Strength and conditioning decisions you can defend to an athlete, a parent or a sport coach

Strength and conditioning work carries more load, literally and otherwise. Coaches in high school weight rooms, private performance facilities and adult strength gyms make loading decisions that have to hold up with athletes, parents and sport coaches watching.

Here we cover progression models, testing that tells you something useful, return-to-training conversations that keep the athletic trainer and physical therapist in the loop, and the practical side of running a room with twelve athletes and two coaches. We lean on published position stands from organizations like the NSCA and ACSM, and we say plainly when the evidence is thin.

The feed below pulls practical exercise pieces from the NASM Blog. Our own S&C articles are on the way, starting with how to get into the field and the beginner advice that keeps young coaches from programming the way they train themselves.