Hey all on monday i am taking the test for the ACSM certification. for people that are certified acsm and have taken the test what r some things you think i should focus on studying. like what did most of the test consist of. Ive been studying a huge ass book i got that was written by acsm but was wondering if their are some key things i should really focus on.
i mean im pretty confident i will pass but i dont wanna pay the moeny for a retest haha any help would be appreciated, thanks!
exercise technique
client assessment/consultation
legal/safety issues
special population
My cert org is hand in hand with yours so I think its the same
the exercise science part of your book isnt part of the test.
LET’S GET IT!!
ok thanks man! what certification do you hold?
I don’t know where your strong/weak points are knowledge-wise, but from my experience, the actual exercise/muscle information is really really easy. Just go by what they tell you in the books with a focus on the cardio based stuff. The muscle section didn’t go very specific (see: quads rather than vastus medialis, etc). Know your risk factors and how to categorize somebody with certain factors (this was a handful of questions).
Like Ct. Rockula said, client assessment/consultation and legal/safety issues are ones to take another look at (since its not something you’re probably familiar with). As far as special populations go, the only populations I really saw were the elderly on the test, but there wasn’t really much about it IIRC.
-Know your prime movers in each exercise
-Know the ACSM guidelines for resistance training, cardiovascular training, and stretching (for each risk level)
-Know the basics of the psychology stuff they throw at you in the books
-Know the basics of muscular structure/skeletal structure
I know they offer some online review courses on the site if you’re really curious/feel like you could use some help in certain areas. All in all I would tell you to really go by the KSA’s as they are truly the basis for the test.
For the record, I took the Certified Personal Trainer Test, so depending if you’re going for the HFS certification, some other things will obviously come into play…
The biggest thing I can tell anybody coming from this site taking this test would be to GO BY WHAT THEY TELL YOU IN THEIR BOOK. You may not agree with some of it (see: nutrition/supplementation), but they’re testing you on their material, so play the game.
[quote]CornSprint wrote:
I don’t know where your strong/weak points are knowledge-wise, but from my experience, the actual exercise/muscle information is really really easy. Just go by what they tell you in the books with a focus on the cardio based stuff. The muscle section didn’t go very specific (see: quads rather than vastus medialis, etc). Know your risk factors and how to categorize somebody with certain factors (this was a handful of questions).
Like Ct. Rockula said, client assessment/consultation and legal/safety issues are ones to take another look at (since its not something you’re probably familiar with). As far as special populations go, the only populations I really saw were the elderly on the test, but there wasn’t really much about it IIRC.
-Know your prime movers in each exercise
-Know the ACSM guidelines for resistance training, cardiovascular training, and stretching (for each risk level)
-Know the basics of the psychology stuff they throw at you in the books
-Know the basics of muscular structure/skeletal structure
I know they offer some online review courses on the site if you’re really curious/feel like you could use some help in certain areas. All in all I would tell you to really go by the KSA’s as they are truly the basis for the test.
For the record, I took the Certified Personal Trainer Test, so depending if you’re going for the HFS certification, some other things will obviously come into play…
The biggest thing I can tell anybody coming from this site taking this test would be to GO BY WHAT THEY TELL YOU IN THEIR BOOK. You may not agree with some of it (see: nutrition/supplementation), but they’re testing you on their material, so play the game.[/quote]
thanks alot man that helps alot. yeah i have a pretty good understanding of anatomy of muscles and lifting weights stuff. like i knew everything in those chapters. but yeah stuff like Vo2 max and cardio stuff i need to study more. and the assessment, legal, and all that good stuff. thanks again man
No problem, good luck!