{"id":67235,"date":"2012-03-28T10:13:05","date_gmt":"2012-03-28T15:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=67235"},"modified":"2012-03-28T10:14:52","modified_gmt":"2012-03-28T15:14:52","slug":"american-college-of-sports-medicine-certification-profile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/03\/american-college-of-sports-medicine-certification-profile\/","title":{"rendered":"American College of Sports Medicine Certification Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) was the first organization to certify health and fitness professionals and with more than 20,000 certified professionals worldwide,\u00a0they are the largest sports medicine and exercise science organization in the world.<\/p>\n

ACSM establishes the exercise guidelines that all the other certifications use for their own training and certification programs. ACSM certifications <\/a><\/strong>are NCAA-accredited, meaning they meet the highest qualifications and something employers often require when looking for certified candidates for jobs.<\/p>\n

ACSM offers many certification programs, including:<\/p>\n

ACSM Certified Personal Trainer<\/strong>,\u00a0which will certify you to\u00a0write and implement\u00a0exercise programs safely and effectively to help\u00a0clients\u00a0reach their fitness goals<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

ACSM Certified Health Fitness Specialist<\/strong>, a more advanced and indepth certification program than the personal trainer certification to train you to work with individuals\u00a0with medically controlled diseases.<\/p>\n

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ACSM Certified Group Exercise Instructor<\/strong>, which will certify you to develope and teach effective and fun\u00a0group exercise classes and make modifications based on the group’s\u00a0needs.<\/p>\n

They also offer clinical certifications, including:<\/p>\n

ACSM Certified Clinical Exercise Specialist<\/strong>, who typically work with clients\u00a0that are suffering from,\u00a0or at risk of developing, cardiovascular, pulmonary or metabolic diseases.<\/p>\n

ACSM Registered Clinical Exercise Physiologist<\/strong>, considered ACSM’s most prestigeious certification, trains you to\u00a0assist clients that are being treated by a\u00a0doctor for cardiovascular, pulmonary, metabolic, orthopedic, neuromuscular or immunological disease.<\/p>\n

The ACSM Certified Personal Trainer (CPT) is the most common certification, and is looked at by employers and clients as one of the best. The ACSM personal training certification will prepare you to work with apparently healthy individuals and those with\u00a0mild health challenges that are still able to exercise without doctor supervision. You will learn to design workout programs\u00a0for a whole host of different goals including to enhance quality of life, improve overall health, improve athletic performance, manage health risk, weight loss and to promote lasting health behavior change.<\/p>\n

With the CPT, you will learn to conduct basic health screenings, assessments, and tests for cardiovascular endurance,\u00a0muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, and body composition.\u00a0You will also learn about motivation and program adherence, and how exercise effects muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, cardiorespiratory fitness, body composition, and motor skills, including\u00a0balance, coordination, power, agility, speed, and reaction time.<\/p>\n

To qualify for the CPT test, you must be 18 years of age or older, have a high school diploma or equivalent, and be currently American Heart Association or American Red Cross Adult CPR certified.<\/p>\n

Study materials are available to you based on your needs. You can purchase the ACSM’s Resources for the Personal Trainer, the\u00a0official preparation book for the ACSM Personal Trainer certification exam, for $67.95. You can also purchase the ACSM’s Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription, which the prep book for all ACSM certifications, for\u00a0$39.95, or you can buy the ACSM’s Personal Trainer Study Kit which includes the\u00a0ACSM’s Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription, ACSM’s Certification Review, and ACSM’s Resources for the Personal Trainer. The whole kit costs $131.95.<\/p>\n

You must pass the CPT test in order to become certified, which you can register for the online. For ACSM members, it costs $219, or for non-members, the price is $279. You can retest if you fail for $150.<\/p>\n

The ACSM is a safe bet for someone looking to become a personal trainer, as it is one of the most widely accepted, making your chances of landing a job after certification that much easier.<\/p>\n

Also Read:<\/strong><\/p>\n

How to Become a Personal Trainer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

NESTA Personal Training Degree Profile<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

American Council on Exercise Personal Training Certification Profile<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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