NASM Weight Loss Specialization (WLS)
With this in-demand specialization, you can help overweight and obese clients gain the knowledge they need to lose their weight and reclaim their health. Master the secrets of diet, exercise and psychology to help them take it off and keep in off.
Help your clients feel and look better! As an NASM’s Weight Loss Specialist (WLS), you will learn the secret to long term weight loss success – help your clients lose weight and most importantly, keep the weight off. Learn about the obesity epidemic, nutrition strategies for weight management, how to avoid plateaus and more!
With the NASM Weight Loss Certification, you will grow your business by reducing waist lines! Bennefits of this NASM Weight Loss Specialists course:
- Show clients how to embrace a healthier lifestyle
- Design weight loss exercise programs using the Optimum Performance Training™ (OPT™) Model
- Boost their client base, reputation, and career as authorities on the physical and psychological challenges of losing and/or maintaining weight
- Apply the most up-to-date, most respected weight loss guidelines and training methodologies
- Invest in their client’s lives and futures … as well as their own!
Pre-Requisites: none
Content Access: 365 days (1 year) from date of purchase
Exam Access: 365 days (1 year) from date of purchase
Exam Attempts: 3 times
Questions on Exam: 100 questions
Time limit for Exam: 90 minutes
Passing Score: 70%
Pricing for Europe: € 899,-
Course Content:
- Module 1: Obesity Epidemic
- Module 2 The Health Effects of Obesity
- Module 3 Physiology of Weight Control
- Module 4 Psychology of Weight Control
- Module 5 Fitness Assessment
- Module 6 Nutrition Strategies for Weight Management
- Module 7 Basic Training Methodologies for Weight Loss
- Module 8 Avoiding and Breaking Plateaus
- Module 9 Weight Management Myths
- Module 10 Weight Loss Programming Application
- Module 11 Legal and Ethical Responsibilities
- Module 12 Marketing Your Services
Program includes
- Downloadable Manual
- Video Demonstrations
- Programming Manual
- Exercise Library
- CEU Exam
Certificate: sent by USPS 4-6 weeks after passing exam
CEU values (Contingent Educational Credits): 1.9 and ACE 1.9
The NASM Weight Loss Specialization Certification is a non-accredited certification. To maintain the certification, you must retake the online certification exam every 2 years. For more information, visit our terms and conditions.