The NASM Performance Enhancement Specialization (NASM-PES) equips fitness professionals with advanced strength and conditioning knowledge to improve clients’ flexibility, speed, agility, and overall performance. Through 16 comprehensive modules and evidence-based training methods from the OPT™ Model, you’ll learn to design effective programs for athletes and clients of all levels, advance your career, and maximize your clients’ peak performance potential.
Onsite at Mudarrib Company
Approximately 30 Teaching Hours
The ability for applying the exam during 1 Year
Help your clients be first to the finish line by improving their flexibility, speed, agility and performance
With NASM’s Performance Enhancement Specialization (NASM-PES), you’ll learn how to provide cutting-edge strength and conditioning training for your clients.
You’ll gain the advanced knowledge, insight, and skills needed to help clients of all levels reach their peak performance potential.
The 16 modules in this program will also help you meet the demands necessary of a Sports Performance Professional at all levels of sport by providing you the tools you need to improve your clients' speed, agility, quickness, lifting, and more.
Not only that, but you will also be able to advance your career and reach a new clientele seeking peak performance while guiding your current clients to reach their maximum performance potential.
With the Premium Self-Study and All-Inclusive packages, you'll also get exclusive bonus content and a programming toolkit. The bonus content includes weight room maintenance and management, and football, baseball, and basketball lecture videos. The programming toolkit includes 9 sample programs, a youth programming manual, and a programming generator.
The NASM-PES was initially developed as the sixth phase (Maximal Power) of the Optimum Performance Training (OPT™) Model. That means you’ll gain the benefits of a performance program built on evidence-based research, a systematic approach, integrated exercise programs, and more. You'll learn how to apply the knowledge and methods of the proven OPT™ Model to strength and condition training to help enhance your clients’ performance.
We’ve taken the latest and most prominent research in strength and conditioning and developed a system that helps you, the trainer, apply it practically and systematically with a wide array of clients.
Specializing in Performance Enhancement with NASM won’t just benefit your clients. It can stretch your earning potential too. And it’s not just for personal trainers either. This program applies to anyone who works directly with athletes to improve their on the field, court, or ice performance.
Enhanced Knowledge in Strength & Conditioning: Gain advanced understanding of scientifically-backed performance training methods.
Improved Client Performance: Ability to increase clients’ flexibility, speed, agility, quickness, and overall athletic performance.
Proficiency in Program Design: Learn to design individualized, evidence-based training programs for athletes of all levels.
Career Advancement: Open opportunities to work with athletes, sports teams, or high-performance clients, and increase earning potential.
Mastery of the OPT™ Model: Apply the proven OPT™ system for systematic and effective strength and conditioning programs.
Behavioral Coaching Skills: Learn strategies to motivate and guide clients to adhere to training programs for maximum results.
Access to Tools & Resources: Use exclusive bonus content like sample programs, youth manuals, programming generators, and sport-specific lecture videos.
Versatility in Clientele: Work with a wide range of clients, from youth athletes to professional sports players.
Competitive Edge in Sports Training: Ability to meet the demands of a Sports Performance Professional at all levels.
Practical Application of Research: Translate the latest research in strength and conditioning into actionable training techniques.
You will have 1 year (365 days) days from the date of enrollment.
Once you pass your final exam, your NASM-PES never expires and does not require you to renew.
While a Personal Training Certification is suggested, it is not required to take the NASM-PES course. To participate, it is recommended you hold a CPT, accredited health or fitness certification, a 4-year college degree in a similar field, or be a current Certified Massage Therapist.
Unfortunately, no. The NASM-PES exam is not available for a la carte purchase
The final exam is administered online within your student portal. It consists of 100 multiple-choice questions and 90 minutes for completion.
NASM-PES is approved for Continuing Education Units (CEUs) by the following organizations:
NASM: 1.9 CEUs
ACE: 2.0 CECs
CIMPSA: 10 CIMSPA Endorsed CPD Points
Although it is not required, it is recommended that candidates have at least one of the following credentials:
NASM-CPT certification Certified Sports Nutrition Coach Certified Massage Therapist NCCA, NBFE or DETC Accredited Health/Fitness Certification 4-Year College Degree REPs Level 3 or higher (int'l)
The student will be able to identify the principles of integrated training and explain the components, scientific rationale, and evidence.
Identify key biomechanical terminology and topics, and explain functional anatomy as it relates to integrated sports performance training.
Describe the components and function of an integrated sports performance assessment, and identify methods for determining athlete readiness to perform.
Explain the scientific rationale for the use of an integrated flexibility-training program.
Differentiate between aerobic and anaerobic energy systems and describe the importance of the role of the metabolic energy system training in improving sports performance.
Explain the importance of the core musculature and its relationship to performance enhancement.
Describe the role of balance training in improving sports performance and injury prevention.
Describe plyometric techniques and their purpose in performance enhancement and injury prevention.
Understand speed, agility, and quickness (SAQ) techniques and their purpose in performance enhancement and injury prevention.
Describe the role of resistance training in improving sports performance and identify the stages of the General Adaptation Syndrome.
Explain the rationale for the use of the Olympic lifts in improving performance.
Identify the acute training variables within the Optimum Performance Training® (OPT™) model.
Identify strategies for injury prevention and common injuries related to physical activity.
Explain the limits of nutritional advice under the scope of practice, and describe pre- and post-exercise nutrition strategies.
Identify common substances used to enhance performance, ergogenic foods, and analyze ethical and legal issues related to the use of ergogenic aids.
Explain performance psychology and its role in achieving athletic excellence.
After the completion of the course, you will take an online final exam from the comfort of your own home, or wherever you prefer to take tests, that consists of 100 questions. Each question will be multiple-choice. The exam is timed and cannot exceed 90 minutes. To pass, you need a score of 70% or higher. Don’t fret though, if you score below that, you have up to 3 attempts to pass.
