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Specialist in Sports Conditioning (SSC)



sports medicine certificate program



NEWLY UPDATED!
Release Date: January 2008

Sports are big business—profitable for athletes and individuals who prepare athletes for competition. Professional and amateur athletes at all levels—from grade-school club teams to the National Football League—need the assistance of expert personal trainers to make them excel at their sports. Until recently, most people believed that power athletes were born and not made. That's changed. Modern training techniques can make anyone faster, stronger, and more powerful.

ISSA's Specialist in Sports Conditioning Program has been designed to provide you with the knowledge, expertise, and specific training techniques to enable athletes to expand the capacity of their bodies to perform the most difficult athletic feats, while remaining strong and free from injuries. Athletic endeavors place the human body under great stress. Proper training and preparation give athletes the confidence to push themselves to their limits, without fear of physical breakdown.

ISSA's Specialist in Sports Conditioning (SSC) certification course is comprehensive, as well as practical. Written by Professor and champion athlete Thomas D. Fahey, EdD, ISSA's SSC program equips you to properly and effectively train athletes and open the door to a new client base.

The newly updated version of the course includes five brand new chapters on strength training individual body parts and fifty additional detailed exercise illustrations.

The new content is as follows:

  • Exercises for the Chest Muscles
  • Exercises to Develop the Shoulders
  • Rotator Cuff Exercises
  • Advanced Bench Press Training
  • Bench Press Training
  • Exercises for the Front of the Arm
  • Exercises for the Back of the Arm
  • Exercises for the Forearm
  • Developing the Abs in the Presence of Excess Abdominal Fat
  • Sit-ups for Shapely Abs
  • The Core & The Kinetic Chain
  • How-to Harness Metabolism to Fight Abdominal Fat
  • Exercises for the Upper, Middle & Lower Back
  • Exercises for the Neck
  • Multijoint Leg Exercises
  • Auxiliary Isolation Exercises for the Lower Body
  • Advanced Lifts & Functional Training Techniques



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ISSA's Specialist in Sports Conditioning Program has been designed to provide you with the knowledge, expertise, and specific training techniques to enable athletes to expand the capacity of their bodies to perform the most difficult athletic feats, while remaining strong and free from injuries. Athletic endeavors place the human body under great stress. Proper training and preparation give athletes the confidence to push themselves to their limits, without fear of physical breakdown.

ISSA's Specialist in Sports Conditioning certification program is comprehensive, as well as practical. Written by Professor and champion athlete Thomas D. Fahey, PhD, ISSA's SSC program equips you to properly and effectively train athletes and open the door to a new client base.

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Specialist in Sports Conditioning
 
 

Introduction

Anatomy

Bone

Joints and their Motions

Muscles and their Actions

Physiology

Metabolism

The Pulmonary System and Exercise

Cardiovascular Exercise Physiology

Muscle Physiology

Temperature Regulation

Exercise and the Environment

Obesity and Body Composition

Assessment

Measuring Fitness: Strength, Power, Endurance, Speed, and Agility

Increasing Sports Power through Skill Development and Video

Calories Used during Exercise

Training

Principles of Training and Adaptation

Endurance Fitness

Muscle Strength

Exercises for the Chest and Shoulders

Developing the Arms

Developing the Abdominal Muscles

Exercises for the Upper Middle, and Lower Back

Exercises for the Lower Body

Jumping and Plyometrics

Flexibility

Power and Speed

Designing Training Programs

Sports

Football

Basketball

Baseball and Softball

Swimming

Track and Field

Golf

Bodybuilding

Soccer

Weightlifting and Powerlifting

Nutrition

Nutrition for Health and Performance

Ergogenic Aids: Drugs and Supplements

Psychology

Sports Psychology for the Personal Trainer

Injury

Prevention and Care of Athletic Injuries

PDF Description

Downloadable PDF Forms to give business a jump start.

Members Section Description
On ISSA’s Question Board, members can post questions about curriculum, training, and other fitness-related issues. Along with ISSA’s technical support team, fellow trainers and students can also respond to questions.
Toll Free Description

ISSA Technical Support provides toll-free access to students who have questions about training, fitness & health. Morning and Evening hours, a toll-free number, and online support are all provided by ISSA.

Members Section Description

The ISSA Member's Section contains in-depth information that will greatly support your efforts as a Certified Trainer. Materials available through ISSA's Member Section include:

- Question Board

- Muscle Tutorials, Video Exercises & Glossaries

- Health & Fitness Article Archive

- The Fitness Professional Article Archive

- Downloadable Forms

- Much, much more!

Certificate Description

Once you have completed your coursework, examination, and submission of your valid CPR card, you will receive an ISSA Certificate of Completion and ISSA Certified Identification card.

   SSC Workbook and Study Guide
Study SQS
Strength, Quickness, Speed DVD & Companion Guide


Since 1988, ISSA has proudly offered its "flagship" certification program for Personal Trainer candidates. Today, personal training is the fastest growing profession in the health & fitness field! This acclaimed program features cutting-edge information on designing resistive exercise programs, nutrition, sports medical issues, business and marketing skills, and much more.

ISSA's CFT Curriculum, which includes anatomy, kinesiology, injury prevention, supplementation and nutrition, and all aspects of weight training and strength training, was created by a world-renowned staff of researchers, scientists, sports medicine specialists, and world champion athletes. The program teaches you all the practical day-to-day skills necessary, as well as the theoretical knowledge needed to excel as a Personal Trainer. If you're like most of the people drawn to this profession, you've experienced a miracle though fitness in your own life, and you care enough to want to share the miracle with others. After completing the program, you'll be equipped with everything you need to turn your passion into a rewarding career.

The ISSA textbook, FITNESS: THE COMPLETE GUIDE is recognized internationally as the most complete, informative yet easy to understand fitness reference source available. Take a careful look at the table of contents and you'll see why ISSA has been recognized as the world leader in fitness certification. ISSA updates all course material every year to bring you the most current information available. No other certification organization can make this claim! Be sure to click on the link to the table of contents below.


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