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10 CECsActive Aging/Older Adult Fitness

2027 ACSM Worldwide Fitness Trends Course Bundle

Stay ahead of the curve with the ultimate fitness industry forecast package: SPECIAL PUBLICATIONS EDITION!

$300
Member $180
Journal CESELF-PACED / ONLINE
1 CECACSM Guidelines

From Assessment to Action: Integrating Functional Fitness Testing Across ACSM Certifications

Functional fitness testing provides exercise professionals across ACSM certifications with valuable information about movement, balance, mobility, muscular fitness, and physical function, but its greatest value comes from translating assessment findings into individualized exercise programming.…

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

Adolescent Running: Special Considerations for Injury, Biomechanics, and Medical Event Coverage

Adolescent running has grown in popularity, with nearly half a million US high schoolers participating in cross-country annually. About 40% of adolescent runners experience running-related injuries each year, with high injury recurrence rates. Despite this running-related injury burden, most…

$30
Member $18
Online courseSELF-PACED / ONLINE
1 CECBiomechanics/Balance/Posture

Plantar Fascia: Preventative Biomechanics

This “ From Around the Field ” webinar course explores the fascial system, specifically the plantar fascia, and its influence on human biomechanics. Dr. Krumpl provides a review of the literature on fascia and strength training, including current practices and protocols used in research and in…

$30
Member $18
Online courseSELF-PACED / ONLINE
5 CECsBiomechanics/Balance/Posture

Coaching and Training Women

Presented by ACSM in partnership with American Council on Exercise (ACE).

$150
Member $90
Online courseSELF-PACED / ONLINE
1 CECBiomechanics/Balance/Posture

Biomechanical Tradeoffs in Foot Function From Variations in Shoe Design

There is debate and confusion over how to evaluate the biomechanical effects of running shoe design. Here, we use an evolutionary perspective to analyze how key design features of running shoes alter the evolved biomechanics of the foot, creating a range of tradeoffs in force production and…

$30
Member $18
Annual Meeting sessionON DEMAND
1.5 CECsActive Aging/Older Adult Fitness

Passive Mechanical Properties of Skeletal Muscle: Structural Basis and Implications for Surgery and Sport

This course will highlight the very clinically relevant but poorly understood passive mechanical properties of muscle. The structural basis for muscle properties will be defined and discussed in terms of muscle injury and disease such as rotator cuff tear, cerebral palsy and muscular dystrophy.

$30
Member $18
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1 CECBiomechanics/Balance/Posture

Teaching Yoga and Movement for People with Neurological Conditions

This session will provide fitness and wellness instructors with a practical, hands-on approach to teaching yoga to people with various neurological conditions. We will use a trauma-informed teaching perspective to learn how to make yoga inclusive, accessible, and beneficial for people with…

$30
Member $18
Online courseSELF-PACED / ONLINE
1 CECAthletic Performance

Live-High, Train-Low

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…

$30
Member $18
Online courseSELF-PACED / ONLINE
1 CECBiomechanics/Balance/Posture

Defining an Optimal Range of Motion in Resistance Exercises for the Shoulder

There is a difference between a full range of motion and an optimal/safe range of motion during the execution of resistance exercises. Commonly practiced resistance exercises involving the shoulder joint can pose a significant risk of injury. A safe and effective range of motion for a variety of…

$30
Member $18
Journal CESELF-PACED / ONLINE
1 CECBiomechanics/Balance/Posture

HFJ July - August 2023 | Quadrupedal Movement Training

Quadrupedal movement training includes exercise sequences in which all four limbs make contact with the ground, such as hand-foot crawling. These programs are reflective of the “fundamental movements” philosophy of functional fitness, which is the idea that an individual’s proficiency in a few…

$30
Member $18
Journal CESELF-PACED / ONLINE
1 CECBiomechanics/Balance/Posture

HFJ Nov - Dec 2023 | Guidelines to Implement Resistance...

If current projections are correct, in the next 30 years, the number of people in the U.S. who have lost a limb will increase to more than 3 million. To better serve this population, learn about the components of prosthetic limbs and how prostheses affect movement during resistance training.

$30
Member $18
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1 CECBiomechanics/Balance/Posture

HFJ Sept - Oct 2023 | Posture to Enhance Insights on Movement

Everyone has a preferred “default” posture, based on a number of factors, that best stabilizes their spine and peripheral joints. Identifying the thresholds at which a client’s posture changes during a static or dynamic assessment can help us understand their impairments, prescribe useful…

$30
Member $18
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1 CECBiomechanics/Balance/Posture

HFJ Sept - Oct 2023 | Using Biomechanics to Optimize Mobility

Lear n how to use biomechanics — in particular range of motion (ROM) — to understand what might be limiting you or your clients’ mobility , as well as strategies for injury prevention and rehab.

$30
Member $18
Summit sessionON DEMAND
3 CECsHealth Promotion

2021 Summit - Workshop: Holistic Core Training for Everyone

Core stability is clearly a buzzword in the fitness industry nowadays. Exercises such as planking, crunches, Russian twist, and loaded carries are widely incorporated into rehabilitation, sports performance, and fitness programs to preventing injuries and improving function, health, and…

$90
Member $54
Summit sessionON DEMAND
3 CECsBehavior Change

2020 Summit - Workshop: The Evolving Paradigms of Stretching

The purpose of the workshop is to document the problems and misconceptions from the static stretching research literature and illustrate why and how static stretching should still be incorporated into a proper warm-up procedure.

$90
Member $54
Online courseSELF-PACED / ONLINE
5 CECsAthletic Performance

Anatomy of Movement

Learning to evaluate movement is key for all exercise professionals and those involved in sports performance. This interactive course covers joint movement (or “kinesiology”) and breaks down various exercises into their component parts, providing participants with a well-founded introduction to…

$150
Member $90
Annual Meeting sessionON DEMAND
Athletic PerformanceFree for members

Endurance Exercise Physiology: What Do We Know and When Did We Learn It?

Physical Education (PE) evolved to "Exercise Science" in the United States through a gradual shift from teaching sport skills and physical activity toward the scientific study of human movement, health, and performance. Dr. Joyner shares perspective based on his own experience as an…

$10
Member $0