About NSCA Membership
Why should I be interested in a NSCA membership?
By joining the NSCA, you will surround yourself with the finest group of individuals in the profession. You will have access to the latest research findings, breakthrough techniques, and the most up-to-date conditioning practices and injury prevention methods. Your contact with other members will allow you to advance your own career quickly by networking and becoming an expert in your field. Plus, the NSCA is a great source for finding the best educational and training tools, the latest products, and our own line of fitness apparel featured in our catalog.
Enhance your career with an exclusive array of NSCA member benefits...
- Leading strength and conditioning publications sent directly to you
- Strength and Conditioning Journal—a bi-monthly, 80-page journal, available online. Each issue is filled with practical information on resistance training, sports medicine and science, and issues facing the strangth and conditioning professional. Articles cover both the practical application of the latest research findings as well as knowledge gained by experienced professionals.
- Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research—a quarterly, 64-page journal, available online. This publication features peer-written and -reviewed studies that add to your understanding of conditioning and sports performance through applied exercise science. Topics include the latest attempts by sport science to measure and improve optimum human performance, the effects of sport and exercise on the human body, and how different training variables are applied to achieve desired results.
- NSCA Bulletin—a bi-monthly newsletter
- Cutting-edge conferences to keep you in-the-know.
- Discount on testing for renowned certifications
- CSCS (Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist)
- NSCA-CPT (NSCA Certified Personal Trainer)
- NSCA Career Services.
- Educational resources and products at a member discount
- Insurance
- MasterCard Gold Card program—featuring no annual fee!
- Eligibility for the NSCA scholarships and grants.
- Alamo Rental car discounts—request coupons.
- Business contract review service for certified professional members: Entertainment and Sports Insurance Experts (ESIX) offers a free service to current NSCA Certified Professional Members who need assistance with business contract review. It is geared toward an individual purchasing or renting a building to be used as a personal training business, or similar scenario. Before signing the contract, make sure you understand your liabilities and responsibilities. ESIX can assist you with understanding the legal terms of your contract at no cost. The service in no way takes the place of legal advice, but can equip you with a better understanding of your obligations before you sign. Download information (24kb pdf) | download information (plain text)
NSCA Profile: Primary Job Responsibility
All NSCA members pursue a common goal, to optimize physical performance and reduce injury through proper and effective strength and conditioning programs.
Members may share a common interest in strength and conditioning but they vary dramatically in how they apply their knowledge.
The NSCA also has many member organizations such as universities, high schools, libraries, military academies, YMCAs, sport federations, sport commissions, police and fire departments, and scientific institutions.
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