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This course will review the significant updates and additions made in the 12th edition of ACSM’s Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription. We will first review new sections on sex differences, transgender and gender diverse individuals, spontaneous coronary artery dissection, postural…
This course will briefly summarize the current status of the science and practice of sports nutrition and speculate on areas that will define its future. Topics for discussion include the value of wearables and technology; personalized sports nutrition via genetic testing; the role of the food…
Physical Activity (PA) guidelines play a critical role in efforts to increase participation. It is useful to consider how to optimize our communication strategy impact on participation based on the latest behavioral science. New exercise science suggests that people’s behavioral choices are more…
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Discover the transformative power of habits and routines as you embark on a journey toward personal and professional fulfillment. This workshop will explore the science and psychology behind habit formation, exploring how these seemingly small actions can profoundly impact every aspect of your…
In this From Around the Field course, Dr. Evan Johnson and Michael Torres, will discuss the effects of a four-week hyperoxic high-intensity interval training (HIIT) intervention on endurance performance, body composition, and physiological markers in acclimatized NCAA Division I cross-country…
Gain practical, science-based nutrition knowledge with this continuing education course, featuring expert insights from The Nutritionist’s View column in ACSM’s Health & Fitness Journal®. Covering key topics like the Mediterranean diet, AI in nutrition, and nutrition assessment components, this…
Discover how to cultivate connection with your clients by enhancing your presence. Your presence, through the essential skills of connection and communication, is a non-negotiable for clients to connect to the relationship with you and to achieving their goals. You communicate with clients not…
Dr. Rhodes discusses the physical activity intention-behavior gap, made popular by New Year’s resolutions that people struggle to enact every year. He will provide an overview of what we know about the gap between intentions and behavior, including the different processes that contribute to…
The benefits of engaging in regular physical activity are well known, however, a majority of adults in the United States fail to meet Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans. Incorporating novel strategies like digital fitness may reduce barriers to physical activity and help more people…
Discover how motivated interviewing can re-center our coaching approach on our clients’ experiences and abilities rather than idealized expert opinions alone — allowing us to better understand how to help them successfully modify their behaviours.
Mental preparation doesn’t start from the inside. Instead, you first need to think about the external factors you have control over: the activity you’re going to perform, the people you’re going to perform it with, etc. Learn strategies for properly taking these external factors into account…
Up to four in five individuals with an eating disorder engage in dysfunctional exercise behaviors. Counter to conventional thinking, recommending abstinence from exercise during eating disorder treatment is likely not helpful; yet, most treatments and guidelines provide no intervention to…
All health and fitness professionals help people to move more. This can happen in several ways, through:
The aim of this course is to provide fundamental underpinnings of the importance of measuring sedentary time, good quality sleep, light physical activity and moderate to vigorous physical activity in the 24-hour day and explore current technologies used to measure these behaviors, from gold…
Health fitness professionals routinely help clients and patients put together a safe and effective exercise program. But what if there’s a better way to guide people to an active lifestyle? Learn evidence-based, practical techniques to help your clients and patients take ownership of their…
This Exercise is Medicine® (EIM) Exercise Prescription Essentials online module was developed to provide a convenient “one-stop-shop” overview of the essential exercise prescription guidelines from the 11th edition of ACSM’s Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription and the 2018 National…
Find the middle ground between being active for health and wellbeing and training for athletic performance. Understand how physical activity can impact every body system in a positive way. Decipher which factors affect "optimal" response. Learn how to recommend the appropriate mode of physical…
How can we use heart rate variability (HRV) to monitor health, stress, body battery, sleep, training status and recuperation? This course will describe the science and practical applications of using HRV monitoring in our daily lives, as well as review the different wearable options we can use…
For years, body weight regulation has been framed in an oversimplified way: Needing to eat less (diet) and do more (physical activity) when the reality is more complex. Fortunately, the Roundtable for Obesity Solutions convened by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has…
The field of health promotion has evolved significantly over time, but never more so than in the last few decades as we’ve witnessed a movement from “fitness” to “wellness.” Now we are in the midst of another transition, this time from “wellness” to “well-being.”
Traditionally, exercise professionals recommend and oversee exercise programs designed to improve components of physical fitness. However, an assortment of psychological factors — including whether a client finds exercise pleasant, enjoyable, satisfying or valuable — will ultimately determine…
The key to keeping a client around long enough to change their life lies in how they are onboarded, nurtured and celebrated within a community. Gyms that have the lowest attrition rates and highest client values excel in all four phases of the “client journey.” In this course, you’ll be…
This session focuses on a timely topic: leveraging the dog-owner bond to promote physical activity. With dogs residing in an estimated 46% of US households and the recent ‘pandemic puppy’ surge, it is likely you have a client (or many clients) who are dog owners. This presentation will offer the…
