ACE Prep Personal Training.

Catalog description

Semester course; 3 lecture hours (delivered face-to-face or hybrid). 3 credits. This course is designed to give students the knowledge and understanding necessary to prepare for the ACE Personal Trainer Certification Exam and become effective personal trainers. This course presents a client-centered approach to personal training that features the ACE Integrated Fitness Training model as a comprehensive system for designing individualized programs based on each client’s unique health, fitness and performance goals and the ACE Mover Method philosophy for empowering clients to make behavioral changes to improve their health, fitness and overall quality of life. The information covered by this course can be directly applied in all settings by using the ACE ABC Approach to navigate all client interactions by asking powerful open-ended questions, breaking down barriers and collaborating on goals every step of the way. The ACE IFT model and ACE Mover Method philosophy will help students learn how to facilitate rapport, adherence, self-efficacy and behavior change in clients, as well as design exercise programs that help clients improve posture, movement, flexibility, balance, core function, cardiorespiratory fitness and muscular fitness.