This continuing education course is a dynamic blend of personal training and life coaching. You’ll learn sophisticated communication and facilitation skills to help your clients achieve positive behavior change and establish specific expectations for personal growth and sustained active living. View Details
Discover what every trainer working with pre- and postnatal women should know about designing safe and appropriate exercise. In this CEC course you'll learn the effect of exercise on maternal and fetal health and how to set intensity levels and modify exercise based on the most recent ACOG guidelines. View Details
Earn CECs while you learn from this trio of expertly written sports training articles. Articles and the test from the September 2008 CEC Sports Conditioning Issue of IDEA Fitness Journal. View Details
In this course, you'll learn how to spend less time designing your strength-training classes and deliver quality workouts that will reach all ability levels in one class. View Details
Low-back pain has become a worldwide epidemic and is still not well understood. There are many contributing influences with many possible and suggested corrective strategies. Fitness professionals deal with clients on a daily basis who have low-back pain and they should be up-to-date on what the research is saying are the contributing factors and possible corrective strategies. View Details
The shoulder girdle is the most mobile joint in the body and also the least stable. In this course, you will learn about the shoulder girdle anatomy and biomechanics, as well as common shoulder dysfunction and injuries. View Details
Competition + play = hard work and fun! Join in on the fun with some new and innovative balance, strength and movement exercises designed to test your ability to read, react and use manual resistance. A must for personal trainers and group instructors looking for interactive training ideas. If you want to see clients work hard, smile and laugh, we have the recipe! View Details
In this course, Sherri and Alex demonstrate over 20 innovative exercises and progressions, spotting techniques and instructional cuing that you can implement with your clients today!
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This course discusses skills that help your clients reconnect with their nutritional intelligence, energy requirements and optimal body size while identifying and adopting healthy eating behaviors. View Details
Apply appropriate/effective patterns of work and recovery to reduce boredom and overtraining, decrease injury, improve training efficacy and neuromuscular response and enhance exercise compliance. View Details
This course discusses the quality of protein, the difference between whey and casein protein, the safety and effectiveness of high-protein diets, the role of protein in weight loss, and protein-intake timing for muscle recovery and growth. View Details
Optimize behavior change in your clients with current brain research and learning theories! This course touches on learning styles and explores learning theories and lesson design as they relate to personal training. View Details
In this course, you’ll learn how to assess and screen clients, how to place clients in appropriate skill/drill groups, how to select class venues and equipment, safety issues, multiple methods of boot camp training and class formats, and creative, dynamic and challenging drills for your programs. View Details
Get your resting metabolic rate and weight loss questions answered and explained with this continuing education quiz. This quiz provides an evidence-based review of seven of the most popular questions on metabolism. Also, read about how exercise results can be improved with proper use of a heart rate monitor. If you want to train rather than just work out, using a heart rate monitor to zone in on the right intensity can help track the workout in an intelligent way. Learn the five heart rate zones, which will help you identify training zones based on your specific responses to exercise intensity. View Details
Learn more about nutrition trends, which nutrient-rich foods would be best for clients, and the optimal protein intake for various populations while earning continuing education credits.
Articles and test are from the March 2009 CEC Nutrition Issue of IDEA Fitness Journal. View Details
This continuing education quiz tells you how starting small with exercise can still improve your quality of life. Get the most up-to-date studies on heart health and learn that as little as 10 minutes per day of physical activity can help reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease as you age. Do you know how many adults in America live a sedentary lifestyle? Learn how to break up long periods of sitting with short bursts of exercise and how less than 30 minutes of “green exercise” can improve mood and self-esteem. Find out about the mind-body benefits of living an active lifestyle. View Details
Gain the most current knowledge about topics and studies that are making headlines in the fitness industry. Read about how to improve body image, decrease cardiovascular risk factors in kids and whether there is a gene for exercise. Learn about the latest studies connecting cycling and sperm health and how exercise can benefit Parkinson’s patients. Discover if there is a connection between healthy habits and participation in religious activity, and how charging a “motivational fee” may increase membership use. View Details
What’s creating buzz and making news in the fitness industry? This quiz covers a wide range of topics and research studies. As technology continues to evolve and clients go online more often, the Internet could be the next training frontier. Learn how to trust health and fitness research. Get tips for career longevity and read about the flexibility differences among men and women. Learn about the link between a mother’s workload and childhood obesity. Find out how to get kids excited about hiking and the great outdoors. Read about the latest research studies and findings making the mind-body-spirit news. Are anger and anxiety bad for the heart? Can guided imagery help both mother and fetus to relax? Can mindfulness training improve sensory awareness? Read about how and why optimistic heart patients live longer and how consistent practice of an Iyengar yoga routine helped breast cancer survivors reduce fatigue and improved mood. This quiz is packed with industry news updates. Don’t miss it! View Details
This continuing education quiz covers nutrition topics and healthy food education. Read about how two recent food events issued a rumbling groundswell of momentum on the health and wellness fronts from culinary thought leaders and wellness activists. The message they are evangelizing more passionately than ever is that adults and kids everywhere desperately need education about where their food comes from, and that they need resources to teach them how to shop for and prepare more healthful and balanced whole-food meals without breaking the budget. Discover that scientists have developed an enhanced “bitterness blocker” that could make food taste less bitter. Could this help increase veggie consumption? Is a calorie a calorie no matter what its source? Does 200 calories of potato chips or snack cake have the same thermodynamic effect on the human body as 200 calories of fruit or hummus and whole-wheat pita bread? Learn that there is a big difference that needs to be understood. Read about the benefits of coconut water and how berries can battle Parkinson’s disease. Learn how to build a better breakfast and tips for optimal fueling when you wake up. Whip up a triple-berry smoothie and take the quiz! View Details
In this quiz, learn how dietary guidelines for Americans have changed in recent years and what specific nutrients you and your clients should focus on. Discover the shocking amount of sodium the average American intakes daily and how to reduce sodium levels in your diet. Learn to control portion sizes and replace your meals with leaner protein. Are you interested in helping the First Lady promote her Let’s Move! campaign? Find out how to create a healthy start for children through nutrition standards in schools and youth-focused fitness programs. View Details
Find out what’s new in the world of fitness and nutrition with this continuing education course. Discover which exercise is best for abdominal activation and how blood flow is a key to older-adult balance. Find out what the most dangerous female sport is and how being active while pregnant can deliver a smaller offspring. Also, gain insight on some out-of-the-box techniques for overcoming strength and hypertrophy plateaus. In nutrition news, learn why daily ginger consumption eases muscle pain, how dietary protein may reduce hip fractures in the elderly, and whether food allergies are more prevalent these days. So much great information available in one course! View Details
Find out what's new in the world of fitness and mind-body-spirit with this continuing education course. Discover how brief mindfulness meditation training can improve the ability to pay attention, and how resistance training can improve flexibility. Find out whether music therapy can help stroke patients, how guided imagery can help pregnant women relax, and the positive effects Pilates has on women dealing with breast cancer. Learn how young active females may avoid age-related dementia, how improving leg strength in older adults can allow them to remain physically independent, as well as some tips for mental fitness. So much great information available in one course! View Details
