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Screening and Assessment for Exercise Programming

Provider: ACE-American Council On Exercise View ConEd Provider Profile
CECs: 0.1
Type: Distance Learning
4 out of 5 stars
(74 Ratings)
$19.97

Course Description

Course contents include:  

Physical activity plays an important role in improving health and vitality, particularly for individuals who face health challenges such as diabetes, obesity and cardiovascular disease. This course, which is based on a chapter from ACE’s Clinical Exercise Specialist Manual, will provide you with the tools necessary for conducting proper pre-exercise screening and assessment. Such an evaluation process is particularly important when working with midlife/older clients. The course also includes important forms (available as PDF downloads) which you can use in your personal training practice:
  • ACE Health History Inventory (long version)
  • Physician Referral for Client to Exercise
  • Authorization for Release of Protected Health Information


Course Objectives

  • Outline the benefits of conducting a pre-activity health history and screening, particularly for individuals who face health challenges.
  • Identify the major risk factors for coronary heart disease.
  • Discuss the importance of informed consent and liability waivers related to personal training services.
  • Understand adult learning and the modification of the physical assessment or exercise program for individual needs


Steps to completing this course
  1. Go to http://www.acefitness.org/acestore and log in.
  2. Click on "Online Learning Courses" in the "My Account" section.
  3. Choose your course and complete as necessary.
  4. After successful completion of the quiz your CECs will automatically be added to your ACE account.

Please note: This online only course does not include a book/DVD/CD. You will not receive any additional items by mail when making your purchase.

Recommended System Specifications
The ACE Online Learning courses are designed for the best experience using a system that meets the following specifications:
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Customer Ratings

Average Customer Rating:
4 out of 5 stars
(74 Customer Ratings)

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Rated by: Mark (ACE-certified Professional)

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Comments: I regret taking this course. it is repeat from ACE personal training manual.

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Rated by: Mary (ACE-certified Professional)

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Comments: Good review & update of the latest recommendations. I would have liked to have seen which questions I got wrong and reviewed them, however.

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Comments: good review> wish i new what i missed

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Rated by: SANDY (ACE-certified Professional)

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Comments: I JUST PASSED THE ACE TEST AND THIS WAS VERY GOOD MATERIAL TO GIVE ME THE CONFIDENCE IN PERFORMING REAL LIFE ASSESSMENTS.

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Rated by: Karen (ACE-certified Professional)

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Comments: Very short, but concise and covered important areas pertaining to the health and safety of the client.

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Rated by: Karen (ACE-certified Professional)

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Comments: If you've already taken the PT cert., this info was covered, however, I appreciated the review. Thank you!

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Comments: Didn't learn much new from this course...a good review, I guess.

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Rated by: Bryan (ACE-certified Professional)

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Comments: This was an outstanding test with good questions pertaining to "real world" client issues.

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Rated by: Lisa (ACE-certified Professional)

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Comments: This course was a good refresher.

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Rated by: Iuliana (ACE-certified Professional)

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Comments: This course although is short, it offers an comprehensive review of screening and assessments issues clarifying and concentrating information.

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Comments: Excellent reveiw of information.

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Comments: the results flashed by so quickly i couldn't see which question i got wrong to find the correct answer

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Rated by: Lisa (ACE-certified Professional)

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Comments: Very broad information. I expected to have more definite screening proceedures mentioned in this course.

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Rated by: Cynthia (ACE-certified Professional)

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Comments: I would have liked to review the question I missed. Didn't have that chance.

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Comments: Course was fine, I took (and passed) the test several times (over several months) before the scores posted properly on the website.

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Comments: Not much new information, especially if you took the personal trainer exam

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Comments: some of the information on the test could have been reviewed better in the reading material...such as having a couple of case studies to look at, etc

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Comments: Great refresher course and great practice. I enjoyed the review

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Comments: Very helpful and informative. Excellent information for trainers who are just starting up.

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Comments: I would like to be able to see the questions that I got wrong, so that I can learn from them.

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Comments: good information for methods to assess elder and special populations

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Comments: Again I was pleased with how the prep covered everything on the exam and it went well

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Comments: While important, the information seemed to be a prerequisite of becoming certified. More advanced information would have been helpful.

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Comments: I've already reccomended a few trainers from my work place to check this out!