The ACSM Certified Personal Trainer™ (cPT) is a fitness professional involved in developing and implementing an individualized approach to exercise leadership in healthy populations and/or those individuals with medical clearance to exercise. Using a variety of teaching techniques, the cPT is proficient in leading and demonstrating safe and effective methods of exercise by applying the fundamental principles of exercise science. The cPT is proficient in writing appropriate exercise recommendations, leading and demonstrating safe and effective methods of exercise, and motivating individuals to begin and to continue with their healthy behaviors.
ACSM credentialing provides the best measure of competence of sports medicine and health and fitness professionals for clients and employers. It is the most rigorous in the industry, requiring the highest level of knowledge and skill and establishing the standard for all other certifications. Other programs have used ACSM certification as a model, but none has achieved ACSM's high standard.
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