54 NASM courses

Discover how to design and implement core-stabilization exercises for improved health and performance including progressions using stability balls, tubing, cables, foam rollers, medicine balls and more!

Flexibility is one of the most overlooked components in today’s fitness programs, but can make or break even the most carefully designed training program. This course explores a variety of stretching techniques including static, neuromuscular, self-myofascial, active and dynamic, designed to improve performance and decrease the risk of injury.

The Ultimate Cardio Trainer is designed for the Health and Fitness Professional to gain expertise in Cardio Training for both Fitness and Sports Performance goals. The faster the heart recovers, the more fit the person is. It’s that simple. Tracking improvements in heart rate recovery is a key factor in tracking overall fitness gains.

Explore and master more than 100 exercises for optimizing balance and stability of the kinetic chain! You’ll learn how to assess balance and in the process discover how to build and implement balance-training progressions into integrated programs for elite athletes and personal-training clients alike.

Play an important part in keeping active older adults healthy! There are currently over 54 million adults over the age of 65 living in the United States, and that number is projected to continue to grow. Senior Fitness Specialists have a unique opportunity to work with the growing older adult population and help them improve their health by providing safe and effective exercise programs that use NASM’s Optimum Performance Training (OPT™) Model program. Our Senior Fitness Specialization provides an immersive online learning experience for fitness professionals, teaching innovative ways to design individualized programs to meet the needs of active aging adults through evidence-based practices. Addressing physiological and psychological needs, this course will provide the application needed to create a positive, comfortable trainer-client relationship and help older adult clients achieve their goals and overcome obstacles.

The Goniometric Assessment course will provide you with the knowledge, skills and abilities to effectively understand the of joint range of motion and muscle length, correlating them to movement dysfunctions, helping you develop a methodical and effective corrective exercise strategy.

The Positional Isometrics online course will provide you with the knowledge and rationale for the use of the activation technique of positional isometrics within a corrective exercise program. The instructional video presented by Dr. Mike Clark will detail how to perform positional isometrics.

Providing evidence-based knowledge across five major areas, NASM’s revolutionary Certified Wellness Coach course dives into unique systematic processes to guide, support, and motivate clients to make lasting lifestyle changes. Through movement (fitness), nutrition, mental and emotional wellbeing, recovery and regeneration, and coaching, NASM’s Certified Wellness Coach course teaches you to help clients achieve positive behavior change with long-term values. This immersive health and wellness coach experience empowers you to apply a holistic approach to wellness in a variety of real-world scenarios. With actionable guidance from experts, this innovative platform creates an instructional environment that’s fun, engaging, and unique for your future as a health and wellness coach. From podcast-style interviews to a coaching simulation that helps you visualize potential client hurdles, you’ll get a thorough understanding of what’s needed to meet your clients’ goals alongside them. Guide your clients through whole-body practices as you work to create that wellness experience they are looking for.

Our Cardiorespiratory Training for Sports Performance course will show you how to perform basic cardiorespiratory assessments and design unique performance enhancement cardiorespiratory training programs through the use of stage training. These programs can be utilized to improve performance for both recreational and competitive sports.

The Muscle Testing online course will provide you with the fundamental knowledge to effectively understand the scientific rationale and application for muscle strength assessments, through the use of manual muscle testing as part of an integrated assessment process. The instructional video presented by Dr. Mike Clark will detail how to perform manual muscle testing.