Forbes Health Names ACSM’s Personal Trainer Program Nation’s Best
For the second year in a row, Forbes Health ranked the ACSM Certified Personal Trainer (ACSM-CPT) as the top Personal Trainer Certification Program in the industry and made it the only program to receive five out of five stars. The award was announced by Forbes Health in the article Best Personal Trainer Certification Programs Of 2024, According To […]
ACSM, NATA Team Up to Support Collegiate Athletic Trainer Workforce
DALLAS, TX (May 8, 2024) – During a national virtual media briefing today, The National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) and the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) issued a joint statement in support of the collegiate athletic trainer workforce. “College Athletics is struggling with a labor crisis due to the post-pandemic “Great Resignation.” Particularly in the area of athletic training, colleges […]
ACSM Announces Paper of the Year Awards for Scientific Journals
INDIANAPOLIS, IN (April 2, 2024) – The American College of Sports Medicine® (ACSM) announced the 2023 Paper of the Year for each of its six highly acclaimed journals, including its newest publication, Exercise, Sport, and Movement. The annual Paper of the Year award recognizes the demonstrated scientific and scholarly significance and impact of an article published during […]
ACSM Releases 2023 Certification Annual Report
The 2023 ACSM Certification Annual Report is now available for download. Gain insights into how ACSM’s certification portfolio performed, updates on the ACSM Committee on Certification and Registry Boards (CCRB) strategy for lifelong learning, and highlights of CCRB’s advocacy and outreach efforts in collaboration with the Coalition for the Registration of Exercise Professionals® (CREP®) and the […]
ACSM Announces 2024 Certified Professional of the Year
INDIANAPOLIS, IN (February, 23 2024) Brian Cleven, M.S., ACSM-CEP, LAT has been named the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) Certified Certified Professional of the Year of the Year for 2024. Cleven received the award today during the 2024 IDEA & ACSM Health & Fitness Summit in Chicago, IL. ACSM’s Committee for Certification and Registry Boards and ACSM’s Health […]
NFL Veteran Chris Draft Joins ACSM’s Moving Through Cancer Task Force Board
INDIANAPOLIS, IN (February 14, 2024) The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) and its Exercise is Medicine Program (EIM) announced today that former NFL linebacker Chris Draft has joined the Moving Through Cancer Task Force Board. Moving Through Cancer is the first disease-specific initiative within EIM and focused on making exercise a standard of oncological […]
Wearable Technology Named Top Fitness Trend for 2024
Other top trends help predict what you’ll see in fitness next year (Indianapolis, IN) — The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) released survey results today in the article “2024 ACSM Worldwide Fitness Trends: Future Directions of the Health and Fitness Industry,” published in the January/February issue of ACSM’s Health & Fitness Journal®. Since 2006, […]
IDEA, ACSM Present Data on Current Wages and Trends in the Fitness Industry
SAN DIEGO, CA, Dec. 5, 2023 — Two leading authorities in the fitness industry unveil the highly anticipated 2023 Fitness Industry Compensation Trends Report. IDEA® Health & Fitness Association and the American College of Sports Medicine joined forces for this comprehensive survey offering unparalleled insights into the evolving landscape of compensation within the fitness sector, […]
National Youth Sports Health and Safety Institute Launches New Podcast: Healthy Youth Sports
Healthy Youth Sports is a new podcast presented by the National Youth Sports Health and Safety Institute (NYSHSI), a community impact program from the American College of Sports Medicine and Sanford Health. Eric Utterback, director of the institute, discusses youth and adolescent sports, injury prevention, physical activity and health with some of the world’s leading subject […]
NFL Announces ACSM as New Member of Its Smart Hearts Coalition
The National Football League (NFL) announced on October 13, 2023 that the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) has joined its Smart Hearts Coalition. Read the release. Founded in March of this year in response to the life-saving emergency care provided to Damar Hamlin, the NFL’s Smart Hearts Coalition is advocating for all 50 states to […]