ACSM-ACS Cancer Exercise Specialist Course
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 […]
ACSM/NYSHSI Youth Fitness Specialist Certificate
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 […]
Industry Presented Webinar: The Female Athlete
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 […]
Measurement of the 24-Hour Activity Cycle
Presented by Benjamin D. Boudreaux, PhD The aim of this course is to provide fundamental underpinnings of the importance of measuring sedentary time, good quality sleep, light physical activity and moderate to vigorous physical activity in the 24-hour day and explore current technologies used to measure these behaviors, from gold standards to consumer use, the pros […]
Exercise Guidelines | Parkinson’s Disease
This course provides an overview of the known etiologies of Parkinson’s disease as well as its symptoms and treatment. The course also covers the impact of exercise and reviews the most up-to-date guidelines and special considerations for exercise in Parkinson’s disease. This course includes an online published presentation and a course evaluation. All course content […]
Exercising Success | Expert Perspectives
This series of courses introduces you to successful professionals from a variety of exercise professions. Hear them describe how they’ve contributed to the exercise community, why they are considered successful, what actions they took to achieve success, and the advice they have for anyone interested in pursuing a similar career. In this episode, you will […]
Rethinking your 30 Minutes, is it really enough?
1 CEC Presented by Benjamin D. Boudreaux, PhD The aim of this course is to introduce the concept of the 24-hour movement paradigm, consider the impact of sedentary time on health, and take away key factors of the movement prescription to reduce sedentary behavior. Moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity has an established preventive role in cardiovascular […]
Guidelines to Exercise | An Introduction
1 CEC The aim of this course is to give the foundation of general exercise guidelines, define key terminology, review current general guidelines, and give recommendations for reducing the incidence and severity of exercise-related complications for primary and secondary prevention programs. This course outlines the basics of exercise guidelines, which provide evidence-based recommendations for the […]
The 24-Hour Movement Paradigm and Sleep
1 CEC Presented by Benjamin D. Boudreaux, PhD The aim of this course is to introduce sleep into the concept of the 24-hour movement paradigm, consider the impact of sleep on health, and take away key factors of the movement prescription to improve health. In the first course in this series, we considered the impact of sedentary […]
Industry Presented Webinar | Follow Your Gut
Addressing Factors that Hinder and Support Athlete Gut Health 1 CEC Sponsored by: Gatorade Sports Science Institute Course Description The presentation is focused on how diet, exercise, and stress can impact the gut microbiota and gut health. We will also review some of the evidence regarding the gut microbiota of athletes and the effectiveness of probiotics in the prevention/treatment […]
