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Continuous Quality Improvement to Ensure Personal Training Scope of Practice
April 1, 2016
With the pervasiveness of chronic disease, personal trainers need to be vigilant in their efforts to gain new clients and retain current clients, while maintaining the scope of practice boundaries. By reviewing the needs and expectations of customers and stakeholders, a process for improving service can be developed.
Personal trainers Program design Organization and Administration chronic disease NSCA-CPT business practice Personal Training
Considerations for Utilizing Manual Resistance Training
April 2, 2016
Manual resistance training (MRT) can be an effective, low-cost, and easy-to-perform training modality. It can be performed in many situations regardless of space, equipment availability, and performance level.
Personal trainers Exercise Technique Program design weight training strength training manual resistance training MRT
Stability and Weightlifting: Training Stability—Part 3
July 1, 2016
This article is the third installment of a four-part series on stabilization in weight training. It covers how to train trunk stability and how to decrease the dominance of the extension/compression stabilizing strategy (ECSS) that is often perpetuated during training.
Coaches Exercise Technique Program design weight training stabilization ECSS Extension Compression Stabilizing Strategy
Implementing Ruck Training (Loaded Walking) with the Aging Adult
May 13, 2022
The following article provides a simple guide to ruck training for the aging population.
Personal trainers Program design Ruck Sarcopenia Osteopenia Bone Density Loaded Carry
Practical Applications and Future Directions of Electromyography use in Tactical Populations
November 20, 2020
This article reviews electromyography (EMG) procedures as well as provides examples of how EMG data analysis has been used in tactical populations.
TSAC Facilitators Exercise Science Exercise Technique Program design Testing and Evaluation EMG Force Output Muscle Activation Load Carriage
Needs Analysis for a Tactical Athlete
March 25, 2019
Learn the basics of conducting a needs analysis for tactical athletes based on the athlete’s goals and desired outcomes, assessments, limitations on workout frequency and duration, equipment availability, health and injury status, and occupational physiological demands.
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Effects of Core Instability on Muscle Activity
January 15, 2019
Potentially, an instability training program that first involves static balance and then progresses to dynamic balance activities would improve intrinsic balance. This improvement in balance would increase movement confidence, releasing the neuromuscular system from a stiffening strategy to more unimpeded motion, force, and power development.
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Meredith Butulis on Movement Curiosity and Comebacks
July 10, 2026
NSCA Member Spotlight: Meredith Butulis shares how the CSCS helped bridge physical therapy, strength and conditioning, and athletic confidence. Read her story.
Personal trainers Coaches Client Consultation|Assessment Professional Development CSCS Member Spotlight
Intensity or Resistance
September 17, 2018
The loading intensity a person chooses depends on his or her goals and training status (i.e., whether the person is a trained athlete or a sedentary individual). Ultimately, the number of repetitions you can perform at a given intensity or load determines the effects of training on strength develop.
Personal trainers TSAC Facilitators Coaches Exercise Technique Program design Intensity 1RM Resistance Training
Nutrition Research Column — April 2026 — Dietary Antioxidants for Health, Physical Performance, and Occupational Readiness – Sense or Nonsense?
May 29, 2026
This TSAC column reviews oxidative damage in tactical populations and examines the role of dietary antioxidants in health and readiness. Visit NSCA online to learn more on nutrition research and tactical performance.
TSAC Facilitators Exercise Science Nutrition Program design Testing and Evaluation Safety Emergency Procedures Basic Pathophysiology and Science of Health Status or Condition and Disorder or Disease Professional Development Ergogenic Health Environmental Stress Recovery Astaxanthin Tactical Performance Occupational Readiness Carotenoids Curcumin Antioxidants
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