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Jean-Paul · 04-01-2008, 03:29 PM

I'm not a huge fan of ACSM personally. I went to their summits for years and found myself shaking my head at most of the presentations. Most especially their "expert sessions" where they lay out their training philosophy.

But, a cert is a cert. I don't care who the applicant is certified through... Just need to have one to get through the door. I do the rest of the training after I hire my employees.

If you haven't certified yet, NSCA CSCS is probably the most respected and has become the gold standard if you ever want to publish. NASM is very good too. ISSA isn't bad from what I've seen either.

04-01-2008, 03:29 PM	#3 (permalink)
Jean-Paul I think, therefore I post Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Little Rock, AR Posts: 14,435 My Profile	I'm not a huge fan of ACSM personally. I went to their summits for years and found myself shaking my head at most of the presentations. Most especially their "expert sessions" where they lay out their training philosophy. But, a cert is a cert. I don't care who the applicant is certified through... Just need to have one to get through the door. I do the rest of the training after I hire my employees. If you haven't certified yet, NSCA CSCS is probably the most respected and has become the gold standard if you ever want to publish. NASM is very good too. ISSA isn't bad from what I've seen either. __________________ Jean-Paul Francoeur www.jpfitness.com http://forums.jpfitness.com "Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." -Mark Twain