ACSM Certification Testing
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American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) credentialing is the most respected in the health and fitness industry. Viewed as the best measure of competence of sports medicine and health and fitness professionals, it requires the highest level of knowledge and skills and establishes the standard for all other certifications. Other programs have used ACSM certification as a model, but none have achieved ACSM’s high standards.
Certifications
Announcement!
October 1, 2008: ACSM Health/Fitness Instructor® (HFI) will be ACSM Certified Health Fitness Specialist (HFS)
October 1, 2008: ACSM Exercise Specialist® (ES) will be ACSM Certified Clinical Exercise Specialist (CES)
The change in the name will not affect the exam content or the accreditation of the certification in any way.
ATTENTION Current ACSM professionals and those seeking certification, learn more by reading the FAQs!
ACSM Certified Personal TrainerSM
Designed for a fitness professional involved in developing and implementing an individualized approach to exercise leadership in healthy populations and/or those individuals with medical clearance to exercise.
ACSM/NCPAD Certified Inclusive Fitness Trainer
Designed for a fitness professional involved in developing and implementing an individualized exercise program for a person who may have a physical, sensory or cognitive disability.
ACSM Certified Health Fitness Specialist
Designed primarily for leaders of preventive health programs in corporate, commercial, and community settings aimed at low- to moderate- risk individuals or persons with controlled diseases, such as hypertension, obesity, or asthma.
ACSM Certified Clinical Exercise Specialist
Designed for professionals performing exercise testing and training clients with cardiovascular, pulmonary, or metabolic diseases.
ACSM Registered Clinical Exercise Physiologist®
Designed for professionals performing exercise management for patients with a broad spectrum of chronic diseases or disabilities.
Programs
ACSM Membership
ACSM is pleased to offer an exceptional discount to its professional and alliance members. Member pricing may be found on each respective credential’s web page under “Exam FAQs.” To receive a member discount, contact ACSM with your membership ID number. Call 317-637-9200 ext. 115 or email certification@acsm.org.
ACSM Certification Update Newsletter
A monthly electronic newsletter designed to keep you up to date with the latest industry and ACSM specific news. Sign up today!
ACSM Personal Trainer Exam
If you are interested in the ACSM fitness certification you are going to need to pass the ACSM exam. This is a very challenging test as you will see from our readers comments below. You need to have a strong knowledge of anatomy and nutrition. Find out what our readers have to say about the ACSM personal trainer exam.
ACSM Exam Requirements?
ACSM states that you need to be able to demonstrate competence in the key areas (KSA) listed in the Seventh edition of ACSM’s Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription. You also need adequate skill in risk factor and health status identification, fitness appraisal, and exercise prescription. In other words, be able to accurately prescribe a safe and effective fitness program for both healthy adults and special needs clients.
The ACSM personal trainer must also demonstrate ability to deliver innovative activities that will improve an individual’s functional capacity as well as effectively communicate with individuals regarding lifestyle modification
Even people experienced in exercise sciences will want to take a few months to prepare for the ACSM personal trainer exam. With retests costing $135 you definitely want to pass on the first time. Taking our exam review course is a cost effective way to know when you are ready for the ACSM test. ACSM also recommends attending one of their workshops. There is a one day workshop for experienced trainers and a three day workshop for the rest of us.
Preparing for the ACSM Personal Trainer Certification Test
There are lots of study materials available from ACSM and from independent sources . The official ACSM materials are a bit pricey but you can also buy used study materials on ebay. We used to point people toward the Morrison study guides but we received a lot of negative feedback. That is what prompted us to develop our own exam study course with over 500 practice questions to help you pass the ACSM exam.
What did you think of the ACSM Exam?
The section below gives our readers the chance to talk about their experience with the ACSM personal trainer certification test. After you take your exam, remember to come back and tell us how you did and what worked for you!
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Achieve The Certification That Says You’re The Best
ACSM certification means you’re uniquely qualified to work with a variety of people, including those with health risks.
We offer two Health Fitness certifications and two Clinical certifications so you can choose the one that suits you best. And all of our certifications are NCCA-accredited.
Yes, getting ACSM certified will challenge you, but our study materials and hands-on workshops will help you achieve your goal of becoming ACSM Certified.
And best of all, you’ll be certified by the organization that’s leading the way in making exercise good medicine!
