Whether you realize it or not, people are watching you. You leave behind an impression, a Legacy, in life. Why not leave a positive Legacy of Health and Fitness?
This business is for those who want to set a positive example for the family, friends, and co-workers, for those who want to leave their own Legacy.
Credentials
Exercise Physiologist
The Exercise Physiologist certification is only open for people who have a Bachelor’s Degree in Exercise Science or Exercise Physiology. You also have to pass a test, taken at a Pearson testing center, which encompasses everything you learned over the course of achieving that Bachelor’s Degree. Why?
The Exercise Physiologist (EP) has been trained, educated, and tested on not just exercise program design but exercise program design for people with various medical concerns. We can work with someone who has diabetes, who has cardiac issues, who has some physical challenges due to history of things like a stroke or injury. Personal trainers are not supposed to be working with people who have health concerns such as diabetes, cardiac issues, or physical challenges due to medical history.
To summarize: Exercise Physiologists have been trained and tested on knowing how and why exercise affects every system in the body – not just heart rate and respiration rate – which lets us help more people get and stay healthy.
Exercise is Medicine Level 2
The American College of Sports Medicine created and designed the Exercise is Medicine credential system to put special focus on helping people – including doctors – realize that exercise isn’t about looking good; it’s also about recognizing the role exercise plays in becoming and staying healthy. Part of this program is advocating for insurance to help pay for prevention of disease (like through hiring exercise professionals), encouraging doctors to refer patients to the appropriate fitness professional, and adding fitness professionals to the health care team.
The EIM program has different levels for different education and experience levels with continuous education being customized for each level and their scope of practice.
(Example: if you completed cardiac rehab, you might be referred to an Exercise Physiologist as the next step in their recovery and going back to your regular activities and fitness level to prevent another severe cardiac event. The EP would be in contact with your cardiologist to help create the best program for you. After some time, the EP and cardiologist might refer you to a personal trainer depending on how well you’re doing and feeling.)
Fitness Nutrition Specialist
The American College of Exercise recognized that not everyone wants to become a licensed and registered dietician…but some of us want to know more about nutrition to help more people.
Only licensed and registered dieticians can create customized diets and nutrition plans for their clients and patients, but with this Fitness Nutrition Specialist credential, I can go over general nutrition info with more detail specific to you.
(Side note: nutrition classes are required as part of the Bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science and is a topic on the EP certification test…)
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