The purpose of this article is to identify considerations that are to be taken into account when designing and implementing an annual training program for firefighters, as well as to discuss strategies for implementation.

This sample job description is intended to be used as a starting point for creating a job description that is appropriate for your situation.

By understanding the means by which athletes encounter risk, strength and conditioning professionals can integrate exercise programs that may offset one of the steps toward injuries.

In this session from the NSCA's 2023 Personal Trainers Virtual Conference, Ashley Hodge, MBA, CSCS and owner of Ashley Hodge Fitness, discusses program design considerations for optimally building the glutes and discusses the biggest mistakes in glute training and how to avoid them.

Dwight Daub, Director of Athletic Performance for the Oklahoma City Thunder, spoke at National Conference 2012 on designing a warm-up and training program for basketball players.

The strength and conditioning profession involves combined competencies for the application of sport/exercise science, administration, management, teaching, and coaching. Its professionals must also comply with various laws and regulations while responding to instances of potential injury, and related claims and suits. This creates remarkable challenges, and requires substantial experience, expertise, and other resources to effectively address them, especially in multi-sport (e.g., collegiate and scholastic) settings.

This article explains the use of structured functional fitness programs for injury prevention and enhanced job performance in fire service personnel.

In the first of a two part series, this article will briefly highlight the main components of a needs analysis and apply it to the context of soccer.

This excerpt from Developing Agility and Quickness aims to provide a snapshot of programming volleyball-specific agility and quickness sessions.

Strength training is an often neglected aspect of training for distance athletes. This article gives an overview of the importance of strength training for collegiate female distance runners by providing a sample of an annual training program and considerations to increase performance and avoid injury.