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NASM Personal Fitness Trainer Exam Preparation
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National Academy of Sports Medicine

NASM Personal Fitness Trainer Exam Preparation

This course is part of NASM Personal Fitness Trainer Professional Certificate

Casey DeJong

Instructor: Casey DeJong

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4 modules
Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
4.7

(18 reviews)

Beginner level

Recommended experience

Recommended experience

Beginner level

Learners should have completed Courses 1-4 in the PFT specialization to enhance their understanding and success in this course.

1 week to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

4 modules
Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
4.7

(18 reviews)

Beginner level

Recommended experience

Recommended experience

Beginner level

Learners should have completed Courses 1-4 in the PFT specialization to enhance their understanding and success in this course.

1 week to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace
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  • Outcomes
  • Modules
  • Recommendations
  • Testimonials

Skills you'll gain

  • Kinesiology
  • Health Assessment
  • Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
  • Nutrition and Diet
  • Public Health and Disease Prevention
  • Patient Education And Counseling
  • Motivational Skills
  • Injury Prevention
  • Automated External Defibrillator
  • Goal Setting
  • Rehabilitation
  • Anatomy

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Assessments

3 assignments

Taught in English

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This course is part of the NASM Personal Fitness Trainer Professional Certificate
When you enroll in this course, you'll also be enrolled in this Professional Certificate.
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  • Gain a foundational understanding of a subject or tool
  • Develop job-relevant skills with hands-on projects
  • Earn a shareable career certificate from National Academy of Sports Medicine

There are 4 modules in this course

In this comprehensive review and exam preparation course, we will build upon the knowledge and skills gained in the previous four courses of the Personal Fitness Trainer Program. As aspiring fitness professionals, you have already completed courses on getting started in the field, anatomy, physiology, kinesiology, understanding fitness programming, and nutrition and weight management.

Throughout this course, we will focus on reviewing and reinforcing the key concepts covered in the previous courses, ensuring a solid understanding of the foundations required by the fitness industry to become a Personal Fitness Trainer. In addition to refreshing your knowledge, this course will specifically prepare you for the certification exam by covering the essential topics, relevant material, and exam-specific criteria to pass your certification exam. By the end of this course, you will feel confident and well-prepared to tackle the certification exam while affirming your knowledge and skills in the following topics: • The state of the industry and the fitness professional • Anatomy, physiology, and kinesiology • Fitness programming • Nutrition strategies Note: To be successful in this course, you will need to have completed the first four courses in the Personal Fitness Trainer Professional Certificate.

Prior to taking your NASM Personal Fitness Trainer certification exam and working with clients, it is required to earn and maintain a CPR/AED certification. If you do not hold a CPR/AED certification, NASM offers one that you can take fully online (more information in the reading below). It should be noted that this course from NASM does not provide hands-on skills checks, which may be a requirement for some employers. It is therefore important for the fitness professional to check all of the hiring requirements of a prospective employer to ensure they have everything they need to be hired.

What's included

3 readings

3 readings•Total 30 minutes
  • Program Overview•10 minutes
  • Welcome!•10 minutes
  • CPR/AED Information•10 minutes

Rewatch the following videos to review essential content for the Final Exam. It is also recommended to go back through Courses Getting Started as a Personal Fitness Trainer and Anatomy, Physiology, and Kinesiology for Fitness Professionals to review the weekly readings and retake the knowledge check practice assignments.

