4 Exercises to Leave Behind This Year

As we all look forward to the start of another year, many people are committing to improve their health and fitness in 2018. In an effort to keep evol...

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8 Fitness Trends for 2018

2017 is winding down and it’s almost time to flip the calendar to 2018. This is the perfect opportunity to gaze into the future and attempt to p...

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3 Days to Create a New You in the New Year

They are coming. The throngs of people clamoring for your time in a mad rush to get healthy. Be different and you can make a difference. Be more than...

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Functional Circuits for Older Adults

Small groups provide a great format for training older clients of all ages and ability levels, as it creates an environment of social interaction, mot...

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8 Things We Learned About Health and Fitness in 2017

It’s an exciting time for the fitness industry in general, and for health and fitness professionals in particular. Overall, the industry is doin...

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Dynamic Warm-ups and Sticking Finishes

The art of creating great group fitness classes comes when you understand how to put just as much attention to the beginning and end of the workout as...

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5 Dynamic Stretches for Downhill Snow Skiers

Most skiers loathe the chairlift on a chilly day. The muscles get stiff and the body cools down quickly. Dynamic stretches are an excellent solution f...

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Cancellation Policies: An Essential Guide for Health and Fitness Pros

Nobody likes to get cancelled on at the last minute. Especially when your career and livelihood depend on it. A cancellation policy is a form of writt...

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5 Basic Yoga Modifications to Get Clients Affected by Obesity Started

Individuals who have physical limitations associated with obesity may perceive yoga to be intimidating, uncomfortable and even impossible to attempt. ...

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What Are Your Older Adult Training Programs Missing?

More than 90 million adults in the U.S. (28% of the population) are over the age of 55 and, unlike many stereotypes would have you believe, they are a...

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Lao Tzu and The Prescription for Activity Task Force

The ancient Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu said, “If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.” While this quote is ...

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Impacts of the New Blood Pressure Guidelines

A recent change in blood pressure categorizations represents the first update to U.S. guidelines since 2003 and will lead to about 14% more people bei...

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The BEST Resistance-training Program for Fat Loss

The “fat-burning zone” was once a magical retreat where exercisers could pop a tape in their Walkman, hop on a stair climber and bask in l...

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Mistakes to Avoid as a New Trainer

Starting a personal-training career is many things—exciting, scary, fun, overwhelming—to name just a few. You are taking your first steps ...

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Giving Tuesday: Join ACE in Getting All Communities Moving

In recent years, “Black Friday,” “Small Business Saturday,” and “Cyber Monday” have become ubiquitous in the U.S. ...

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6 Things to Consider When Working With Clients With Type 2 Diabetes

Diabetes is a growing problem in the United States. An estimated 29 million Americans (9.3% of the population) currently have diabetes, and by 2050, t...

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Using Social Media to Advocate for Change

In today’s tech-driven world, we have access to a dizzying amount of information at our fingertips. With all that information overload, business...

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The Secret Foods Dietitians Eat to Stay Fit and Healthy

Ask food or nutrition professionals what their favorite food is, and chances are you’ll get a wide variety of responses. Some experts love parti...

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Do Personal Trainers Need a 6-pack to Be Successful?

Magazine covers, business cards and Instagram posts with lean, tanned, scantily clad depictions of the human body have all but become a trademark for ...

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The Art of Sharing: Providing Educational Materials to Your Clients

Health coaching is a rewarding career choice for those who are interested in supporting others in making lasting lifestyle changes to enhance health a...

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Functional Exercises for Active Aging

The process of aging varies widely from person to person, but we all naturally lose some of the functionality we had in youth. One of these areas of d...

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A Winning Fitness Partnership

We’ve all been there. You’ve completed your studies. You’ve passed the tests. You’re ready to begin living your passion to imp...

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5 Moves for a Better Butt

Here’s a question every trainer receives on a regular basis: “How do I get a better butt?” The media is filled with answers, but sad...

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3 Tips to Help Clients Build Self-efficacy for Exercise

Self-efficacy, which is the belief that one is capable of achieving a specific goal, is one of the biggest predictors of exercise adherence. It’...

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Halloween Workout: EMOM

For kids of all ages, one of the most revered Halloween traditions is trick-or-treating. On the other 364 days of the year, we tell kids to NOT take c...

