About This Demo Course
The Endurance Strength and Conditioning Demo consists of four modules, with three topics per module. The goal of this demo is to give you an interactive and in-depth look at some of the exact content of the UESCA Strength and Conditioning for Endurance Athletes Certification Course. The demo is on the same learning platform as the actual certification, so the look and feel of the content is exactly what you will experience in the full certification. It features a 10 Question Final Quiz similar to the full certification questions.
You have 14 Day Access to the Demo course and there is no further obligation!
Program Lead – Dominique (Dee) Stasulli
Dee is an endurance and strength coach [owner of Zeal Endurance Coaching] for competitive amateur and recreational athletes across a range of endurance sport disciplines.
Her master’s degree is in Kinesiology: Sports Conditioning and she’s an NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist. She loves to combine the science of exercise physiology with the art of coaching in the field. She also currently teaches anatomy/physiology, kinesiology, and pathophysiology to pre-healthcare students on the community college level. Personally, she is a former DII collegiate cross-country/track and field athlete and now participates in a variety of sports year-round, but racing trail and multisport events are her favorite.
Strength and Conditioning for Endurance Athletes Course Description
As the first of its kind, the UESCA Strength and Conditioning for Endurance Athletes Certification is the only S&C certification specifically created for endurance sport coaches. Unlike many personal training or strength and conditioning courses, that focus on fat loss, ‘toning,’ muscle hypertrophy or speed and quickness, this certification is only focused on strength training for endurance athletes.
This course takes a deep dive into all things strength and conditioning as it relates to working with endurance athletes. As noted above, this certification also delves into all systems of the body as it is critical to understand how each system affects others.
Just the Facts
Strength training is a hot topic right now. Therefore, there is a lot of noise in the form of biased points of view, old theories and non-applicable strength training advice being thrown around. As such, the Strength and Conditioning for Endurance Athletes certification educates individuals on how the body functions as it pertains to strength training and moreover, it examines and analyzes the most recent strength training studies.
What Areas are Covered in the Full Certification Course?
In order to understand strength and conditioning, one must also understand the body as a whole as no system functions in isolation. Therefore, not only does the certification delve deeply into areas directly specific to strength training, but it also addresses other systems in the body so that the reader understands how strength training adaptations interrelate to other physiological adaptations. In short, this certification will educate the reader on all things that they need to know to be able to program an effective strength training program for an endurance athlete.
Stand Out
As a certified UESCA Endurance Strength and Conditioning Specialist, you will be one of the very few with this education and distinction. This credential will not only enhance your knowledge, but also your marketability.
What’s Included in the Full Certification?
- 16 Online Modules (this course is 100% online)
- Downloadable (and Printable) Full Course PDF
- This course will take approximately 30 hours to complete (at your pace)
- Module Practice Quizzes
- Online Practice and Final Exam (two attempts) – We provide one year from date of enrollment to pass the Final Exam (Extensions are available)
- Multimedia content, including text and Vimeo hosted videos (**Please see below for known Vimeo viewing restrictions)
- One year license to Muscles & Motion app
- Lifetime access to modules, including future updates to content
- Email Study Support
- Frame-able Coach Certificate (upon passing)
- Access to our private Facebook Group for UESCA Coaches (upon passing)
- Access to our Benefit Partners (upon passing)
- Ability to add your coaching business to our coach directory (upon passing)
- CEU accreditation for several fitness and US-based national governing bodies
- Enroll today and get started right away – you have immediate access to all course content
What You Will Learn and Achieve in the Full Certification?
- How to create a safe and progressive strength training program
- Step-by-step program design (includes case studies)
- Understand concurrent training to successfully integrate strength training into a cardiovascular-focused program
- Biomechanics and its effect on programming
- Functional anatomy and physiology of relevant systems of the body
- Role of muscle origin and insertion, and muscle fiber direction on exercise selection
- Bioenergetics and metabolism
- How the neuromuscular system responds to exercise
- Neuroendocrine physiology
- How to optimize adaptation and recovery
- Strength training and program design principles
- Strength training equipment
- Strength training technique, coaching, and cueing
- Sport-specific exercises and applications
