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Gain in-depth knowledge of senior fitness, including exercise programming, cognitive health, and behavior change strategies to help clients thrive in their golden years.

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Support older adults in their pursuit of improved strength, vitality, and independence, while helping them manage or prevent age-related diseases and cognitive decline.

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Earn a respected credential that demonstrates your expertise in senior fitness, setting you apart in a field with increasing demand for specialized trainers.

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To become an ACE Senior Fitness Specialist, you must complete the full curriculum and pass all quizzes with a score of 70% or higher. No prerequisites required. You'll receive a certificate, and your credential will never expire or need renewal.

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The ACE Senior Fitness Specialist Program offers a comprehensive approach to senior fitness, covering everything from exercise programming to brain health and behavior change. With expert guidance from the ACE Director of Science and Research, Sabrena Jo, PhD and brain health coach Ryan Glatt, MS, CPT, NBC-HWC, you'll learn how to support older adults in achieving their fitness and cognitive goals.

Coaching Senior Fitness is comprised of three components—our Coaching Senior Fitness textbook, video learning experiences and interactive activities, and quizzes to assess learning outcomes. The textbook is the most up-to-date, comprehensive resource for working with adults ranging from 50-100 years old.

The video learning experiences will provide a series of core, balance and functional assessments appropriate for senior clients. You’ll also get demonstrations and progressions of exercises based on the updated ACE Integrated Fitness Training® Model and special considerations specific to working with older adults.

Chapter 1:  An Introduction to the Senior Population
Unique characteristics of older clients regarding self-efficacy, fitness status, and memory

Chapter 2:  Motivation and Adherence
Building rapport with senior clients, important theories of behavior change related to the initiation and maintenance of new behaviors

Chapter 3:  Physiology of Aging and Exercise
Various biological theories of aging, the benefits of physical activity related to older adults and the physiology of aging and exercise

Chapter 4:  Senior Nutrition
Essential aspects of senior nutrition related to caloric, macronutrient, micronutrient, and hydration needs

Chapter 5:  Preparticipation Health Screening and Interview
Various methods for defining age, the aging process, and the importance of the preparticipation health screening and interview process

Chapter 6: ACE Integrated Fitness Training® Model 
The components of the ACE Integrated Fitness Training® (ACE IFT®) Model

Chapter 7:  Conducting Assessments
Appropriate health-related resting measurements and fitness assessments based on older clients’ health histories, goals and functional abilities

Chapter 8:  Exercise Programming
Strategies for designing and implementing a safe and effective exercise program

Chapter 9:  Common Health Challenges Faced by Older Adults
Common health challenges faced by older adults that health coaches and exercise professionals must understand in order to provide quality exercise programs

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This video-based course led by Ryan Glatt, personal trainer and brain-health coach, will teach you how lifestyle interventions, primarily exercise and physical activity, can benefit your clients’ brain health. You will learn about the different aspects of brain health with the primary focus being on the outcomes associated with cognition.

Each module includes a quiz.

Introduction Module: Brain Health Trainer
Learn the various stages of cognitive decline, such as Worried Well, Subjective Cognitive Decline, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Dementia and Alzheimer's Disease.

Module 1:  Understanding the Course of Cognitive Aging
Discuss how the brain changes with age and differentiate normal cognitive aging from neurodegenerative conditions.

Module 2:  Exercise and the Brain
Learn how exercise can change the brain, at what levels, and the acute variables within a Brain Health Exercise and Physical Activity Plan (BH-EPAP).

Module 3:  Becoming a Brain Trainer
Create a BH-EPAP using data from an intake and assessment process, and given information about a client's health status, current exercise plan, and brain health goals.

Module 4:  Cognitive-Physical Exercise Library
Apply cognitive tasks to existing exercise techniques, modify them according to an individual’s physical and/or cognitive performance on the combined cognitive-physical task, and specify what cognitive task category might need to be emphasized for a client.

Brain Health Trainer Resources
Enjoy additional resources and procedures that will enhance your ability to assess clients and better design BH-EPAPs.

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Apply what you have learned from the Coaching Senior Fitness and Brain Health Trainer courses by completing an interactive case study. You’ll receive sample conversations, featuring the ACE Mover Method™ and ACE ABC Approach™ to give you a chance to evaluate and interpret health-history and assessment information and ultimately design an exercise program using the ACE IFT® Model Exercise Programming template.

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Ann (ACE Certified Professional)

Very interesting course. Difficult but I Learned a lot

Novey (ACE Certified Professional)

Stella

Good coverage of senior health

Harvana (ACE Certified Professional)

If you are seeking to work with the senior population, this is the course you need.

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