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CEU Courses
 

With new research findings and continuously evolving training techniques, it is vital that trainers stay on top of the dynamic health and fitness training industry to be successful in the personal training profession. As part of your NCSF personal training certification the NCSF requires all Certified Personal Trainers complete ten CEU’s over a two year period to maintain certified status. The NCSF offers certified professionals the option of participating in any number of NCSF CEU courses to fulfill the continuing education requirement and maintain an updated knowledge base.

 
 
 
Exercising Through your Pregnancy
 
 
Textbook, Workbook and Exam

6 NCSF CEUs | 12 CDR CPEs

Exercising Through Your Pregnancy course gives you the information you need to remain active and healthy before, during, and after your pregnancy. Based on Dr. James Clapp’s extensive research, the book explains the effects of regular exercise on all phases of pregnancy...more
 
List Price:$149.00
 
 
 
 
Periodization Training for Sports CEU Course
 
 
Textbook, Workbook and Exam

5 NCSF CEUs | 10 CDR CPEs

Periodization is all about maximizing your training. By varying the timing and intensity of your workouts, you will get the greatest gains in strength, speed, power, and endurance.
 
List Price:$149.00
 
 
 
 
Strength Training for Young Athletes CEU Course
 
 
Textbook, Workbook, Exam

6.0 NCSF CEUs | 12 CDR CPEs

The course begins with scientifically researched background information on children and strength training. You’ll learn why resistance training is safe for children and what they can gain from it.
 
List Price:$129.00
 
 
 
 
Weight Management for Health Professionals CEU Course
 
 
Textbook, Manual, Exam

8.0 NCSF CEUs

The Nutrition and Weight Management for Health Professionals offered by the NCSF provides an in-depth look at the complex relationships between diet, lifestyle habits, nutritional intake, physical activity and health.
 
List Price:$209.00
 
 
 
 
Low Back Disorders, 2nd Edition CEU course
 
 
Textbook, Workbook, Exam

7 NCSF CEUs | 14 CDR CPEs

This cutting edge course is designed to provide professionals with the most recent research findings in low back function. Utilizing the latest in risk assessment, load measurement and preventive measures, Low Back Disorder is a must for any professional looking to increase their knowledge on evaluating lumbar spine stability, developing exercise programs as well as integrating advanced exercise techniques…more
 
List Price:$199.00
 
 
 
 
Functional Fitness for Older Adults
 
 
Textbook, Workbook, Exam

5 NCSF CEUs | 10 CDR CPEs

Functional Fitness for Older Adults is an illustrated course for activity professionals working with adults over the age of 65—especially those who are unable to complete activities of daily living because of poor functional fitness levels. This course provides you with physical activity programs that are proven to be both safe and effective for improving the functional performance levels of your participants as well as improving their health-related quality of life.
 
List Price:$139.00
 
 
 
 
Designing Resistance Training Programs
 
 
Textbook, Workbook, Exam

7 NCSF CEUs | 14 CDR CPEs

Resistance training is based on underlying principles, concepts, and definitions. Many factors need to to be considered when designing a resistance training program to successfully meet the needs and goals of a trainee. With the Designing Resistance Training Programs course you will learn how to:
  • Design scientifically sound resistance training programs
  • Modify and adapt programs to meet the needs of special populations
  • Understand how exercise prescription design works in the real world
 
List Price:$199.00
 
 
 
 
The Business of Personal Training Course
 
 
Workbook Manual and Exam

3.5 NCSF CEUs

Starting a business can be a very complicated process and the risks for failure are high. Personal training businesses are no different, so to succeed you must take the right approach. The business of personal training program will help guide you through the start up process and help you make the right decisions regarding your business. Knowledge is the key to success and this course can dramatically help your chances of starting and operating a successful personal training business.
  • Creating a Business Plan
  • Business Structure
  • Licensing and Insurance
  • Marketing Channels
  • Pricing and Scheduling
  • Hiring Employees
  • Managing your Business
 
List Price:$89.00
 
 
 
 
Flexibility for Sports Performance
 
 

3 NCSF CEUs | 6 CDR CPEs

This new DVD course moves fitness professionals through a series of self-assessments, which allows for identification of areas requiring improvement and establishes a baseline for a flexibility program. Additionally, the program will identify exercise techniques designed to avoid injury and optimize muscle function on the court, field, course, track, mat, or in the water.

 
List Price:$89.00
 
 
 
 
Power for Sports Performance
 
 

3 NCSF CEUs | 6 CDR CPEs

Successful athletes must demonstrate good technique, proper conditioning, and a strong competitive spirit to execute winning performances. But one factor that decisively separates elite athletes from the rest of the pack is their ability to produce explosive, powerful efforts on demand. Generating the necessary power is only possible through an effective, multi-faceted power-training program designed to develop, enhance, and harness athletic power. Power for Sports Performance provides the tools to build a program for your needs, your sport, and your goals.

