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By April on Monday, March 15, 2010 | 
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By April on Monday, March 08, 2010 |
It happens. You’ve been studying and preparing for your ACE certification exam. You’ve set the date and maybe even gotten directions to the location (hint, they’re on your admission ticket). But then…something changes.
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By April on Monday, March 01, 2010 |
Nutrition, along with physical activity, is a cornerstone of weight management. Understanding food labels is part of applying nutrition to your daily life. It is also something you may see during the certification exam.
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By April on Monday, February 22, 2010 |
In preparing for your exam, one number you want to be familiar with is 3500. That is, 1 pound of fat is equal to 3500 calories.
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By April on Monday, February 15, 2010 |
Body composition testing and evaluation is a popular subject among exercising individuals. Everyone wants to know how fat or lean they are and how soon they can lose the weight. As an exam candidate, you are presented with a wide variety of options.
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By April on Monday, February 08, 2010 |
Exam candidates frequently question if they will have to work with Vo2 on their certification exam. Are they going to have to measure Vo2max? How are they expected to do that really big equation? Especially without calculators?
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By April on Monday, February 01, 2010 |
The first part of your manual – be it the ACE Group Fitness Instructor Manual or the ACE 3rd edition Personal Trainer Manual – is packed with four chapters of background science. These chapters include information on exercise physiology, anatomy, biomechanics and applied kinesiology, and nutrition. All of which is great information to know, but can be a lot to take in when you’ve just started preparing for your exam.
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By April on Monday, January 25, 2010 |
When you learn you didn't pass your certification exam, the first step is to take a deep breath. Then maybe take one more. After you take your test you will receive is your score information in what I like to call the short version. This score reports the percent correct in each domain and the two written simulation scores if you took the ACE Personal Trainer certification exam.
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By April on Monday, January 18, 2010 |
Nutrition and exercise go hand in hand for fitness professionals and it's an important topic to grasp. As candidates preparing for an ACE exam, you review both topics, although exercise takes the bulk of study information for everyone except Lifestyle and Weight Management Consultant candidates.
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By April on Monday, January 11, 2010 |
Understanding how multiple choice questions are created can benefit you as a candidate by making an exam seem less confusing and scary when you first open it up. You’re more prepared for the questions and can put more focus into the content rather than trying to understand how questions are set up.
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By April on Monday, January 04, 2010 |
When preparing to become an ACE certified professional, it is important to study up on the topics and code of ethics covered under the professional responsibility umbrella.
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By April on Monday, December 21, 2009 |
Understanding how to measure intensity is a key concept in preparing to be a fitness professional. Before we can gauge how hard our clients are working, we have to know how to measure it.
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By April on Monday, December 14, 2009 |
Muscular strength and muscular endurance are qualities that often go hand in hand. When we are testing/evaluation clients we focus a lot on body composition and then sometime cardiovascular tests. Is it really necessary to see how strong our clients are before we start them out?
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By April on Monday, December 07, 2009 |
Vocabulary is an often overlooked study tool. The thing to remember is that vocabulary is essential to understanding the questions on the exam. If you don’t know what the question is asking, it’s hard to choose the right answer.
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By April on Monday, November 30, 2009 |
Understanding how to conduct baseline assessment – specifically cardiovascular assessment – is an important part of preparing to become a fitness professional.
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By April on Monday, November 23, 2009 |
There are several different combinations of materials you can purchase from ACE to prepare for your exam. As you are studying just remember…there’s no rule that says you can only read the materials once!
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By April on Tuesday, November 17, 2009 |
Program development (how to start a client) and program progression (how to advance a client) are key issues to study when preparing for your ACE certification exam.
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By April on Monday, November 09, 2009 |
The first step with programming – for personal training, group fitness, etc – is to remember that you begin in your own head. You don’t need to have someone in front of you to do this.
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By April on Monday, November 02, 2009 |
People learn in a variety of ways, learn how to teach your clients new skills and habits whether they're a visual, auditory or kinesthetic learner.
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By April on Monday, October 26, 2009 |
What you see when you are looking at a test question can sometimes be what isn’t there. I talk to candidates about reading into the question too much, otherwise known as ‘but what if there is this and that issue as well?’ My response...
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By April on Monday, October 19, 2009 |
With so many special populations, where should I focus my studies?
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By April on Monday, October 12, 2009 |
Less of the what and more of the how and why!
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By April on Tuesday, October 06, 2009 |
With two different study guide options, what the difference?
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By April on Monday, September 28, 2009 |
Find out all of the options to get sample questions before the big test.
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By April on Monday, September 21, 2009 |
What to do if you need special accomodations when taking the ACE certification exam.
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By April on Monday, September 14, 2009 |
Extra tips and tricks to make sure you have all your ducks in a row on exam day.
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By April on Tuesday, September 08, 2009 |
And we're not talking about your biceps or how you can run an 8 minute mile...
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By April on Tuesday, September 01, 2009 |
I heard you need experience to pass the ACE exam - but I've never worked in a gym before!
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By April on Monday, August 24, 2009 |
Do you know what's on your certification exam content outline? It's the blueprint to passing the exam!
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By April on Monday, August 17, 2009 |
Determine which type of ACE certification exam testing is right for you.
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By April on Monday, August 10, 2009 |
So where do you turn if you don't want to study for your ACE certification exam alone?
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By April on Monday, August 03, 2009 |
Psst! Over here! Step this way to find the secrets to the ACE Personal Trainer Exam written simulation...
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By April on Monday, July 27, 2009 |
How can I tell if my client needs a physician's clearance before they exercise?
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By April on Monday, July 20, 2009 |
Help! I don’t know how to start studying. All this material…all this information…what should I do?
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By April on Monday, July 13, 2009 |
Are you absolutely confused about relative VO2?
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By April on Monday, July 06, 2009 |
It's a bird...it's a plane...it's planes of motion!
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By April on Thursday, July 02, 2009 |
Wait a minute, there’s math on the exam? And I’m not allowed to bring a calculator?
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By April on Monday, June 22, 2009 |
Be sure you properly meet the CPR and AED requirements to sit for the ACE certification exams.
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By April on Monday, June 22, 2009 |
Worried about taking the ACE exam? Check out these helpful tips to conquer anxiety.
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By April on Monday, June 22, 2009 |
How - and how much - should you study anatomy in preparation for the ACE certification exam?
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By April on Thursday, May 28, 2009 |
Does my client need physician’s clearance before I start them on an exercise program? How do I use the ACSM risk factor chart in the book?
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