Many candidates are a bit overwhelmed by the information they see when they first open their study materials. The ACE’s Essentials of Exercise Science for Fitness Professionals manual and the first four chapters of the ACE Group Fitness Instructor Manual are filled with information on foundational exercise science.

So the day has finally come. Your exam preparation materials have arrived on your doorstep. You carry them inside, carefully rip into the box, and start unpacking. And the materials keep coming. Like clowns out of a VW. And you sit down, and stare, and wonder…where should I start?