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65 of 588 courses · National members receive member rates. Prices from the ACSM PathLMS catalog.

Online courseSELF-PACED / ONLINE
6 CECsCardiology/Cardiovascular Training

POLAR and ACSM Presents: Heart Rate Monitoring Assessment Course

This certificate course was created through a collaboration between ACSM and Polar, a leader in wearable device technology. This course will provide both fitness professionals and heart rate monitor enthusiasts a foundational knowledge of the physiology of heart rate and how to build an…

$120
Member $90
Online courseSELF-PACED / ONLINE
1 CECCardiology/Cardiovascular Training

Peripheral Heart Training for Fitness and Health

Peripheral heart action (PHA) training is a simple application of circuit weight training (CWT) that alternates five to six upper- and lower-body exercises performed in a cyclical fashion. Unlike CWT, during which consecutive exercises are typically separated by 15-30 sec, PHA involves minimal…

$30
Member $18
Summit sessionON DEMAND
1 CECCardiology/Cardiovascular Training

2023 Summit - The Medical Fitness Difference

Learn about population health, medical fitness and opportunities to get involved and become a leader in the industry.

$30
Member $18
Online courseSELF-PACED / ONLINE
1 CECCardiology/Cardiovascular Training

Rethinking your 30 Minutes, is it really enough?

The aim of this course is to introduce the concept of the 24-hour movement paradigm, consider the impact of sedentary time on health, and take away key factors of the movement prescription to reduce sedentary behavior.

$30
Member $18
Journal CESELF-PACED / ONLINE
1 CECCardiology/Cardiovascular Training

HFJ March - April 2023 |Back to Basics: A Critical Review of the Methodology Commonly Used to Estimate Cardiorespiratory Fitness

Evaluating CRF is critical in developing safe and effective exercise prescriptions. Although the direct measurement of expired ventilatory gases via open circuit spirometry is the gold standard for assessing CRF, submaximal exercise testing and field tests that utilize HR measures can serve as a…

$30
Member $18
Online courseSELF-PACED / ONLINE
1 CECCardiology/Cardiovascular Training

Cardiorespiratory Muscle Response to Chemotherapy and Exercise

This course explores how doxorubicin chemotherapy can impact cardiorespiratory system function and covers our current understanding of how exercise training may help limit these adverse effects.

$30
Member $18
Summit sessionON DEMAND
1 CECCardiology/Cardiovascular Training

2023 Summit - Smart Monitoring of Health, Wellness

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…

$30
Member $18
Online courseSELF-PACED / ONLINE
1 CECProgram Design

Implementing FIT

Flywheel-based Inertial Training (FIT) is a novel form of exercise purported to enhance hypertrophy, strength, power, and physical performance more than traditional gravity-dependent exercise. Furthermore, FIT may be modified to provide an aerobic training stimulus. This session will explore the…

$30
Member $18
Summit sessionON DEMAND
3 CECsAthletic Performance

2021 Summit - Extreme Exercise and Cardiovascular Health

Escalating numbers of adults have now embraced the notion that "more exercise is invariably better". However, vigorous exercise, particularly when performed by inactive, unfit individuals can trigger acute cardiac events. Accelerated coronary artery calcification, exercise-induced cardiac…

$90
Member $54
Summit sessionON DEMAND
3 CECsActive Aging/Older Adult Fitness

2021 Summit - Training the Adult with Obesity

Working with clients impacted by obesity is not only a challenging task, but also a demanding lifetime mission for fitness professionals around the globe. In this interactive workshop, a bridge between scientific knowledge and skill application will be presented with a focus on hands-on coaching…

$90
Member $54
Annual Meeting sessionON DEMAND
1 CECMetabolism/Metabolic Training

Annual Meeting 2023 Lactate in Health and Disease: The Renaissance Metabolite

Blood lactate concentrations have traditionally been utilized as an index of exercise intensity. However, more recent data suggests that plasma lactate can also be indicative of the risk for subsequent metabolic disease. This symposium will showcase the clinical implications of plasma lactate…

$30
Member $18
Annual Meeting sessionON DEMAND
1 CECAthletic Performance

Annual Meeting 2023|Chrono-mania: How the Timing of Behaviors Impacts Cardiometabolic Health

Recent evidence from the circadian field suggests that when we do something may be just as important as what we do. This course will focus on the impact that timing one’s behaviors has on physiological outcomes, as well as the effects of sleep, diet, and exercise timing on glucose and lipid…

$30
Member $18