From the 2023 NSCA Tactical Annual Training, Ian Bonder and Andrew Shim review micro-dosing programming strategies and benefits for the tactical population. On July 1st, access the CEU quiz here: https://www.nsca.com/certification/ceu-quizzes/how-to-implement-micro-doses-programming-for-tsac-faci...

From the 2024 NSCA Tactical Annual Training, Adam Whisler discusses artificial intelligence and how coaches can implement it and build this technology it into future practices.

From the 2023 NSCA Tactical Annual Training, Lee Margolis discusses the physiological outcomes of the body during periods of low glycogen availability in regard to military operations.

In this 2018 TSAC Annual Training video, Jay Sedory and Arron Prowett discuss the development of the Force Fitness Program used to create and advance the understanding of physical, mental, and spiritual wellness in order to prepare a well-rounded soldier for combat.

This 2018 TSAC Annual Training video features Charles Kornhauser and Ryan Holmes discussing their experience in identifying the challenges in physical training for police recruits, and their development of programs based on task analysis and injury prevention for individuals in the academy.

From the 2022 NSCA Tactical Annual Training, active firefighter Megan Lautz and civilian registered dietitian Katie Dennison, discuss challenges and solutions for fitness and nutrition along the many different seasons of a firefighter’s career.

From the 2022 NSCA Tactical Annual Training, Chris McQuilkin and Levi Garrett share how they evaluate, manipulate, and investigate tactical professionals, the demands of their jobs, and how coaches can maximize their programs to help these athletes succeed.

From the 2022 NSCA Tactical Annual Training, David Cornell provides coaches with measures of risk factors, how the firefighter changes over the course of their career, and example programming for firehouses.

From the 2022 NSCA Tactical Annual Training, EJ O’Malley provides insight into the rigorous training of the FBI’s national academy students, new agents, and the hostage rescue team.

From the 2022 NSCA Tactical Annual Training, discuss trauma and the nervous system of tactical personnel and how coaches can be trauma-informed in the weight room. Access the free CEU Quiz here: https://www.nsca.com/certification/ceu-quizzes/building-resilience-to-stress-and-trauma-through-liftin...

From the 2022 NSCA Tactical Annual Training, Joel Raether provides coaches with a hands-on session aimed at improving operational resiliency by identifying duty specific training.

Steve Morgan, Tactical Strength Coach with the US Army, explains modifications to the sled push for tactical populations. This Bridge video demonstrates techniques that are referenced in the article "Programming Considerations for the Tactical Officer in Law Enforcement – Focusing on Fundamentals...

Rob Orr, co-lead of Bond University’s Tactical Research Unit, explains the differences in load carriage requirements and contexts between different tactical forces, and how to prepare tactical personnel for load-carriage tasks. This session from the NSCA’s 2018 Tactical Annual Training also looks...

Jeff Carroll talks about his experience working with the tactical population and some of the key areas that tactical facilitators need to be aware of in training and testing for this population, in this session from the NSCA’s 2018 TSAC Annual Training.

Joel Raether, Head of Performance at Landow Performance, uses this session to take a closer look at how all variables within a program must be addressed to account for cumulative fatigue, density of variables within, and how to manage stressors for the tactical athlete with high demands for physi...

In this NSCA 2018 TSAC Annual Training video, Stew Smith explains the differences and similarities of the preparation in the training for a special operations candidate and an active student.

Mick Stierli, a Sargent with the New South Wales Police Force and the creator of both the Physical Training Instructors program and the New South Wales Police RECON program in Australia, discusses his holistic approach to providing care and training to police officers over the course of their car...

Ryan Carroll presents resources for, and discussion around, the implementation of a physiological specific female soldier training program and how tactical facilitators can optimally train these individuals.

Joseph Diprima from the University of Central Florida, discusses his research relating to body composition and the Army Combat Fitness Test scores. This poster presentation was given during the 2021 National Conference.

This poster presentation was given at the 2021 National Conference. It was an exploratory study discussing the effects on physical fitness measures on physical and mental quality of life in professional firefighters.

From the 2021 NSCA Tactical Annual Training, Annette Zapp discusses wellness amongst firefighters and how tactical facilitators can influence behaviors, habits, movement, mental acuity, and dietary choices to help them live their best lives.

This poster presentation was given at the 2022 National Conference. Megan Sax van der Weyden from George Mason University, discusses the findings from the research looking at postural stability of law enforcement officers when wearing a duty belt and a vest.

In this Podium Presentation, originally presented at the 2022 National Conference, Christopher Bonilla discusses the findings of the research investigating whether there was any improvement in the Army Combat Fitness Test (ACFT) performance if the ROTC cadets have the opportunity to perform a pra...

In this session from the NSCA’s 2018 TSAC Annual Training, Karen Daigle presents the opportunities and challenges associated with various levels of strength and conditioning and medical resources embedded in operational military units.