NSCA's Guide to Tests and Assessments by Todd A Miller

NSCA's Guide to Tests and Assessments by Todd A Miller

Developed by the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), this comprehensive text offers extensive information on performance-related assessment and testing for strength and conditioning professionals in measuring key fitness components.

“This book takes an aggressive, holistic approach to the longstanding profession of strength and conditioningThe authors make a first-rate effort to move the profession of strength and conditioning forward into a new realm of expertise as professionals in the business of getting athletes to perform beyond their own expectations.”

-- Doody’s Book Review

Founded in 1978, the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) is an international nonprofit educational association with members in more than 56 countries. Drawing on its vast network of members, the NSCA develops and presents the most advanced information regarding strength training and conditioning practices, injury prevention, and research findings.

Unlike any other organization, the NSCA brings together a diverse group of professionals from the sport science, athletic, allied health, and fitness industries. By working to find practical applications for new research findings in the strength and conditioning field, the association fosters the development of strength training and conditioning as a discipline and as a profession.

Todd A. Miller, PhD, is an associate professor of exercise science at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services in Washington DC, where he is responsible for the development and oversight of the master's degree concentration in strength and conditioning. He has degrees in exercise physiology from Penn State and Texas A&M and currently studies the role of interactive video gaming as a means of increasing physical activity in children.

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ISBN 13	9780736083683
ISBN 10	0736083685
Title	NSCA's Guide to Tests and Assessments
Author	Todd A Miller
Series	Nsca Science Of Strength And Conditioning Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Human Kinetics Publishers
Year published	2012-01-25
Number of pages	368
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