Exercise adherence provides fitness professionals with essential information for maximizing their clients’ exercise adherence and psychological benefit. This course uses a psychological perspective to examine the issue of exercise adherence. The fitness professional plays a critical role in clients’ long term success in achieving active lifestyles. Theoretical and practical information to help individuals adopt and adhere to exercise programs will be presented.
The overall objective of the course is to develop an increased awareness about creating exercise environments and programs that promote promoting physical activity participation and adherence.
Course Objectives
- Identify and understand psychological theories and models of health behavior as they apply to individual and group-based exercise adherence.
- Identify and understand factors that influence the initiation and maintenance of habitual physical activity participation.
- Understand current research findings in exercise adherence
- Synthesize, integrate, and apply current knowledge in the field of exercise psychology to create exercise programs and environments that promote physical activity participation across the lifespan.
Course contents include: 
Steps to completing this course
- Go to http://www.acefitness.org/acestore and log in.
- Click on "Online Learning Courses" in the "My Account" section.
- Choose your course and complete as necessary.
- 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.
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| *All pop up blockers should be disabled (includes Yahoo! and Google toolbars) |
The overall objective of the course is to develop an increased awareness about creating exercise environments and programs that promote promoting physical activity participation and adherence. Course Objectives Identify and understand psychological theories and models of health behavior as they apply to individual and group-based exercise adherence. Identify and understand factors that influence the initiation and maintenance of habitual physical activity participation. Understand current research findings in exercise adherence Synthesize, integrate, and apply current knowledge in the field of exercise psychology to create exercise programs and environments that promote physical activity participation across the lifespan.