| Organization |
Certification Name |
More Information |
| American
College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) |
Certified Personal Trainer (CPT) |
Intended for certification of trainers
working with a healthy population or with those medically
cleared to participate in physical activity.
Requirements: High School
Diploma, +18 years old, certified in CPR with AED.
|
| Health Fitness
Instructor (HFI) |
Intended for
certification of leaders of activity intended for low to
moderate risk persons or those with diseases such as
hypertension and asthma.
Requirements: Associates or
Bachelor's degree in a health-related field, current CPR
certification.
|
| Exercise
Specialist |
Intended for
certification of professionals advising individuals with
metabolic, pulmonary or cardiovascular illness.
Requirements: Bachelor's degree in
health-related field, 600+ hours of clinical exercise fieldwork,
certification as a basic life support provider or CPR for the
professional rescuer.
|
| Registered
Clinical Exercise Physiologist |
Intended for
certification of professionals advising individuals with a wide
range of chronic illnesses and disabilities.
Requirements: Master's degree
in exercise science, movement science, exercise physiology or
kinesiology. 600+ hours of fieldwork, or the equivalent
Exercise Specialist certification.
|
| National
Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) |
Certified Strength and
Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) |
Intended for individuals who wish to train
athletes for enhancement of sport performance.
Requirements: Bachelor's
degree and current CPR with AED certification.
|
| Certified Personal
Trainer (CPT) |
Intended for
individuals who wish to design and implement safe and effective
exercise programs to meet the fitness goals of the general
population client.
Requirements: 18+ years of
age, high school diploma and current CPR with AED certification.
|
| National
Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) |
Certified Personal Trainer (CPR) |
Intended for persons who wish to design
and implement exercise programs on an individual basis.
Requirements: 18+ years of
age and current CPR and AED certification.
|
| American
Council on Exercise (ACE) |
Personal Trainer |
Designed for fitness trainers providing
any form of one-on-one or small-group fitness instruction.
Requirements: 18+ years of age and
current CPR and AED certification.
|
| Group Fitness
Instructor |
Designed for
fitness professionals teaching any form of exercise in a group
setting.
Requirements: 18+ years of age and
current CPR and AED certification.
|
| Advanced Health
and Fitness Specialist |
For fitness
professionals designing exercise programs for individuals with
the intent to decrease risk factors and improve health and
fitness following rehabilitation.
Requirements: 18+ years
of age, current CPR and AED certification, 300+ hours of
experience designing and implementing exercise programs, and a
four-year degree in Exercise Science or a related field
(alternative: ACE Personal Trainer certification).
|
|
Lifestyle and
Weight Management Consultant |
Designed for
professionals who wish to develop sound, balanced
weight-management programs that bring together the critical
components of long-term weight management success.
Requirements: 18+ years of
age, current CPR and AED certification, and a four-year degree
in Exercise Science or related field (alternative: other ACE
certification).
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