Specializing in sports performance training with NASM will help enhance not only your clients’ performance but also your earning potential.
What You’ll Learn
With the NASM-PES qualification you will learn how to provide innovative strength and conditioning training for your clients. You will gain the advanced knowledge and skills needed to help clients of all levels achieve their maximum performance potential.
The 16 modules in this program will also help you meet the demands necessary of a Sports Performance Professional at all levels of sport by providing you the tools you need to improve your clients’ speed, agility, quickness, lifting, and more. It is the perfect complement to knowledge and skills after a 4-year University degree.
- You'll be able to advance your career and reach a new clientele looking for top performers, while guiding your current clients to reach their maximum performance potential.
- NASM-PES was originally developed as the sixth phase (Maximum Power) of the Optimum Performance Training® (OPT™) model. This means you'll gain the benefits of a performance program based on evidence-based research, a systematic approach, comprehensive exercise programs, and more. You will learn how to apply the knowledge and methods of the authoritative OPT™ model to strength and conditioning training to help improve your clients' performance.
- NASM's performance improvement expertise won't just benefit your customers. It can also expand your financial gain potential. And it's not just about personal trainers. This program is for anyone who works directly with athletes to improve their performance on the field.
Who should become a NASM-PES?
Personal Trainers
Every client is an athlete in one way or another. Sports performance tactics can help any client perform better in every aspect of their workout and physical activity. Sports performance tactics can help any type of client perform better.
Coaches
Coaches at all levels – youth, high school, college, and pros – can benefit from a deep understanding of performance enhancement to help get the most out of their athletes whenever they enter a competition.
Strength & Conditioning Coaches
NASM’s Performance Enhancement Specialization can help Strength and Conditioning Coaches gain valuable insight and a systematic approach to getting even more out of your athletes. It’s the perfect complement to a 4-year college degree.
Athletic Trainers
When working with athletes, you want to get them to perform at a peak level. Help them succeed safely, effectively, and quickly reaching levels they never thought possible.
Curriculum
Chapter 1: Integrated Training Essentials The student will be able to identify the principles of integrated training and explain the components, scientific rationale, and evidence.
Chapter 2: Science of Human Movement Identify key biomechanical terminology and topics, and explain functional anatomy as it relates to integrated sports performance training.
Chapter 3: Testing in Sports Performance
Describe the components and function of an integrated sports performance assessment, and identify methods for determining athlete readiness to perform.
Chapter 4: Flexibility Training Concepts
Explain the scientific rationale for the use of an integrated flexibility-training program.
Chapter 5: Metabolic Energy System Training
Differentiate between aerobic and anaerobic energy systems and describe the importance of the role of the metabolic energy system training in improving sports performance.
Chapter 6: Core Training Concept
Explain the importance of the core musculature and its relationship to performance enhancement.
Chapter 7: Balance Training Concepts
Describe the role of balance training in improving sports performance and injury prevention.
Chapter 8: Plyometric Training Concepts
Describe plyometric techniques and their purpose in performance enhancement and injury prevention.
Chapter 9: Speed, Agility, and Quickness Training
Understand speed, agility, and quickness (SAQ) techniques and their purpose in performance enhancement and injury prevention.
Chapter 10: Resistance Training Concepts
Describe the role of resistance training in improving sports performance and identify the stages of the General Adaptation Syndrome.
Chapter 12: The Science of Periodization of the OPT™ Model
Identify the acute training variables within the Optimum Performance Training® (OPT™) model.
Chapter 11: Olympic Lifting for Performance Enhancement Explain the rationale for the use of the Olympic lifts in improving performance.
Chapter 13: Injury Prevention for the Athlete Identify strategies for injury prevention and common injuries related to physical activity.
Chapter 14: Performance Nutrition Explain the limits of nutritional advice under the scope of practice, and describe pre- and post-exercise nutrition strategies.
Chapter 15: Ergogenic Aids Identify common substances used to enhance performance, ergogenic foods, and analyze ethical and legal issues related to the use of ergogenic aids.
Chapter 16: Psychology in Sports Performance Explain performance psychology and its role in achieving athletic excellence.
After the completion of the course, you will take an online final exam from the comfort of your own home, or wherever you prefer to take tests, that consists of 100 questions. Each question will be multiple-choice. The exam is timed and cannot exceed 90 minutes. To pass, you need a score of 70% or higher. Don’t fret though, if you score below that, you have up to 3 attempts to pass.
Frequently Asked Questions
You will have 1 year (365 days) days from the date of enrollment.
Once you pass your final exam, your NASM-PES never expires and does not require you to renew.
While a Personal Training Certification is suggested, it is not required to take the NASM-PES course. To participate, it is recommended you hold a CPT, accredited health or fitness certification, a 4-year college degree in a similar field, or be a current Certified Massage Therapist.
Unfortunately, no. The NASM-PES exam is not available for a la carte purchase.
NASM-PES is approved for Continuing Education Units (CEUs) by the following organizations:
- NASM 1.9 CEU’s
- ACE 2.0 CEU’s
- 10 CIMSPA Endorsed CPD Points
The final exam is administered online within your student portal. It consists of 100 multiple-choice questions and 90 minutes for completion.