Please choose the certification you are most interested in to get additional information about certification requirements, exam preparation, and taking the certification exam.
HEALTH FITNESS CERTIFICATIONS
ACSM Certified Personal TrainerSM
As a personal trainer you have the ability and opportunity to make a real difference in people’s lives when it comes to their health and fitness. What many people are unable to do on their own, they can accomplish with the motivation and support of a personal trainer.
As an ACSM Certified Personal TrainerSM you will be qualified to develop and implement exercise programs for apparently healthy individuals or those who have medical clearance to exercise. To learn more about the ACSM Certified Personal TrainerSM certification, Click Here.
ACSM Certified Health Fitness Specialist
Are you a personal trainer ready to step up to the next level? Would you like the ability to work with a wider variety of clients, including those with health risks? Then the ACSM Health Fitness Specialist Certification is for you.
Considered our advanced personal trainer certification, the ACSM Certified Health Fitness Specialist is required to have at least an Associate’s Degree and are qualified to work with special populations with medically controlled diseases, who have been cleared by their physician for independent exercise. To learn more about ACSM Certified Health Fitness Specialist Certification, Click Here.
Announcement! The ACSM Health/Fitness Instructor (HFI) will be ACSM Certified Health Fitness Specialist (HFS), learn more by reading the FAQs!
CLINICAL CERTIFICATIONS
ACSM Certified Clinical Exercise Specialist®
Are you a clinical professional with a college degree who is interested in pursuing a career helping clients with, or at high risk for, cardiovascular, pulmonary and metabolic diseases? If so, then the ACSM Exercise Specialist® Certification is for you.
ACSM Certified Clinical Exercise Specialists are health care professionals with a Bachelor’s Degree who typically work in cardiovascular/pulmonary rehabilitation programs, physicians’ offices or medical fitness centers. The ACSM Exercise Specialist® may also provide exercise-related consulting for research, public health, and other clinical and non-clinical services and programs. To learn more about the ACSM Certified Clinical Exercise Specialist® certification, Click Here.
Announcement! The ACSM Exercise Specialist (ES) will be ACSM Certified Clinical Exercise Specialist (CES), learn more by reading the FAQ’s!
ACSM Registered Clinical Exercise Physiologist®
Are you a graduate student or a clinical professional with a master’s degree who is interested in working with clients who are currently under the care of a physician for cardiovascular, pulmonary, metabolic, orthopedic/musculoskeletal, neuromuscular, or immunological/hematological disease?
If so, then the ACSM Registered Clinical Exercise Physiologist® Certification – ACSM’s most prestigious credential – is for you. To learn more about the ACSM Registered Clinical Exercise Physiologist® certification, Click Here.
Join ACSM and Save $60 on ACSM Certification!
When you join the ACSM Alliance of Health and Fitness Professionals you will save $60 on getting certified and receive many other valuable benefits including:
Free subscription to ACSM’s Health & Fitness Journal ($55 Value)
Free subscription to our bimonthly e-newsmagazine, Sports Medicine Bulletin ($40 Value)
Inclusion in our Online Membership Directory
Discount registration for our annual ACSM Health & Fitness Summit ($140 Value)
Discounts on continuing education self-test fees ($200 value), insurance, consumer products, and more!
You can join for as little as $50 right now. Click here to learn more and become an ACSM member today!
ACSM Certification Policies and Procedures
The information on this website is designed to help qualified individuals prepare and apply for ACSM credentialing programs. All policies and procedures outlined here, as well as in the current ACSM Certification Resource Guide, apply to all candidates, in both the United States and internationally. Additionally, a PDF file of the CCRB Candidate Handbook containing the complete set of these supplemental policies and procedures is available. It is the candidate’s responsibility to become familiar with all policies and procedures regarding ACSM certifications prior to sitting for any ACSM exam.
About ACSM
The American College of Sports Medicine is the largest sports medicine and exercise science organization in the world, with more than 20,000 International, National and Regional members. ACSM is leading the way to a better quality of life for people around the world through health and fitness research, education, advocacy and its newest program, Exercise is Medicine. Since 1975, ACSM has certified more than 25,000 health and fitness professionals in 44 different countries.
ACSM: The organization that’s leading the way in making exercise good medicine.
