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Professional Development Opportunities
Grip Strength, Resistance Training and Type 2 Diabetes
2024
Online
Presented by Elise Brown, Ph.D.
Discover how low muscular strength is related to increased cardiometabolic risk, including type 2 diabetes; learn about how normalized grip strength cut-points can predict increased cardiometabolic risk and type 2 diabetes in different age groups; and find out about the effectiveness of acute and chronic resistance training in people with type 2 diabetes.
This course was developed using content from ACSM’s 2023 From Around the Field webinar series.
Learning Objectives:
- Discuss the relationship between normalized muscular strength and cardiometabolic risk, including type 2 diabetes.
- Explain how normalized grip strength can be used to predict cardiometabolic risk in adolescents and young adults and type 2 diabetes in apparently healthy adults.
- Examine the effectiveness of a single bout and long-term use of resistance training to improve cardiometabolic risk factors in people with type 2 diabetes.
ICSESP Board Face to Face Meetings at the ESSA Conference in May
1-4 May
Sydney, Australia
The ICSESP Board will be coming together for a range of face to face meetings aligning with the Exercise & Sports Science Australia Research to Practice 2024 Conference 2-4 May, Sydney, Australia. Come along and join any of the open sessions to hear of the work of the confederation and ask any questions that you may have. The ICSESP Board members will be more than happy to chat at any time throughout the conference so come and introduce yourself.
Sessions include:
Wednesday 1 May
Morning – ICSESP Working Group Meeting (Closed)
Afternoon- ICSESP Board Strategic Planning Session A with invited Guests (Closed)
Evening – ICSESP Board social gathering with ESSA Board and Conference Invited Speakers
Thursday 2 May
Morning – ICSESP Board attending the conference sessions
Afternoon – ICSESP Board attending the conference sessions
Evening – ICSESP Board attending the Conference Welcome Reception
Friday 3 May
Early Morning- ICSESP Board Strategic Planning Session B with stakeholder engagement (Open online to Americas)
Morning – ICSESP Board attending the conference sessions
Lunchtime – ICSESP Board Strategic Planning Session C with stakeholder engagement (Open face to face)
Afternoon – ICSESP Board attending the conference sessions
Evening – ICSESP Board Strategic Planning Session D with stakeholder engagement (Open online to Asia, Africa and Europe)
Saturday 4 May
Morning – Conference Session ‘International Perspectives on the Discipline of Exercise Physiology’
Afternoon – ICSESP Board Strategic Planning Session D (Closed) and Board Meeting
For more information on the ESSA Research to Practice 2024 Conference click below
Guided imagery and visualisation for therapeutic change
13 May, 1 July, 23 Sept, 11 Nov
Leeds, London, Bristol, London
Strong emotions focus and lock attention – keeping people trapped in problem behaviours. Therapeutic change cannot happen until the emotional arousal is reduced. This is why all health and welfare professionals need to know how to induce the relaxation response in their clients. Guided imagery and visualisation not only reduce emotional arousal quickly but can be used to reframe life circumstances through metaphor and to rehearse in the imagination any required changed behaviours and/or feelings, which dramatically increases the likelihood of those changes taking place in ‘real life’.
If you want to be able to help people effectively, this is a key course to attend – guided imagery is an essential skill required for removing phobias, curing PTSD, lifting depression and overcoming addictions or self-harm, and is also useful for raising self-confidence and increasing motivation. When you become confident in using these skills, you can begin to bring patients out of the emotionally-driven trance states of a wide range of conditions such as anxiety disorders, addiction, anger, stress overload, trauma, depression, chronic pain and much more.
That is why guided imagery is one of the most powerful psychotherapeutic tools available to us – and one you need in your ‘toolkit’.
ACSM-ACS Cancer Exercise Specialist Course
2024
Online
The ACSM-ACS Cancer Exercise Specialist Course is for healthcare and fitness practitioners looking to provide safe, effective and individualized exercise programs to anyone living with or beyond a cancer diagnosis.
Why This Course?
Currently, there are approximately 18 million cancer survivors in the U.S., and according to the National Cancer Institute that number is expected to increase to 20.3 million by 2026. Cancer treatments result in many acute, chronic or late-appearing toxicities that can negatively impact the quality of life of those living with and beyond a cancer diagnosis. Over the past two decades, convincing evidence has emerged on the ability of exercise and physical activity programs to provide significant physical and psychological benefits, reduce many cancer treatment side effects, and potentially reduce the risk of cancer recurrence.
The American College of Sports Medicine® (ACSM) Cancer Exercise Trainer certification program has now been revised and expanded, in partnership with the American Cancer Society (ACS) and CanRehab®. This new ACSM-ACS Cancer Exercise Specialist Course is designed to increase the number of competent practitioners able to provide advice and deliver safe, effective and individualized exercise and physical activity programs based on the most current evidence.
ACSM/NYSHSI Youth Fitness Specialist Certificate
On demand
Online
13 CECs
The NYSHSI/ACSM Youth Fitness Specialist Certificate online course is designed for professionals who want to better understand the unique exercise physiology and needs of children and young athletes.
The course draws from the text ACSM’s Essentials of Youth Fitness and comprises three parts divided into a total of 16 modules, with the end goal of providing course-takers with the information they need to help youth of all ages and abilities participate in evidence-based training programs.
Industry Presented Webinar: The Female Athlete
On demand
Online
Industry-Presented Webinar | The Female Athlete: Energy and Nutrition Issues
1 CEC
Sponsored by: Gatorade Sports Science Institute (GSSI)
This course presentation will explore the importance of carbohydrate for female athletes and the sex differences in energy metabolism. In addition, the course presentation will discuss the key energy and nutrient issues most likely to occur in the female athlete, and methods for how health professionals can monitor energy and nutrition intakes to support both health and performance. This presentation will explore the importance of carbohydrate for female athletes and the sex differences in energy metabolism. In addition, the presentation will discuss the key energy and nutrient issues most likely to occur in the female athlete, and methods for how health professionals can monitor energy and nutrition intakes to support both health and performance.
After participation, the attendee should:
Explain the importance of carbohydrate for female athletes and the sex differences in energy metabolism;
Describe the potential challenges of applying sports nutrition recommendations to female athletes; and
Identify the health and performance implications of low energy availability.
