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TSAC Research Column – January 2023
August 11, 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 Program design Testing and Evaluation Military Training Yoga Firefighters Recruits Law Enforcement
Pickleball Training for Older Adults
April 1, 2016
An appropriately designed program with elements of safe resistance training that focuses on the upper back and external shoulder rotators and open agility technique training may improve agility on the pickleball court, decrease the injury risk of older pickleball players, and increase the self-confidence of these individuals on the court and in daily life.
Personal trainers Exercise Technique Program design elderly older adults pickleball
Integrated Perspectives on Tactical Preparation—Adding Mental Skill Training to Physical Fitness during Police Training Scenarios
January 15, 2019
This article shares various options for integrating mental skills training into existing strength and conditioning programs. Such simultaneous, dual-training approaches may better prepare officers for the realities of occupational performance.
TSAC Facilitators Program design Mental Skills Training
Time Course of Physiological and Anatomical Changes
April 3, 2020
This excerpt from NSCA’s Essential of Tactical Strength and Conditioning explores the neural and muscular adaptations to training over time.
Personal trainers TSAC Facilitators Coaches Exercise Science Neural Adaptations Peripheral Adaptations Skeletal Muscle Training Intensity
Tips for Selling More Personal Training to Prospective Clients: From Personal Experience
December 26, 2020
This article walks personal trainers through how to present a program for the common goals and what to do if the process does not produce a sale.
Personal trainers Professional Development Body Composition Athletic Performance Pain Mitigation Sales
Sample 5K Training Plan for Runners
May 1, 2017
This excerpt from the book Developing Endurance, published by Human Kinetics, presents a sample 5K training plan for runners.
Coaches Program design 5k training plan couch to 5k 5k training program how to run a 5k Suzie Snyder sprint training 5k for beginners
Rebranding Resistance Training for Older Adults Using Ratings of Perceived Exertion
September 9, 2019
This article discusses the ratings of perceived exertion (RPE) scales and how to educate older clients to utilize them, as well as how to monitor and safely progress their training intensity.
Personal trainers Program design RPE Aging Population Exertion Exercise Intensity Borg
Trainability of Neuromuscular Power in Youth
December 29, 2023
This excerpt from Developing Power discusses neuromuscular training for youth athletes.
Personal trainers Coaches Exercise Science Program design Power Neuromuscular
Energy System Training
April 22, 2022
This excerpt from NSCA's Essentials of Tactical Strength and Conditioning aims to educate on some fundamentals of energy systems training in tactical personnel.
TSAC Facilitators Exercise Science Program design Intervals Anaerobic Aerobic Energy Systems Tactical Multi-Stage Fitness Test
Personal Training for the Sedentary Office Worker
April 2, 2015
No training program can completely eliminate the risk of cardiovascular disease or low back pain, but some steps can be taken to decrease the likelihood of being afflicted by either.
Personal trainers Program design preventing back pain personal trainers cardiovascular disease Low back pain
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