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Prepare, Work, Recover (Repeat) – The Process for Optimal Athletic Development

July 31, 2015

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Donovan Santas, former Head Major League Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Toronto Blue Jays Major League Baseball (MLB) organization, explains the process for optimal athletic development by taking a look at the day-to-day practices and techniques used at the professional baseball level.

Coaches Exercise Technique Program design rehab injury sports medicine Optimal Development Recovery

Cluster Sets - Current Methods for Introducing Variations to Training Sets

June 25, 2016

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Learn about cluster sets, and how they can be used in program design for optimal athletic development. Greg Haff, President of the NSCA, shares examples of various set structures in this session from the NSCA 2016 National Conference.

Coaches Program design weight training cluster sets strength and conditioning program design

Windows of Optimal Trainability

April 1, 2016

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The “five Ss” of trainability and performance are critical periods of development that all youth strength and conditioning coaches should consider when creating a training program. Coaches should take advantage of each window to maximize a youth athlete’s potential and help ensure a long athletic career.

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Maximizing Game Performance – A Task-Based Approach to Speed and Agility Development

July 31, 2015

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On-field success in sports requires the ability to solve sport-specific problems and utilize speed and agility within the specific context of the game. In this session from the 2015 NSCA National Conference, Ian Jeffreys explains how adding a task-based approach to an athlete’s speed and agility training can help ensure optimal transfer from training to game performance.

Coaches Program design strength and conditioning Speed Training Agility Training Game Performance

Development of Muscle Mass: How Much is Optimum for Performance?

September 3, 2019

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This infographic highlights differences between hypertrophic gains and neural adaptations for optimal athletic performance.

Personal trainers TSAC Facilitators Coaches Program design Infographics Muscle Mass Relative Strength and Power Hypertrophy Neural Adaptation

Resistance Exercise Considerations for Load Carriage

May 8, 2020

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This article addresses three main areas of resistance exercise that best prepares tactical personnel for load carriage.

TSAC Facilitators Program design Load Carriage Tactical Professional Fatigue Resistance Dynamic Trunk Stability Injury Prevention

Sharpening the Mental Edge: The Use of Sport Psychology Techniques in Strength and Conditioning

November 20, 2020

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Adam Feit, Coordinator of Physical and Mental Performance at Springfield College, discusses the use of psychological skills in collegiate strength and conditioning and shares his insight into how strength coaches are in an optimal position to incorporate more of these skills into the weight room.

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Effects of Exercise on Osteoporosis: Part 4

June 1, 2017

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Exercise and physical activity are necessary for the development of optimal bone health, as well as the preservation of bone mass density (BMD) throughout life. It is imperative, as health and fitness professionals, to understand the impact of exercise on skeletal health and overall wellness and to serve as an educational resource for clients.

Personal trainers Exercise Science Program design Basic Pathophysiology and Science of Health Status or Condition and Disorder or Disease PTQ bone mass density BMD osteoporosis personal training

Program Design Considerations for Optimal Strength and Hypertrophy of the Glute Muscles

April 5, 2024

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This article provides eight important considerations when designing a program to optimally build the glutes.

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Plyometric Implementation: Setup and Execution of Jump Landing Positions to Decrease Likelihood of Injuries

May 1, 2016

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Learn optimal setup, execution, and landing mechanics to maximize power output and to best prepare the joint structures to tolerate greater stresses later in training. In this session from the NSCA 2016 TSAC Annual Training, Loren Landow identifies progressions based on competency and ability—from low amplitude, bilateral jumps to single-leg deceleration drills.

TSAC Facilitators Coaches Exercise Technique Program design corrective exercise Plyometics Power Development Landing Mechanics Bilateral Jumps Plyometric Progressions

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