 
List Price:$89.00
 
 
 
 
Speed for Sports Performance
 
 

3 NCSF CEUs | 6 CDR CPEs

From football to tennis, track and field to volleyball, speed is a critical component of every athlete’s repertoire. Even recreational athletes often desire to increase speed. However, the proper way to design a safe and effective speed-training program is uncommon knowledge. Speed for Sports Performance will instruct fitness professionals in the proper way to assess and increase reaction time, technique, stride, mobility, and first-step explosiveness ultimately leading to increases in acceleration, maximum speed, and endurance. The different phases of the season within the calendar year are taken into consideration and exercises to decrease recovery time from/prevent injury are also explained.

 
List Price:$89.00
 
 
 
 
High Powered Plyometrics Course
 
 
Textbook, Workbook, DVD, Exam

4.5 NCSF CEUs | 9 CDR CPEs

Plyometrics is an essential part of strength and conditioning programs for the top athletes in nearly every sport. High-Powered Plyometrics provides the most systematic, comprehensive, and practical study of plyometrics available and can give you performance gains you never thought possible through 77 advanced exercises for explosive sports training.


High-Powered Plyometrics takes you step-by-step through high-level plyometric training, beginning with an understanding of the principles of how and why plyometrics works. It details proper training techniques and equipment, safety and injury prevention, and targeted training drills to develop your lower, middle, and upper body. You also get advanced tips to take you to the elite stages of training with discussions on periodization, long-term planning, and progression training. More than 360 textbook photo illustrations as well as supporting video instruction provide 77 exercises to increase lower-, middle-, and upper-body power. Exercise descriptions and intensity guidelines provide step-by-step instructions to ensure correct technique and proper workload.

 
List Price:$119.00
 
 
 
 
Athletic Body in Balance
 
 
Textbook, DVD, Exam

4.5 NCSF CEUs | 9 CDR CPEs

Great athletes make difficult moves look effortless with a combination of skill, strength, and balance. Traditional conditioning builds a fitness base, but modern sports training takes into account athletic movement patterns. The Athletic Body in Balance course is the first of its kind to show you how to train for smooth, fluid movement and prevent muscle imbalances, mobility restrictions, stability problems, and injuries.


The Athletic Body in Balance program focuses on exposing deficiencies in order to form a foundation for long-term training gains. The course teaches you to identify functional weaknesses; correct imbalances; explore your potential; and refine sport-specific movement skills such as jumping, kicking, cutting, and turning. You will see where conditioning is breaking down and how to get your body back on track.

 
List Price:$119.00
 
 
 
 
Facilitated Stretching Course
 
 
Textbook, DVD, Exam

4.5 NCSF CEUs | 9 CDR CPEs

Facilitated Stretching provides trainers with a useful approach to incorporating PNF (proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation) stretching into their clients training programs. The course uses a regional approach to presenting muscle group functions around specific joints. You will learn how to stretch each major muscle in the body, both individually and in groups. In addition, you will discover how to appropriately use group pattern stretches to improve flexibility and coordination and individual muscle stretches to relax tight muscles and break up adhesions within or between muscles. Instruction is provided for using the techniques on your own or with a partner and includes the following:

  • A companion DVD that demonstrates live stretching techniques from the book for a clearer understanding
  • New stretching routines for a variety of popular activities including running, golf, swimming, cycling, and throwing and racket sports
  • General stretches and stretches for older participants
  • Stretching activities with added strength work using stability balls and elastic bands
  • Stretching and strengthening tips for managing and preventing common soft-tissue injuries

More than 350 photographs showing the progression of stretches enrich the book while the 60-minute DVD demonstrates the stretches and strengthening exercises in even more detail. Icons are featured throughout the text, indicating which exercises are demonstrated on the DVD. A unique binding also allows you to lay the book flat while performing the exercises without losing your place. The DVD serves as a great visual tool for improving your technique and getting the most out of your routines.

 
List Price:$119.00
 
 
 
 
Core Assessment and Training
 
 
Textbook, DVD and Exam

4.5 NCSF CEUs | 9 CDR CPEs

Our understanding of the importance of core health for injury prevention, athletic performance, and rehabilitation grows each day. Make sure you can offer your clients safe and effective programs with Core Assessment and Training. In this book and DVD video program, you will learn to assess each client’s baseline core function and develop an individualized program to meet his or her needs.


