Continuing Education
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, ext. 782 or email support@ACEfitness.org.
All ACE-Approved Courses By IDEA Health and Fitness - Cruz Bay
21st Century Body Sculpt
- Credits: 0.10
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Advanced And Progressive Mechanics Of Lifting And Strength Training
- Credits: 0.10
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Battle Rope Mastery
- Credits: 0.10
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Beyond the Macros: Placing the Focus Back on Nutrient-Dense Foods
- Credits: 0.10
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Body Weight Training – Amped Up
- Credits: 0.10
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Complete Program Design for the Obese/Overweight Client
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Creative Circuits—Five Steps to Better Program Design
- Credits: 0.10
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Cue Movement and Exercise With Hip Anatomy, by NFPT
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
East Meets West: A Mindful Approach to Health Coaching
- Credits: 0.10
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Eating a Lower Inflammatory Diet
- Credits: 0.10
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Fascial Line Mobility
- Credits: 0.10
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
From Neck to Knees….More Than Just Core!
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
From The Hip
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Functional Assessment for Special Populations
- Credits: 0.10
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Functional Balance Circuits for the Active Adult
- Credits: 0.10
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Functional Balance For The Active Aging Adult By Activmotion Bar
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Functional Power Training for Older Clients
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Hidden Secrets To Core Performance
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
High-Intensity Kettlebell Training
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Insights Into Functional Training: Principles, Concepts, & Application
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Make Your Barre Classes a HIIT
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
REACH More Clients: Be Loud and Proud
- Credits: 0.10
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Rescue Your Knees - Look at Your Feet
- Credits: 0.10
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Run Injury-Free: Understanding Impact Forces
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Run Your Business and Life Like a Boss: The Savvy Trainer’s Guide to Success
- Credits: 0.60
- Course Type: Live Workshop
SGT Ken's Boot Camp™ Instructor (Level One)
- Credits: 0.80
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Solutions for Training Post-pregnancy Clients
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
The Better, Not Perfect, Nutrition Plan
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
The Death of Crunches: 20 True Core Exercises
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
The Matrix - Innovative Group Strength Design
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
The Online Fitness Frontier
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
The Roll Model Fascial Makeover: Prioritize Your Periphery
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
The Warm Up Makeover: Start With A Bang!
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Three-Dimensional Kettlebell Training
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Translating Today's Nutrition Science for Your Clients
- Credits: 0.10
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
TriggerPoint Corrective Strategies for Hip Dysfunction
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
TriggerPoint Corrective Strategies for the Foot and Ankle
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Weighing the Evidence Behind Nutrition Research
- Credits: 0.10
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Yoga: Progressions and Regressions
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
2019 IDEA® Personal Trainer Institute East
- Credits: 2.00
- Course Type: Live Conference
2019 IDEA® Personal Trainer Institute South
- Credits: 1.80
- Course Type: Live Conference
A Different Look at Core Training: The Backside
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Active Resistance Training: Total Body Mat Practice
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Anatomy of a Fitness Business
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Anatomy: Reconnect With Your Spine Muscles
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Assessment and Corrective Exercise Strategies for Improved Shoulder Function
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Back to Basics With Anatomy
- Credits: 0.10
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Balanced Body®: Pilates Smart Core Challenge
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Balancing Hormones for Optimal Weight Loss
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Balancing Hormones through Nutrition
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Become a World-Class Coach: Top Seven Must-Dos to Create Success and Significance
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Beyond Randomness: Exercise Selection Based on Movement Screening
- Credits: 0.10
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Blast Your Abs, Glutes and Core - A Big HIIT With Your Clients
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Can Technology Be Harnessed to Inspire Lasting Behavior Change?
- Credits: 0.10
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Cardio-Strength Circuits For Fun And Function
- Credits: 0.10
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Caving to the Craving: The New Science of Food Addiction and Recovery...With a Twist
- Credits: 0.10
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Communicating With Your Female Clients for Breakthrough Results
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Core Connections: Progression Strategies to Enhance Core Function
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Cue Movement and Exercise With Abdominal Anatomy, by NFPT
- Credits: 0.10
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Designing a Self-Myofascial Release Program
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Exercise Is Medicine (EIM)—From Doctor to Trainer to Client Success!