What's included

31 videos1 assignment3 plugins

31 videos•Total 102 minutes
  • The Current State of Global Health•1 minute
  • Lifestyle Factors Related to Disease Prevention•1 minute
  • Fitness Professionals' Role in Health Promotion•1 minute
  • Most Common Types of Clients•1 minute
  • Overcoming Common Client Challenges•2 minutes
  • Guiding Clients Toward Their Goals•2 minutes
  • PAR-Q+ and Lifestyle•1 minute
  • Medical History Evaluation•1 minute
  • Cardiovascular Disease Considerations•1 minute
  • Physician Referrals•0 minutes
  • Legal Document Management•2 minutes
  • Introduction to Fitness Assessments•1 minute
  • Physiological Assessments•10 minutes
  • Body Composition Assessments•12 minutes
  • Static Posture Assessment•1 minute
  • Performing the OHSA•4 minutes
  • OHSA Solutions•4 minutes
  • Cardiorespiratory Assessment•4 minutes
  • The Importance of Health Screening•1 minute
  • Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic Motivation•2 minutes
  • The Muscular System•4 minutes
  • The Nervous System•2 minutes
  • The Skeletal System•1 minute
  • Joint Mechanics•3 minutes
  • Energy Systems During Exercise•4 minutes
  • Introduction to Kinesiology and Functional Anatomy•3 minutes
  • Introduction to Exercise Physiology•2 minutes
  • The Cardiorespiratory System•3 minutes
  • Planes of Motion•5 minutes
  • Training in all Three Planes of Motion•1 minute
  • Anatomical Terminology•7 minutes
1 assignment•Total 75 minutes
  • Courses 1 and 2 Review Quiz•75 minutes
3 plugins•Total 101 minutes
  • YouTube Video: Posture, Movement, and Performance Assessments•43 minutes
  • YouTube Video: Behavior Change Coaching Review•43 minutes
  • YouTube Video: Basic and Applied Sciences Review•15 minutes

Rewatch the following videos to review essential content for the Final Exam. It is also recommended to go back through Courses Understanding Fitness Programming and Nutrition and Weight Management for Fitness Professionals to review the weekly readings and retake the knowledge check practice assignments.

What's included

22 videos1 assignment2 plugins

22 videos•Total 102 minutes
  • Cardio Training and Common Adaptations•2 minutes
  • Cardio Training Methodologies•5 minutes
  • Introduction to Zone Training•7 minutes
  • Introduction to Flexibility Training•7 minutes
  • Flexibility Training Methods•4 minutes
  • Introduction to Core Training•5 minutes
  • Core Stability vs. Core Strength•3 minutes
  • Introduction to Resistance Training•7 minutes
  • Resistance Training Methods•4 minutes
  • Defining Recovery•4 minutes
  • Recovery Modalities and Techniques•5 minutes
  • Nutrition for Health and Wellness•2 minutes
  • Reading Food Labels•6 minutes
  • Macro- and Micronutrients•5 minutes
  • Communicating Nutrition Advice•1 minute
  • The Digestive System•2 minutes
  • Metabolism•4 minutes
  • Common Diets•2 minutes
  • Eating Behaviors•4 minutes
  • Strategies for Diet Change•4 minutes
  • Physical Activity for Weight Management•3 minutes
  • Bodyweight vs. Body Composition•6 minutes
1 assignment•Total 75 minutes
  • Courses 3 and 4 Review Quiz•75 minutes
2 plugins•Total 71 minutes
  • YouTube Video: Exercise Technique and Training Instruction•43 minutes
  • YouTube Video: Nutrition Review•28 minutes

Click the link in the reading below to navigate to NASM.org to take your official NASM Personal Fitness Trainer certification exam. Before you can access the link, you must attest to the completion of your CPR/AED certification.

What's included

1 assignment1 app item

1 assignment•Total 5 minutes
  • CPR/AED Attestation•5 minutes
1 app item•Total 180 minutes
  • NASM Personal Fitness Trainer Exam•180 minutes

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Instructor

Casey DeJong
Casey DeJong
National Academy of Sports Medicine
5 Courses•17,702 learners

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For 34 years, the National Academy of Sports Medicine has been world-renowned for the quality of our personal trainers and the scientific rigor of our program. NASM offers an online Certified Personal Training program as well as NASM specializations to take your personal training skills to a whole new level. NASM courses were developed using our proprietary Optimum Performance Training™ (OPT™) model, a system based on scientific, evidence-based research. These courses maximize your skills and ability to help your clients excel beyond ordinary expectations, while improving your career opportunities.

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