NASM or ACE

deninevi
deninevi Posts: 934 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I'm trying to decide which PT cert. is better NASM or ACE. Any thoughts?

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  • deninevi
    deninevi Posts: 934 Member
    bump
  • lwoods34
    lwoods34 Posts: 302 Member
    I'm ACE certified. Both organizations are accredited and very reputable organizations. I believe that NASM's certification test is slightly more difficult than ACE but I think that's the only difference. I went with ACE because my trainer who was my mentor was ACE Certified.
  • shortchange1
    shortchange1 Posts: 146 Member
    I've been NASM certified personal trainer since 2001 and I went with it because it's focused on functional fitness and is highly respected. ACE is also a very good program and recently has changed their program for personal trainers so that it is more like NASM. At the time I became certified ACE was a home study program with a proctored exam (I'm also an ACE certified group fitness instructor), but NASM had a hands on certification process that afforded more application of the training.

    Either one is good, but I'm biased toward the NASM program. :wink:
  • deninevi
    deninevi Posts: 934 Member
    Thank you both!
  • ChristinaBarnhouse
    ChristinaBarnhouse Posts: 274 Member
    BUMP :)

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