Core Assessment and Training covers all aspects of core training—from basic to advanced core exercises, stretches, and plyometrics. Whether you are a personal trainer, strength coach, or rehabilitation professional, this reference will help you learn these essentials:
  • Functional anatomy of the core musculature
  • Core assessment and functional testing techniques
  • Fundamentals of program design for core training
  • Special considerations for core training for various sports and core-specific injuries and conditions
 
List Price:$119.00
 
 
 
 
Bosu Strength and Athletic Conditioning for Personal Trainers
 
 
3 NCSF CEUs

The Bosu Strength and Athletic Conditioning for Personal Trainers continuing education course provides you with the opportunity to learn movement skills, exercises and drills that will help develop high levels of functional strength and power, dynamic flexibility and balance, as well as agility. Using a Bosu and a variety of other equipment, this continuing education course shows you how to develop strength and improve overall functionality and athleticism in your clients.

 
List Price:$89.00
 
 
 
 
Strength Ball Training
 
 
3 NCSF CEUs

The Strength Ball Training CEU course examines the use of training balls in the development of strength, power, coordination, balance, and core stability. The use of exercise balls allows individuals to train the body as a linked system rather than targeting muscles in isolation.

 
List Price:$89.00
 
 
 
 
Resistance Training Instruction: Trunk
 
 
3 NCSF CEUs

Resistance Training Instruction: Trunk is a continuing education course that focuses on strengthening and developing the trunk and core musculature. The core muscles, or what is oftentimes referred to as “the inner unit” work interdependently with the outer abdominal and oblique musculature to stabilize the spine and produce a variety of movements. The program demonstrates how to correctly perform and instruct numerous resistance and physioball exercises to strengthen the core muscles and trunk region.

 
List Price:$89.00
 
 
 
 
Functional Testing in Human Performance
 
 
Textbook, DVD, Exam

7 NCSF CEUs

Functional Testing in Human Performance offers professionals the first-ever compilation of information on clinical and data-based functional testing for sport, exercise, and occupational settings. This unique program serves as a primary resource for accurate assessment of individuals’ functional abilities in order to develop program prescriptions to enhance their performance.


The Functional Testing in Human Performance course defines the role of function in physical performance and how it can be appropriately tested. Especially helpful for personal trainers, the program explains testing criteria, testing terms relevant to research, and selecting the most appropriate test and testing sequence. Common testing mistakes are also presented as well as pitfalls to avoid when assessing. The course also includes case studies that illustrate a variety of situations—including testing for a client recovering from a lower-extremity injury, discussing preseason testing for a large group of athletes, and presenting the study of a client in an occupational setting. These cases include detailed statistical analysis and normative data, offering trainers the opportunity to consider the application of functional testing and implementation strategies adaptable to their specific practice setting.

 
List Price:$179.00
 
 
 
 
Explosive Lifting for Sports
 
 
Textbook, DVD Video, Exam

4.5 NCSF CEUs

The movements in competitive weightlifting – the snatch, clean, jerk, and other variations – can develop a more powerful athlete, no matter what the sport. The Explosive Lifting for Sports continuing education course shows how to incorporate these exercises into your own sports training program.


The course demonstrates the safest, most effective learning progressions for the snatch, clean, jerk, pulling assistance exercises, squat, and other key lifts. In-depth instructions for each lift allow you to safely master movement technique in a step-by-step fashion and develop the strength, power, and speed necessary for high level athletic performance. Included are specific power development programs for 10 different power sports: football, baseball, basketball, soccer, volleyball, hockey, track and field, wrestling, racket sports, and competitive weightlifting.


Olympic style lifting is an essential element in any sports performance program and mastery of these movements aid in developing whole-body power, which in turn allows for improvements on the field or on the court.

 
List Price:$119.00
 
 
 
 
Sport Nutrition
 
 
Textbook, Exam

7 NCSF CEUs

The Sport Nutrition continuing education course presents the principles, background, and rationale for current nutrition guidelines, specifically for athletes. Using a physiological basis, the program provides an in-depth look at the science behind sport nutrition. Personal Trainers will come away with a comprehensive understanding of nutrition as it relates to sport and the influence of nutrition on exercise performance, training, and recovery.


The course includes fuel sources for muscle and exercise metabolism, energy requirements for various sports, and a complete background in both the macronutrients (carbohydrate, fat, and protein) and micronutrients (vitamins and minerals). With more than 200 illustrations, highlight boxes, and tables and sidebars throughout the program, Trainers will be able to more easily grasp the scientific concepts presented in this course. Each lesson also includes learning objectives, key terms, and key points to help participants retain the information. The program presents not only nutrition principles but also the exercise biochemistry involved and the energy needs of athletes. Personal trainers will better understand how supplements may be used in an athlete’s diet, and they will learn how to separate fact from fallacy regarding the claims of the numerous nutritional supplements available today.


More than a simple prescription of recommendations, the NCSF Sport Nutrition course features a unique presentation that facilitates readers’ understanding of the science supporting the nutrition recommendations. As a result, Trainers will gain the knowledge and confidence to provide sound nutritional advice to athletic populations.

 
List Price:$199.00
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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