Thread: CSCS vs. CPT?
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Old 01-11-2007, 05:20 AM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Keith Scott
I really cant speak for the CPT, I do have a CSCS and also a PES from NASM. but as far as exams go the only thing I can say is that the CSCS exam was much more difficult than the PES exam.

That doesnt really speak in any way for the type of trainer that I might be, only that one exam and cert is much more difficult than the other IMO.
Hey Keith, I also can't speak for the other certs (only have my CSCS) but I had heard that as well (...that the CSCS is probably the toughest exam out there).
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