About the NSCAThe National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) is theworld’s leading organization in the field of sport conditioning. Drawingon the resources and expertise of the most recognized professionals instrength training and conditioning, sport science, performance research,education, and sports medicine, the NSCA is the world’s trusted sourceof knowledge and training guidelines for coaches, athletes, and tacticaloperators. The NSCA provides the crucial link between the lab and thefield.About the Editors Brent A. Alvar, PhD, CSCS,*D, RSCC*D, FNSCA, is a professor ofhealth science at Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions. He isa certified strength and conditioning specialist with distinction,registered strength and conditioning coach with distinction, and afellow of the NSCA. Alvar was named the NSCA’s Educator of the Year in2016 and is a past member of the NSCA Board of Directors.At Rocky Mountain University, Alvar served as the director, theassociate dean and vice president of university research, theconcentration track director for the doctoral program in Human & SportPerformance, and the codirector of the graduate program in healthpromotion and wellness. Alvar also served as the sport performancedirector and faculty member at Chandler Gilbert Community College whilesimultaneously having an appointment as an assistant research professorin the department of exercise and wellness at Arizona State University,where he earned his bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees. Alvar’sprimary research focus is in the area of physical activity related tohuman performance and occupational preparedness as well as the muscularstrength and health-related benefits from resistance training.Katie Sell, PhD, CSCS,*D, TSAC-F, ACSM EP-C, is an associateprofessor and coordinator of the undergraduate exercise science programin the department of health professions at Hofstra University. Her NSCAcertifications include being a certified strength and conditioningspecialist with distinction and a tactical strength and conditioningfacilitator. She is also an exercise physiologist certified with theAmerican College of Sports Medicine (ACSM).Sell has been a volunteer assistant coach for the Hofstra women’s tennisprogram, a member of the NSCA Tactical Strength and Conditioning SpecialInterest Group Executive Council, and a consultant to FireFit, which isan interagency wildland firefighter fitness task group. She serves as aphysical fitness standards and programming consultant with variousprofessional firefighting departments in the Salt Lake City, Utah,region.Sell’s primary research interests are in the areas of physical activitypromotion among college students and firefighter health, physicalfitness, and exercise programming. She received her doctoral degree fromthe University of Utah, her master’s degree from Southern IllinoisUniversity, and her bachelor’s degree from the University of Tennesseeat Martin.Patricia A. Deuster, PhD, MPH, CNS, is a professor in thedepartment of military and emergency medicine at the Uniformed ServicesUniversity of the Health Sciences (USU) and director of the Consortiumfor Health and Military Performance (CHAMP), the Defense Center ofExcelleence in the area of human performance optimization. A certifiednutrition specialist and fellow of the American College of SportsMedicine (ACSM), Deuster is a coauthor of The Navy SEAL NutritionGuide and The Special Operations Forces Nutrition Guide andthe editor of The Navy SEAL Physical Fitness Guide.Deuster received the Special Operations Medical Researcher Award in 2014by the Special Operations Medical Association. She is a member of theOrder of Military Medical Merit and has served the Department of Defenseon its Dietary Supplement Subcommittee, Food and Nutrition Subcommittee,Human Performance Optimization Committee, Population Health WorkingGroup, and Operational Supplement Safety Initiative.Deuster received her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the College ofWilliam and Mary, her PhD from the University of Maryland, and her MPHfrom USU. Among her athletic achievements, she has been a tennisprofessional, nationally ranked marathoner, and qualifier for the firstwomen’s marathon Olympic Trials in 1984.