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NEW AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EXERCISE MANUAL REPRESENTS INDUSTRY’S MOST UP-TO-DATE, COMPREHENSIVE PERSONAL TRAINING RESOURCE

Posted: Jul 17, 2014 in

ACE Personal Trainer Manual (5^th Edition) Incorporates Expertise from Leading Experts in Allied Health, Exercise Science, and Behavioral Psychology 

SAN DIEGO, July 17, 2014 – Addressing the needs of an aging and increasingly overweight population, the American Council on Exercise (ACE) has released a new, comprehensive resource that prepares personal trainers to play a key role in the healthcare continuum.

The ACE Personal Trainer Manual (5^th Edition) provides exercise professionals with the latest evidence-based training solutions and complementary health-behavior strategies to empower clients to make meaningful changes and reach their goals for improved function, health, fitness, and performance.

“The world of fitness is rapidly changing, and it’s up to quality certification providers like ACE to keep members of our profession current,” said ACE President and CEO Scott Goudeseune. “Providing Certified Personal Trainers and other members of our industry with the latest science-based practical solutions will help them lead people more effectively to sustainable lifestyle change.”

The resource includes the enhanced ACE Integrated Fitness Training® (ACE IFT®) Model; a comprehensive system for exercise programming and health behavior change that personal trainers can adapt and apply to meet the unique health and fitness needs of each client. The ACE IFT Model was developed by ACE with input from leading experts in exercise physiology, behavior change, nutrition, applied kinesiology, and healthcare .

In addition to the manual, ACE has created a digital learning experience that brings the information to life through an online learning platform that includes applied videos and demonstrations, diagnostic sample tests, interactive syllabus with quizzes to assess learning, and an eBook platform that houses both the ACE Personal Trainer Manual (5^th Edition) and ACE’s Essentials of Exercise Science for Fitness Professionals text.

Incorporating the most modern technology in digital publications, the eBook allows aspiring personal trainers and industry veterans to access the content from virtually any mobile device or desktop. They can also bookmark and highlight key content, take notes, and access hyperlinks embedded in the text when connected to the Internet.

“It was important for us to create an ACE Personal Trainer Manual and study experience that delivers new answers to new questions that fitness professionals are encountering with today’s clients, and to deliver it in a way that caters to different learning types,” said ACE Chief Science Officer Cedric Bryant, Ph.D. “The result is truly a step forward for our industry and a clear reflection of ACE’s commitment to being a thought leader in our field.”

 

About ACE
The nonprofit American Council on Exercise (ACE) educates, certifies, and speaks for a growing network of 53,000-plus fitness professionals, health coaches and other wellness experts, a community ACE is leading more directly into the fight against physical inactivity and obesity. ACE advocates for recognition of its profession as a provider of primary prevention and obesity-management services, and it makes available to the public science-based information and resources on safe and effective physical activity and general healthy living. Headquartered in San Diego, ACE is the largest provider of health and fitness certifications accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA), the gold standard in the United States for assessing professional competence, ensuring people have access to fitness, health and wellness professionals that are properly trained, qualified and capable. For more information, call (800) 825-3636 or visit ACEfitness.org. AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EXERCISE, ACE and ACE logos are Registered Trademarks of the American Council on Exercise.

 

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