Courses Approved by ACE

Health and fitness professionals can earn continuing education credits with courses created by trusted providers in the industry. ACE has rigorously evaluated these courses to ensure the content is valuable to pros.

In order to maintain the integrity of our continuing education offerings, we've set standards that each course must meet to gain ACE approval. All courses must provide information that is within the scope of practice for ACE Certified Professionals, and must all be conducted in structured learning environments.

As an ACE Certified Pro, you can explore these courses with confidence and perhaps consider turning your newfound expertise into your own ACE approved course. For more information on submitting your course for ACE approval, call (888) 825-3636 or email support@ACEfitness.org.

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All ACE-Approved Courses By Exercise Etc

Age Appropriate Strength Training

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

Ageless Intensity: High Intensity Workouts to Slow the Aging Process

  • Credits: 1.10
  • Course Type: Book | DVD

Athletic Body in Balance

  • Credits: 1.50
  • Course Type: Book | DVD

Avoiding Common Fitness Injuries

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

Baby Boomer Balance

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

Back Exercise

  • Credits: 1.00
  • Course Type: Book | DVD

Balance & Fall Prevention

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

Balance = Independence: Progressive Fall Prevention

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

Beyond Cardio: Sweat Equity and Weight Management

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

Big and Bold: Strength Training for Plus Size Women

  • Credits: 1.10
  • Course Type: Book | DVD

Cognition = Confidence: Cardio Exercise and Cerebral Blood Flow

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

Complete Guide to Foam Rolling

  • Credits: 1.00
  • Course Type: Book | DVD

Complete Guide to TRX

  • Credits: 1.00
  • Course Type: Book | DVD

Comprehensive Recovery Strategies

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

Conditioning to the Core

  • Credits: 1.10
  • Course Type: Book | DVD

Core Training: Working Hard or Hardly Working?

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

Core Workouts: From Outdated to Outstanding

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

Diet Lies and Weight Loss Truths

  • Credits: 1.00
  • Course Type: Book | DVD

Empowering Transformation: Managing Chronic Disease

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

Exercise to Improve Neck & Back Function

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

Facilitating Progress: Sustainable Exercise for the Older Spine

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

Fit to Move: Training to Prevent Re-injury

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

Forever Functional: An Integrated Approach to Balance Training

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

Form & Function: Assessing Movement Patterns

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

Full Body Flexibility

  • Credits: 0.70
  • Course Type: Book | DVD

Function = Freedom: Integrated Core Training

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

Function Rebuilt: Instructing Pulls, Rows and Curls

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

Function Reclaimed: Training Squats & Lunges

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

Function Recovered: Teaching Rotations & Deadlifts

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

Function Restored: Coaching Pushes, Presses & Dips

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

Functional exercise During Pregnancy

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

Functional Forever: Remedial Shoulder Exercises

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

Functional Training: Myths & Mystique

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

Fusion Workouts

  • Credits: 1.00
  • Course Type: Book | DVD

High Intensity Training: When Less is More

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

HIIT the Road: Portable High Intensity Workouts

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

Kettlebell Training

  • Credits: 1.70
  • Course Type: Book | DVD

Lift Weight to Lose Weight

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

Living Fearless: Exercise, Balance & Core Strength

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

Lower Body Conditioning: Transformative Training

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

Lunges: From Routine to Remarkable

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

Nancy Clark's Sports Nutrition Guidebook

  • Credits: 2.00
  • Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study

Never too Late: Functional Core Training for Seniors

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

Nutrient Timing for Peak Performance

  • Credits: 1.50
  • Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study

Old Age is not Contagious: Ageism in the Fitness Industry

  • Credits: 0.10
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

Partner Workouts

  • Credits: 0.80
  • Course Type: Book | DVD

Planks and Bridges: The Foundation of Fitness

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

Plant Based Sports Nutrition

  • Credits: 1.00
  • Course Type: Book | DVD

Progressive Synchronization: Training Before & After Hip or Knee Replacement

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

Pulls & Rows: From Antiquated to Amazing

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

Pure Power: Integrated Rotational Training

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

Pushes & Presses: From Tedious to Terrific

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

Putting the FUN in Function: How Laughter Affects Balance & Cognition

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

Rebuilding the Base: Overcoming Movement Compensations

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

Restoring Hope: Exercise & Parkinson's Disease

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

Retired, not Expired: Integrated Strength Training Drills

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

Reversing Dysfunction: Training Older Shoulders

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

Rotations & Hip Hinges: From Stodgy to Superlative

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

Secrets of Strength & Conditioning

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

Smarter Workouts

  • Credits: 2.00
  • Course Type: Book | DVD

Sports Injuries Guidebook, 2021

  • Credits: 2.00
  • Course Type: Book | DVD

Squats: From Essential to Exceptional

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

Standing Tall: Exercise and the Aging Spine

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

Step by Step: Gait, Posture and Deceleration

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

Strength & Conditioning for Seniors

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

Strength = Control: Age-Appropriate Conditioning Exercise

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

Strength Training for Fat Loss

  • Credits: 1.00
  • Course Type: Book | DVD

Strength Training Past 50

  • Credits: 0.90
  • Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study

Stretching Anatomy

  • Credits: 0.80
  • Course Type: Book | DVD

The Ankle: The Biomechanical Marvel

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

The Bionic Elder: Training with New Knees or Hips

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

The Defiant Senior: Exercise to Manage Chronic Illness

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

The Essential Hip: Reversing Gluteal Amnesia

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

The HIIT Advantage

  • Credits: 0.80
  • Course Type: Book | DVD

The Knee: AN Owner's Manual

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

The Knee: Top Trends in Training

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

The Modern Art & Science of Mobility

  • Credits: 1.10
  • Course Type: Book | DVD

The Shoulder: An Owner's Manual

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

The Shoulder: New School Training Techniques

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

The Solo Cup Balance Workout

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

Upper Body Conditioning: Innovations in Excellence

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

Walk the Walk: Functional Ambulation Drills

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

Weight Management: Secrets & Lies

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Live Workshop

Women, Exercise & Metabolism

  • Credits: 0.20
  • Course Type: Book | DVD