Research and Studies

The manufacturers of the TITIN Force™ Shirt System, which is a compression shirt with 8 pounds of weighted inserts, say that wearing their product will lead to a 7 percent increase in energy expenditure during workouts. ACE enlisted the help of a team of researchers at the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse to put this claim to the test.

With the start of a New Year comes a huge wave of new clients looking to get healthy and fit. But what’s the best way to help someone get started exercising and, importantly, keep exercising over time? The latest ACE-sponsored research study, which set out to identify the best form of cardiorespiratory exercise for individuals just beginning an exercise program, may provide the answers health and fitness professionals have been searching for.

As a health and fitness professional, you educate and empower your clients to make better choices on their own, even when you're not there to guide them. While that is a worthwhile goal, will encouraging your clients to be more self-reliant eventually lead to them no longer needing your services? Our experts share tips for finding the right balance between encouraging self-reliance and creating a sustainable business model.

There’s nothing more frustrating for clients than to do everything you ask of them and still not see results. These clients are likely what researchers call non-responders. Exclusive ACE-sponsored research from the Western State Colorado University recently compared the ACE IFT Model to a more traditional training approach to determine if there is a difference in how well the two programs improve fitness and cardiometabolic health, particularly among non-responders.

By leveraging both gravity and an exerciser’s body weight, the TRX Suspension Trainer makes it possible to perform hundreds of exercises, making it a favorite among health and fitness professionals. Seeing a lack of research investigating the physiological responses to this type of training, ACE commissioned a study to quantify the acute and chronic responses to TRX Suspension Training.