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Using Lactate Threshold Data
February 25, 2022
This excerpt explains the role that lactate plays in exercise metabolism and how that information is useful for athletes to predict things like pacing, fitness, and efficacy of training programs.
Personal trainers TSAC Facilitators Coaches Exercise Science Program design Testing and Evaluation Lactate Threshold ATP Glycogen Stores Marathon
First Responder Research Column January 2025 - The Impact of PPE on First Responders' Performance
July 1, 2025
This article from TSAC 76, describes first responder wellness and the effects of PPE on occupational performance. Visit NSCA online to learn about exercise science and tactical fitness.
TSAC Facilitators Exercise Science Program design Testing and Evaluation Client Consultation|Assessment Safety Professional Development PPE Metabolic Demand Thermal Stress Workload Capacity Aerobic Fitness Test Protective Equipment
TSAC Report—Military Column—July 2024
November 29, 2024
This article compares an equipment-heavy Army Combat Fitness Test to a minimal-equipment training program and test.
TSAC Facilitators Exercise Science Program design Organization and Administration Testing and Evaluation Safety Professional Development
Stress Inoculation Training in Tactical Strength and Conditioning
April 1, 2013
Tactical jobs are fast-paced, physically and psychologically intense, and failure can have tragic consequences, making it vital to train tactical athletes to perform better under stress.
TSAC Facilitators Exercise Science Program design Safety performing under pressure stress management techniques how to deal with stress stress management stress relief How to handle stress
NSCA’s Coaching Podcast, Episode 48: Bert Sorin
Bert Sorin, President and Co-Owner of Sorinex Exercise Equipment, talks to the NSCA Head Strength and Conditioning Coach, Scott Caulfield, about Bert Sorin’s upbringing and his experience being a collegiate athlete, how Sorinex is contributing to the field, and how TSAC is continuing to grow and improve.
Coaches Organization and Administration Professional Development
Lower-Body Power Development for Collegiate Female Soccer Players
September 4, 2020
This article discusses the influence of lower-body power on soccer performance in collegiate female soccer players. It also covers testing for muscular power qualities, different training modalities to use, and sample training programs as examples.
Coaches Program design Soccer Power Plyometrics Complex Training Strength
The Growth and Maturation of the Female Pediatric Athlete
November 6, 2018
Growth and maturation are two important processes that occur throughout an individual’s childhood and adolescent years. The purpose of this article is to review the dimensions, proportions, stature, body mass, and maturational events of all female pediatric athletes in general. It also serves to identify how early sport specialization and different modes of training of the female pediatric athlete affects her growth and maturation.
Coaches Exercise Science Program design Female Athlete Youth Training Youth Development LTAD Long Term Athletic Development Strength Training hs-coaching
Implementing a Time-Efficient Occupational Training Program for Law Enforcement Personnel
March 31, 2023
This article discusses the findings of a recent study on the effectiveness of a time-efficient occupationally-specific training program to improve performance in qualities related to physically demanding tactical tasks in law enforcement officers.
TSAC Facilitators Program design Law Enforcement Officers Musculoskeletal Injury Warm-Up Recovery
Functional Isometrics
March 16, 2020
This book excerpt reviews functional isometrics as a way to build strength at the weakest point in the range of motion.
Personal trainers TSAC Facilitators Coaches Exercise Science Program design Functional Isometrics Strength Joint Angle Sticking Point
Neural Contributions to Muscle Growth
June 1, 2017
Neural adaptations help mediate growth-related processes and the early increase in strength is attributable mainly to improved neural function. Along with neural changes, various aspects of the protein metabolism in the muscle are changing in the early phases of training.
Coaches Exercise Science kinetic select Neural adaptation strength training strength increases
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