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5 Uncommon Foods You Should Be Eating

Most of us are familiar with the “superfood” regulars—chia seeds, turmeric, beets, dark leafy greens, blueberries—as they are ...

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Time to Reconsider Muscle Confusion

Most people perform cardiovascular and strength training in the same session because it seems to achieve multiple goals at the same time. Yet scientis...

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Six things to do after you’ve passed your group fitness instructor exam

If you’re a newly certified group fitness instructor (GFI), you may be having mixed emotions about your next steps. You know that leading group ...

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Addressing Stubborn Back Pain: 5 Exercises that Address the Deep Anatomy

Mobility, stability and strength are all important factors in having healthy spinal alignment. When working with sedentary or untrained individuals, b...

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Leveraging your ACE Certification to Change Lives

Many, if not most, employers require exercise professionals to hold a current certification. In addition, exercise professionals often include th...

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7 Ways to Increase Your Client Base and Boost Your Income

If you’re like many health and fitness professionals, adding more clients—and boosting your income—is a primary goal. Here are seven...

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What Makes a Great Athletic Coach?

  With 31% of American adults who take part in at least one sport, an expertise in sports conditioning will help you with a wide range of clie...

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Exercise Programming Considerations for Clients Who Have Been Successfully Treated for Breast Cancer

Working with breast cancer survivors can be one of the most rewarding aspects of your career as a health and fitness professional, both personally and...

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The Politics of a Walkable America

Walking has been a powerful tool of American politics for at least the past 100 years. Americans have walked (and wheelchair-rolled) to end wars, defe...

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6 Benefits of Sub-max Steady-state Exercise

No one goes to a health club or fitness studio hoping they leave in worse shape than when they arrived. There is one common denominator shared by ever...

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5 Reasons to Maintain Your Professional Certification

Learn more about ACE’s NCCA-accredited offerings....

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6 Benefits of Using Foam Rollers

Foam rollers are an effective method of reducing tension and increasing muscle length for either a pre-workout warm-up or post-exercise active recover...

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Stop Loading and Start Exploding: Power Training for Powerful Aging

Muscle strength is an important factor for aging well, but it might not be quite as important as you think. Muscle power—the ability to generate...

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4 Ways to Make a Good First Impression as a Group Fitness Instructor

Being a group fitness instructor means you must always be ready to make a good first impression—whether you’re a sub in a roomful of parti...

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Exercise for Optimal Brain Function

With Alzheimer’s disease ranking as the fifth leading cause of death in people over the age of 65 in the United States, it is no wonder it&rsquo...

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Exercise Professionals: The Critical Link Between Clinic and Community

With rising healthcare costs and the subsequent push to return patients to health sooner, a team care model that includes an appropriately-qualified e...

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10-minute Upper-body Workout: Total Arm Burnout

If you’re like most people, you are busier than ever, with little time to yourself. But here’s some good news: You can increase your stren...

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5 Innovative Ways to Use Your Personal Trainer Certification

The most obvious way to use your ACE Personal Trainer Certification is to train clients of course. But there are other possible paths to make the most...

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10 Yoga Poses to Alleviate Low Back Pain

Just a couple of months ago, I pulled a low back muscle while lifting weights. This was not the first time I had injured this muscle, so I knew I need...

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Nutrition and Brain Health

The brain is a remarkable organ. It is responsible for your ability to think, problem solve, process emotions, make memories, your five senses (sight,...

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Let's Grow PHIT Families

Staying healthy and active can be a struggle for many Americans to afford, and those financial struggles can be even greater for parents and families....

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Plyo Play

Time flies when you’re having fun, which is why some workouts feel so long. Where did all the fun go? When something is fun, we usually want to ...

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Cardio Exercises for Active Agers

Working with older adult clients can be hugely rewarding, particularly because regular physical activity can play a crucial role in helping them maint...

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Assessing Functional Fitness in Mature Adults

Improving physical function should be one of the primary objectives of working with your older clients. Because older adults vary widely in their phys...

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How to Improve Mobility in the Hips and Shoulders

In common usage, “mobility training” has come to mean what “flexibility training” once meant for many of our clients. Whatever...

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