Lifestyle and Weight Management - (2nd Edition)

User Comments: I had thought the course would be more detailed about nutrition. Some subjects were repeated several times in different chapters, making the study less interesting.

User Comments: I feel like the knowledge obtained in this course will help me to sharpen my skills as a personal trainer. And eventually I look fwd. to obtaining the LWMC cert.

User Comments: I think the Lifestyle and Weight Management course provides a quantitative overview on nearly every aspect of dealing with clients who want to lose weight and manage their lifestyle while staying within the legal boundaries of our certification. What you should know before taking the test: Many of the questions on the test were not answered in the book. I copied the test questions and did outside research to answer about 15 questions so I would be prepared to pass when I did submit my answers. Nonetheless, I would recommend it because you can get enough CEC's to continue your certification in one course. Thank you ACE!

User Comments: HOLY MOLY EASY!!!!

User Comments: Not a whole lot that I did not already know.

User Comments: The LWMC Guidelines DVD was very informative, the Healthy Learning DVD was less so. Overall a very good course, wish the online test gave me more than just a completion certificate and more of a Certification like the Personal Trainer Cert.

User Comments: The book is an excellent reference for any trainer working with weight loss clients. I am pleased with the money spent just to have it in my office. My only criticism is not having which questions missed on the test revealed. You cannot improve your knowledge base if you do not know what was missed!

User Comments: My fault for not realizing, but for not alot more money you can take the certification exam. So, yes, I have the CECs, but it will cost me another $199 to take a longer version of the exam that I just passed to be certified.

User Comments: I have mixed feelings about this course. I felt that some of the questions were very straight forward and some were just meant to trick you. Some of the questions and answers were not straight forward and when using the book to reference some of the ones I didn't know, I still couldn't find the direct answers even after reading the book and the direct sections pertaining to the questions. I also felt there was more important information to be tested on than some of the questions asked.

User Comments: Exam is too specific for someone not working towards a Lifestyle and Weight Management Certification. For a general CEU course, much more general questions would seem to be appropriate.

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I will recommend this course only because it was a ridiculously easy way to acquire 2 CECs, not because of its educational value. I took the online test and passed before even receiving my printed materials. I thought that the reason CECs and continued education were a required (and welcome) part of being ACE certified was to ensure that our trainers, and ACE, set the “gold standard” for quality with regard to the level of expertise and professionalism in our field. The offering of courses of this level scream the fact that ACE is now more concerned with making money than it is with striving for quality and professionalism as it had in the past. It also speaks to the level of expertise of the individuals making the decision on the courses that meet what were, at one time, some of the highest standards in the industry. If this is the level of expertise needed to remain ACE certified I will have to think long and hard as to whether I will admit to clients that I carry this certification. It is because of courses like this that there is the glut of ill qualified people presenting themselves as personal trainers and fitness experts. It seems we may have come full circle: from an industry where qualified individuals were a rarity; to the high standards set by ACE and other reputable agencies and now back to an even more dangerous situation where virtually anyone, regardless of ability or education, can carry ACE credentials. This is not a good situation.

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User Comments: The book and the material are great, and I am excited to become a licensed LWMC later on. I took this course initially for my CECs. The online quiz is, in my opinion, NOT easy. There are too many very specific questions, or vaguely worded questions. Quiz takers, on the other hand, are not given a time limit and can take the quiz open-book. Still, be on guard against ACE's poorly written testing methods.

User Comments: Very fair way to receive CEC's. Good Program

User Comments: Great course! Very applicable to today's world and an easy read.

User Comments: This was by far the worst course I have taken in my 12 years with ACE!

User Comments: Material covered in quiz missed alot of information from book. I have a health science degree background in addition to my ACE. I found the quiz not hard at all. Good opportunity here to make 2.0 CEC's right off the bat!

User Comments: I did not feel all the questions were relevant to the book or dvd material. would liked to have seen the ones I got wrong.

User Comments: Very informative and presented in an interesting manner.

User Comments: I really enjoyed the course material. It was an excellent review of the initial certification test, and it provided new information well also. My only criticism is I think the test needs to be a little less specific. For example, a few answers to questions seemed like they were verbatim from the book, or not in the book at all. A LWMC will have resources to review specifics should questions pop up later in their careers. Therefore, I think a more comprehensive general understanding of the material would be more beneficial for this quiz.

User Comments: I agree with some of the comments written by people with negative feedback. I thought half of the test was good, the other half poor. some of the questions were not on important info/concepts but more like to see if the reader read every word. some of the questions I understood the question itself, but the answers were so vague I didn't feel like I could confidently answer with the choices. Some of the questions I never found the answers in the book so I just used other materials. Two of the questions even had words missing in the sentence. And the toughest part of all, I didn't pass on the first try and was never told what I missed to to retake and pass.

User Comments: I feel like the questions were worded poorly, which made it very difficult to pass. The material covered was very helpful, though.

User Comments: I recommended more study material , like flascards .