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Extreme Equipment-LESS Bootcamp
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Fascia Release for Yoga
- Credits: 1.00
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Fat-Loss Programming for Your Female Clients
- Credits: 0.10
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Food for Thought: Brain, Gut, Microbes, Diet
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Functional Circuits for Aging Clients
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Fundamental Principles of Upper Body Training
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
GENERATE Buzz With Simple Marketing
- Credits: 0.10
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Goodbye INFObesity, Hello Action Plan
- Credits: 0.10
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Group Exercise Applications for the Posterior Chain
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
HIITs Blitz
- Credits: 0.10
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
How Hormones and Metabolism Change the Training Game for Females
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
How To Fix A Broken Diet: 3 Ways To Get Your Eating On Track
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
How to Run Your Own “Drop Two Sizes” Challenge
- Credits: 0.10
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
How to Safely Introduce Plyometrics Into Your Clients' Routines
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
I Q U Do: The Art of Intelligent Coaching
- Credits: 0.10
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Insights Into Lower Back Pain & Functional Solutions
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Intermittent Fasting: Science or Fiction?
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Is It Time to Eat Yet? Nobel Prize-Winning Body Clock Science Has the Answer
- Credits: 0.10
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
It Takes Guts! Connecting the Brain, Diet and Microbiome
- Credits: 0.10
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Kettlebell Rehab: Hardstyle Methods in Corrective Exercise
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Little Tweaks for Big Results!
- Credits: 0.10
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Metabolic Disruption
- Credits: 0.10
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Motivational Interviewing Skills Produce Targeted Results
- Credits: 0.10
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Motivational Interviewing: Help Clients Own Talk That Drives the Walk
- Credits: 0.10
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Olympic Lifting – The Mechanics and Progressions
- Credits: 0.10
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Optimize Function and Mobility with Strong and Stable Shoulders and Glutes
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Pain Free Movement—The Science and Application
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Pilates 50/50
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Pilates on the Ball
- Credits: 0.10
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Posture Improvement Workshop
- Credits: 0.10
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Power Core for Sports and Fitness Performance
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Practical Applications for Corrective Exercise
- Credits: 0.60
- Course Type: Live Workshop
Promote Behavior Change With Better Coaching
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Protein Obsessed: Sorting the Truth From the Hype
- Credits: 0.10
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Protein Overload: Are You Eating More Than You Need?
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Proven Strategies to Build Your Brand Using YouTube
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Putting Heart into Mind-Body Training
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Restoring Fundamental Movement Patterns with Corrective Strategies
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Rock Solid!
- Credits: 0.10
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
SGT Ken® and Stephanie's Fitness Business Basics™
- Credits: 0.80
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Sleep Science for Fitness Professionals
- Credits: 0.10
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Spinal Stabilization Versus Pelvic Stabilization
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Strength Training for Optimal Results
- Credits: 0.10
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Techniques to Rehabilitate and Protect the Knees
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
The Business of Group Exercise Beyond the Numbers
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
The BYOB Workout
- Credits: 0.10
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
The Female Glute Relocation Program
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
The Female Lumbo-Pelvic Complex
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
The Female Physique: The Link Between Nutrition, Hormones and Strength Training
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
The Forgotten Five: Essential Muscles for Functional Movement
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
The Science of Functional Aging
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
The Ultimate Light Dumbbell Workout
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
ThinkFit™ Flexibility: Dynamic Stretching Tricks and Tools
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Today’s Food Conversation
- Credits: 0.10
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Total Massage, Relaxation and Beyond
- Credits: 0.10
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Training Fascia—Research Developments in Fibrous Connective Tissue Training
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
TriggerPoint™ for Movement: Hip and Shoulder Mobility
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
TriggerPoint™: Myofascial Compression™ Techniques for Injury Prevention and Better Movement
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Understanding and Interpreting the Functional Movement Screen
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Understanding the Female Pelvic Core Neuromuscular System
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Upper Extremity Mechanics and Techniques
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Using Function to Avoid Dysfunction in Aging
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Winning Group Strength Program Design
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Yoga Anatomy 101 Certificate
- Credits: 1.00
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Yoga for Optimal Client Performance
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Yoga: Adjust Me Puhleeeeeze!
- Credits: 0.10
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
Your Guide to Stronger Legs and Great Glutes!
- Credits: 0.20
- Course Type: Self-Paced / Home Study
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