American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) credentialing is the most respected in the health and fitness industry. Viewed as the best measure of competence of sports medicine and health and fitness professionals, it requires the highest level of knowledge and skills and establishes the standard for all other certifications. Other programs have used ACSM certification as a model, but none have achieved ACSM’s high standards. ACSM Certified Personal Trainer: The examination consists of 150 multiple choice questions of which 120 are scored while 30 are pre-test items. The time allotted to complete the examination is 2.5 hours. The content areas covered in the exam are:
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Exercise Prescription (Training) and Programming 28%
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Exercise Physiology and Related Exercise Science 24%
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Health Appraisal and Fitness Exercise Testing 13%
  • Clinical and Medical Considerations 10%
Nutrition and Weight Management 9%
  • Safety, Injury Prevention and Emergency Procedures 8%
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Human Behavior 4%
  • Program Administration, Quality Assurance, and Outcome Assessment 4%
ACSM Certified Health Fitness Specialist: The examination consists of 140 multiple choice questions of which 125 are scored while 15 are pre-test items. The time allotted to complete the examination is 3.5 hours. The content areas covered in the exam are:
  • Exercise Prescription and Programming 31%
  • Exercise Physiology and Related Exercise Science 23%
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Health Appraisal and Fitness Exercise Testing 12%
  • Nutrition and Weight Management 8%
Program Administration, Quality Assurance, and Outcome Assessment 8%
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Safety, Injury Prevention and Emergency Procedures 7%
  • Pathophysiology and Risk Factors 5%
  • Human Behavior 4%
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Electrocardiography and Diagnostic Techniques 1%
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Medical and Surgical Management 1%
ACSM Certified Clinical Exercise Specialist: The examination consists of 135 multiple choice questions of which 100 are scored while 35 are pre-test items. The time allotted to complete the examination is 3.5 hours. The content areas covered in the exam are:
  • Health Appraisal and Fitness Exercise Testing 26%
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Exercise Prescription (Training) and Programming 19%
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Electrocardiography and Diagnostic Techniques 17%
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Exercise Physiology and Related Exercise Science 10%
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Pathophysiology and Risk Factors 10%
Human Behavior 5%
  • Safety, Injury Prevention and Emergency Procedures 5%
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Nutrition and Weight Management 2%
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Patient Management and Medications 2%
  • Program Administration, Quality Assurance, and Outcome Assessment 2%
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Medical and Surgical Management 2%


ACSM Registered Clinical Exercise Physiologist: The examination consists of 140 multiple choice questions of which 125 are scored while 15 are pre-test items. The time allotted to complete the examination is 3 hours. The content areas covered in the exam are:
  • Health Appraisal, Fitness and Clinical Exercise Testing 25%
  • Exercise Prescription and Programming 21%
  • Exercise Physiology and Related Exercise Science 19%
  • Medical and Surgical Management 13%
  • Pathophysiology and Risk Factors 9%
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Human Behavior 5%
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Safety, Injury Prevention, and Emergency Procedures 4%
  • Program Administration, Quality Assurance and Outcome Assessment 4%

 

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