
Strength, Conditioning, and Fitness

Periodization of strength training for sports
BY TUDOR O. BOMPA, PhD, AND CARLO BUZZICHELLI, AUTHORS OF PERIODIZATION OF STRENGTH TRAINING FOR SPORTS FEBRUARY 2023 “Strength training” seems to be everything to everybody; it’s often confused with fitness training, bodybuilding, or even weightlifting. The...

Heel-raised squats aren’t bad
BY NICK TUMMINELLO, AUTHOR OF STRENGTH ZONE TRAINING AUGUST 2022 Lifters usually elevate their heels during barbell back squats for three reasons: To increase their squat depth Because it feels better to them To...

Unconventional Lower Body Training
BY JASON BROWN, AUTHOR OF LOWER BODY TRAINING MAY 2022 In my book Lower Body Training there are a lot of conventional exercises you’ve likely seen before. Exercise variations like split squats, back raises, pull-throughs,...

Sets and Repetitions to Build Muscle
BY CHAD WATERBURY, PT, DPT, MS, AUTHOR OF ELITE PHYSIQUE APRIL 2022 We all strive to build new muscle mass. The steps to accomplish that are straightforward. First, stimulate the muscles and create stress or...

What does fitness look like? Challenging perceptions in the...
BY MORIT SUMMERS, AUTHOR OF BIG & BOLD: STRENGTH TRAINING FOR THE PLUS-SIZE WOMAN MARCH 2022 In this live interview on Instagram Morit Summers, author of Big & Bold: Strength Training for the Plus-Size Woman, discusses: What...

Get an inside look into the latest NSCA books
At the recent NSCA Coaches conference, NSCA Membership Director, Scott Douglas, sat down with Human Kinetics Senior Acquisitions Editor, Roger Earle, to discuss the latest books that Human Kinetics published with the NSCA. Watch the...