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Health Fitness
Certifications
Clinical Certifications
ACSM Certification
Policies and Procedures
About ACSM
Achieve The Certification That Says You’re The
Best
ACSM certification means
you’re uniquely qualified to work with a variety of people,
including those with health risks.
We offer two Health Fitness
certifications and two Clinical certifications so you can choose the one
that suits you best. And all of our certifications are
NCCA-accredited.
Yes, getting ACSM certified will
challenge you, but our study materials and hands-on workshops will help
you achieve your goal of becoming ACSM Certified.
And best of all, you’ll be
certified by the organization that’s leading the way in making
exercise good medicine!
Please choose the certification
you are most interested in to get additional information about
certification requirements, exam preparation, and taking the
certification exam.
HEALTH FITNESS
CERTIFICATIONS
ACSM Certified Personal TrainerSM
As a personal trainer you have the
ability and opportunity to make a real difference in people’s
lives when it comes to their health and fitness. What many people are
unable to do on their own, they can accomplish with the motivation and
support of a personal trainer.
As an ACSM Certified Personal
TrainerSM you will be qualified to develop and implement
exercise programs for apparently healthy individuals or those who have
medical clearance to exercise. To
learn more about the ACSM Certified Personal TrainerSM certification,
Click Here.
ACSM Certified Health Fitness Specialist
Are you a personal trainer ready
to step up to the next level? Would you like the ability to work
with a wider variety of clients, including those with health risks? Then
the ACSM Health Fitness Specialist Certification is for
you.
Considered our advanced personal
trainer certification, the ACSM Certified Health Fitness
Specialist is required to have at least an
Associate’s Degree and are qualified to work with special
populations with medically controlled diseases, who have been cleared by
their physician for independent exercise. To
learn more about ACSM Certified Health Fitness Specialist Certification,
Click Here.
CLINICAL CERTIFICATIONS
ACSM Certified Clinical Exercise
Specialist®
Are you a clinical professional
with a college degree who is interested in pursuing a career helping
clients with, or at high risk for, cardiovascular, pulmonary and
metabolic diseases? If so, then the ACSM Exercise
Specialist® Certification is for you.
ACSM Certified Clinical Exercise
Specialists are
health care professionals with a Bachelor’s Degree who typically
work in cardiovascular/pulmonary rehabilitation programs,
physicians’ offices or medical fitness centers. The ACSM Exercise
Specialist® may also provide exercise-related
consulting for research, public health, and other clinical and
non-clinical services and programs. To
learn more about the ACSM Certified Clinical Exercise Specialist®
certification, Click
Here.
ACSM Registered Clinical Exercise Physiologist®
Are you a graduate student or a
clinical professional with a master’s degree who is interested in
working with clients who are currently under the care of a physician for
cardiovascular, pulmonary, metabolic, orthopedic/musculoskeletal,
neuromuscular, or immunological/hematological disease?
If so, then the ACSM Registered
Clinical Exercise Physiologist® Certification – ACSM’s
most prestigious credential – is for you. To
learn more about the ACSM Registered Clinical Exercise
Physiologist® certification, Click Here.
Join ACSM and Save $60 on ACSM Certification!
When you join the ACSM Alliance of Health and
Fitness Professionals you will save $60 on getting
certified and receive many other valuable benefits including:
- Free subscription to ACSM’s
Health & Fitness Journal ($55
Value)
- Free subscription to our
bimonthly e-newsmagazine, Sports Medicine
Bulletin ($40
Value)
- Inclusion in our Online
Membership Directory
- Discount registration for our
annual ACSM Health & Fitness Summit ($140 Value)
- Discounts on continuing education
self-test fees ($200
value), insurance, consumer products, and
more!
You can join for as little
as $50 right now. Click
here to learn more and become an ACSM member today!
ACSM Certification
Policies and Procedures
The information on this website is
designed to help qualified individuals prepare and apply for ACSM
credentialing programs. All policies and procedures outlined here, as
well as in the current ACSM Certification Resource Guide, apply
to all candidates, in both the United States and internationally.
Additionally, a PDF file of the CCRB Candidate
Handbook containing the complete
set of these supplemental policies and procedures is available. It is
the candidate’s responsibility to become familiar with all
policies and procedures regarding ACSM certifications prior to
sitting for any ACSM exam.
About
ACSM
The American College of Sports
Medicine is the largest sports medicine and exercise science
organization in the world, with more than 20,000 International, National
and Regional members. ACSM is leading the way to a better quality of
life for people around the world through health and fitness research,
education, advocacy and its newest program, Exercise is Medicine. Since
1975, ACSM has certified more than 25,000 health and fitness
professionals in 44 different countries.
ACSM: The organization that’s leading the way in making
exercise good medicine.
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