning coaches with a comprehensive guide for implementing plyometric training for high school athletes effectively.

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