Your clients want to lose weight. They come to you for help. The ACE Lifestyle & Weight Management Consultant Certification demonstrates to your clients that you have the knowledge to develop sound, balanced weight-management programs that bring together the three critical components of long-term weight management success: nutrition, exercise and lifestyle change.

Many of your clients have health, lifestyle and fitness barriers to overcome. As an ACE-certified Lifestyle & Weight Management Consultant, you will be able to identify those barriers and design plans to overcome them. You will learn to assess your clients' body composition and unique training needs. By recognizing what motivates them, you can identify how to effectively communicate your advice and determine the best way to help them safely achieve their goals.

Developed by leading industry experts, the ACE Lifestyle & Weight Management Consultant Certification highlights the essential relationship between physical activity and nutrition, and illustrates how permanent weight loss is most effectively brought about through a change in lifestyle. Topics range from the psychological aspects of weight management, behavioral change, the physiology of obesity, techniques for lifestyle coaching and the interaction between exercise and nutrition in weight control.

The ACE Lifestyle and Weight Management Curriculum course provides the in and out of class lectures, study materials, and the registration fee to sit for the ACE Lifestyle and Weight Management Certification. The course is 14 weeks and includes one 90 minute lecture on one day each week.
Course includes:

• E-Learning Online Course which will give you access to intermittent practice exams and quizzes
• A total of fourteen 60-minute in-class lectures
• Study Materials conveniently available for checkout including:
• Audio lecture C. D.
• ACE Lifestyle and Weight Management Textbook
• Practice Written Stimulation Exam
• Study Flash Cards

Dates: January 22 - April 16, 2010; Fridays, 4pm - 5:30pm

Cost: $299 (includes materials and certification registration)

Location: HLS Facility (Bldg 72), Room 212

ACE Certification: April 17, 2010

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Why ACE?

The ACE Lifestyle & Weight Management Consultant Curriculum for colleges and universities was created for institutions with exercise science and/or recreation programs that would like a comprehensive educational solution allowing students to graduate with both a degree and nationally recognized, NCCA-accredited fitness certification. Through the incorporation of a course that focuses on preparation for an ACE certification, a college or university provides students with the best opportunity for success as they prepare to begin their career in the fitness and wellness industry. Further, for institutions seeking accreditation of their Exercise Science or Personal Training programs through the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP), partnering with a certification organization like ACE can help. ACE's NCCA-accredited certification programs will assist your institution in meeting the requirements to earn and retain your CAAHEP-accreditation. For more information on CAAHEP-accreditation for exercise science or personal training programs please visit www.coaes.org