From the 2021 NSCA National Conference, Brandon Stone helps coaches connect cognitive training and physical training to enhance sports performance.

Dr. Tim Suchomel gives the annual Dr. Mike Stone Lecture at the 2021 National Conference and discusses muscular strength in detail, including its effect on performance variables, effective training progressions, and strategies for athletes through the whole training spectrum.
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The Director of the University of South Carolina Sport Science Lab, Dr. Shawn Arent, discusses how coaches can choose and use biomarkers to enhance training and nutrition programming for athletes.

Dr. Paul Comfort and Dr. Nick Ripley go in-depth to explain the finer details of developing the posterior chain, including a comparison of exercises for optimal targeted development.

Mike Israetel discusses where strength training overlaps with hypertrophy training, and how you can get the best of both training methods.

Marie Spano explains how important it is to know your client’s nutrition because of the way it affects their nutrient intake, the way it affects their performance, and the overall cost and convenience of food for them.

Dr. Judi Brown Clarke asks coaches to look inward and identify their biases, play a role in their organization’s inclusive community, and become aware of what policies and procedures are biased or racist.

From the 2021 NSCA National Conference, Dr. Abbie Smith-Ryan discusses updated information, nutritional components, sex-specific considerations, and practical applications of high-intensity interval training.

NSCA DEI Committee Chair, Dr. Ben Wax, discusses his involvement with the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee and initiatives the committee is working toward and ways to get involved. Originally recorded at the 2021 National Conference in Orlando.