Become an ACSM Certified Health Fitness Specialist
HFS Scope of Practice
Minimum Requirements
Become an ACSM Alliance Member
Announcement!
The ACSM Health Fitness Instructor (HFI) will be ACSM Health Fitness Specialist (HFS), learn more by reading the FAQ’s!
Become an ACSM Certified Health Fitness Specialist
Are you a personal trainer ready to step up to the next level? Would you like the ability to work with a wider variety of clients, including those with health risks? Then the ACSM Certified Health Fitness Specialist Certification is for you.
Considered our advanced personal trainer certification, ACSM Certified Health Fitness Specialist are required to have at least an Associate’s Degree and are qualified to work with special populations with medically controlled diseases who have been cleared by their physician for independent exercise.
Becoming ACSM Certified says a lot about you
It says you have chosen to become certified by the organization that’s leading the way in health fitness and clinical certifications.
Did you know?
ACSM was the first to certify health fitness professionals … and to date we have certified over 25,000 health fitness professionals in 44 countries.
ACSM establishes the exercise guidelines that all other certifications use for testing … so you know you will be certified by the organization that is setting the standards in the health fitness industry.
ACSM certifications are NCCA-accredited … assuring you that our certifications meet the highest qualifications.
ACSM Certified Health Fitness Specialist Scope of Practice
The ACSM Certified Health Fitness Specialist (HFS) is a degreed health and fitness professional qualified to pursue a career in university, corporate, commercial, hospital, and community settings. The HFS is skilled in the following:
Conducting risk stratification.
Conducting physical fitness assessments and interpreting results.
Constructing appropriate exercise prescriptions.
Motivating apparently healthy individuals with medically controlled diseases to adopt and maintain healthy lifestyle behaviors.
Motivating individuals to begin and continue with their healthy behaviors.
Minimum Requirements for becoming an ACSM Certified Health Fitness Specialist
To become an ACSM Certified Health Fitness Specialist you must meet all of the following minimum requirements:
Associate’s or Bachelor’s Degree in a health-related* field from a regionally accredited college or university (you are eligible to sit for the certification exam if you are in the last term or semester of your degree program)
* Examples: Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant, Health Care Administration, Physical Education, Exercise Science, Kinesiology, Kinesiotherapy, Athletic Training, Physiology, Sports Management, Biology, Exercise Physiology, Human Performance, Health Science, Recreation Management/Science, Nutrition, Community Health, Public Health, and Health Promotion.
Current Adult CPR certification with a practical skills component (such as the American Heart Association or American Red Cross)
Join ACSM as an Alliance Member and Save $60 on ACSM Certification!
When you join the ACSM Alliance of Health and Fitness Professionals you will save $60 on getting certified and receive many other valuable benefits including:
Free subscription to ACSM’s Health & Fitness Journal ($55 Value)
Free subscription to our bimonthly e-newsmagazine, Sports Medicine Bulletin ($40 Value)
Inclusion in our Online Membership Directory
Discount registration for our annual ACSM Health & Fitness Summit ($140 Value)
Discounts on continuing education self-test fees ($200 value), insurance, consumer products, and more!
You can join for as little as
ACSM/NCPAD Certified Inclusive Fitness Trainer (CIFT)
A CIFT is a fitness professional who assesses, develops and implements an individualized exercise program for persons with a physical, sensory or cognitive disability, who are healthy or have medical clearance to perform independent physical activity. CIFT professionals hold a current NCCA-accredited health/fitness certification and CPR and AED certifications. In addition to knowledge of exercise physiology, exercise testing and programming, a CIFT has knowledge in inclusive facility design and awareness of social inclusion for people with disabilities and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Additionally the ACSM/NCPAD CIFT demonstrates and leads safe, effective and adapted methods of exercise; writes adapted exercise recommendations, understands precautions and contraindications to exercise for people with disabilities; is aware of current Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) policy specific to recreation facilities (U.S. Access Board Guidelines) and standards for accessible facility design and can utilize motivational techniques and provide appropriate instruction to individuals with disabilities to enable them begin and continue healthy lifestyles.
Minimum Requirements:
An ACSM or NCCA-Accredited Certification AND CPR and AED Certification
ACSM Certified Professional Price is $150
Other eligible candidates: $195
ACSM Certified Professionals, e-mail certification@acsm.org for your discounted voucher.
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