Upper Body Training for Athletes
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What sort of training should an athlete do for their upper body? Do all athletes need upper body training? Some athletes don’t...

- 6 days ago
Team Training is BACK!!
IT'S BACK! After a 3 year hiatus (thanks Covid 😡) we are bringing back Team Training to NSS!! And we think it's appropriate to fire it...
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- Jan 24
Pregnancy and Strength Training Considerations
In the past we've posted about some benefits of strength training during pregnancy. Today we want to dive deeper into some exercise...
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- Jan 20
How Many Reps Should an Athlete Do in Strength Training?
For an athlete, the goal of strength training is to better prepare the athlete for sport. With that (as we’ve maybe mentioned), getting...
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- Jan 16
Quantifying Progress in the Gym
Here is a quick video helping you to decide when to go up in weight. Along with other ways to quantify progress in the gym!
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- Jan 9
Strength Training IS Resilience Training for an Athlete
In sports, an athlete must be resilient. This is true physically and mentally; strength training can help build resilience in both...
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- Dec 27, 2022
Should an Athlete Strength Train In-Season?
Hopefully, at this point, we’ve convinced you that strength training for an athlete is important. As a reminder, the long story short is...
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- Dec 8, 2022
How Strong Does an Athlete Need to Be?
As an athlete, how strong do you have to be to be a good athlete? LOADED QUESTION – but here we go! In simplest terms, being strong is...
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- Dec 6, 2022
Women and Strength Training
A short list of stellar reasons why it's important for women to hit the weight room. 1. Lose body fat. As lean muscle mass increases, so...
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- Dec 5, 2022
When Should My Son/Daughter Start Lifting Weights?
WHENEVER THEY SHOW INTEREST IN IT! But in all seriousness, it is a great question as there are a lot of misconceptions out there about...
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- Nov 14, 2022
Why Do We Do So Many Different Exercises?
If you come to a couple of our athlete sessions, you’ll notice something: we do a bunch of different exercises. We don’t typically stick...
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- Sep 29, 2022
Do You Stretch Your Calves...Enough?!
Let's talk about those calves! Specifically how we may go about getting the most out of calf stretches. The key details are: 1. Stretch...
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- May 31, 2022
Training Tolerance and Stress
Let's talk about training tolerance and training stress. Imagine your TOLERANCE for training as a bucket. It gets bigger as your train...
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- May 6, 2022
Barbell Bench Press Walkthrough
In this video, we will go through the barbell bench press. In it we will cover: Proper setup Considerations for grip width Proper bar...
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- Apr 27, 2022
Obscure Exercise Names
If you’ve ever heard an exercise with the terms Supine, Prone, Abduction, or Adduction and wondered what the heck they meant, this video...
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- Apr 4, 2022
What's The Best Way to Set a Fitness Goal?
Setting goals is an important process of a health, fitness and wellness journey. But even more important than a setting a goal is making...
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- Oct 28, 2021
What is Landmine training?
Have you seen this handy little tool around NSS and wondered, “What the heck is that?” It’s called a Landmine, and this specific version...
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- Jun 30, 2021
What Makes NSS Different?
This year we celebrated our 14th year in business coaching clients at NSS. Over this time we have been able to learn along the way and...
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- Jun 4, 2021
Do you hate working out?
If you find yourself hating exercise and workouts, YOU ARE NOT ALONE! It's normal, and quite common. But...knowing the importance we want...
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- May 28, 2021
"Do I have to workout every day to be healthy and fit?"
It certainly seems like everywhere you look fitness and workouts are an in your face, intense, sometimes scary and a constant "must"...
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