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
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
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
If you ever wondered how to motivate people to move, dance-inspired cardio is for you. It’s the ideal combination of energy, creativity and fun in a video course that shows you how to create and successfully teach an endless array of heart-pumping, calorie-burning cardio workouts. View Details
If you are currently instructing step and want to improve your teaching techniques, or you are thinking about adding step to your teaching repertoire but do not know where to begin, then this is the course for you. View Details
Learn how to lead group fitness classes and discover the group exercise industry's unique challenges and exciting opportunities. From pre-class preparation to post-workout stretch and relaxation, this course covers the necessities for a great class including music fundamentals, cuing and assorted teaching techniques. View Details
Increase your knowledge with some of the latest research in nutrition and weight management.
Articles and test are from the March 2010 CEC Senior Fitness Issue of IDEA Fitness Journal. View Details
Earn continuing education credits/units with this course covering three topics on senior fitness, including the latest research, brain health and water exercise.
Articles and test are from the February 2010 CEC Senior Fitness Issue of IDEA Fitness Journal.
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Don’t wait! Improve client–business communications, manage your health and fitness resources, navigate virtual communities and enhance your professional profile. View Details
Expand your knowledge and earn continuing education credits with this course covering research on three different topics. Articles and the test from the Nov/Dec 2009 CEC Research Issue of IDEA Fitness Journal. View Details
In this course you'll learn goal-focused intervals and over 50 dynamic exercises and drills to create extensive and intensive training formats. If your clients are into high-intensity, get-tough workouts, they’ll love this. View Details
Sugar or artificial sweetener! What should you use? This course will discuss several sources of sugar, including
sucrose, fructose, sugar alcohols, artificial sweeteners (like Splenda® and Equal®), high fructose corn syrups, honey and others. Walk away with a better understanding of the composition of sugars and sweeteners, how they are metabolized, acceptable daily intake, and their effects on appetite, weight loss, fat storage and stability. View Details
Eating "green" has become synonymous with sustainability, locally grown and a more conscientious way of planning your meals. We will discuss this "slow food" movement, its characteristics and how you can healthfully, conveniently and easily incorporate this green trend into your daily living. 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
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
Get up-to-date on the latest research in women's health. Learn information to help empower and educate your female clients, discover how to increase bone health while decreasing the chance for injury or disease, and learn how to help your clients engage their pelvic floor. Articles and the test from the May 2009 CEC Women's Health Issue of IDEA Fitness Journal. View Details
This course will provide trainers with several protocols that will turn their clients into fat-burning machines. To many, long steady distance (LSD) training in the fat-burning zone is an outdated method of fat reduction. Experience the high-intensity circuits JC uses with his fighters, models and fitness clients. Not only do they look good, they outlast the competition! View Details
Earn CECs while you learn the latest research on mind-body topics. Learn about cardiovascular disease and the mind-body connection, find summaries of key studies on yoga, Pilates qigong and other mind-body topics, and discover how to create Pilates programs for the overweight client.
Articles and the test from the June 2009 CEC Mind-Body Issue of IDEA Fitness Journal. View Details
Expand your knowledge and earn continuing education credits with this course covering research on three different topics. Articles and the test from the Nov/Dec 2009 CEC Research Issue of IDEA Fitness Journal. View Details
This is a raw, unedited video filmed live at the 2009 IDEA World Fitness Convention™.Cut to the Core is packed full of core-focused exercises that aim to improve the way you look, feel and live. Offering the viewer twice the value, variety and choice, this video offers two 1-hour workouts taught simultaneously both on BOSU and on Stability Ball. Get ready to learn the most effective trunk exercises and why these exercises work so efficiently. View Details
This continuing education course with three in-depth articles on nutrition will educate you on some of the latest issues in nutrition. Articles and the test from the March 2008 CEC Nutrition Issue of IDEA Fitness Journal. View Details
If your facility is low on available equipment, or you simply don't have the room for all the tools most trainers use with their at-home, in-club and corporate clients, you can still design effective programs using only body weight as resistance. Come get the facts on the many advantages to body-weight training, as well as information on limiting factors, proper progression, maintaining standards and preventing injury. All trainers need to be able to offer a wide array of body-weight-only resistance training options. View Details
These three research-based articles will teach you about brain-based personal training, the science of water, and inflammation and exercise. Articles and the test from the November-December 2008 CEC Research Issue of IDEA Fitness Journal. View Details
