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Nutrition Pro Bundle

Are you ready to take your fitness career to a whole new level? Our 5-course bundle positions you at the forefront of the industry, offering the essential skills in behavior, fitness, and nutrition needed for your clients' lasting health and transformative fitness achievements, including effective weight loss management strategies. Includes the necessary CPR credential for starting your training.

  • Master essential fitness and nutrition skills that will serve as the foundational anchor for launching your successful career

  • Enhance your clients' results with faster, sustainable progress by aligning their workouts and diet with lasting mindset and behavioral changes

  • Equip yourself with in-demand weight loss management strategies, ensuring long-term success for your clients

  • Master NASM’s evidence-based Optimum Performance Training® (OPT™) Model

  • Grow your earning potential and reach a wider group of clients with a set of holistic fitness skills

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Includes: CSNC, SFC, CES Premium Self-Study, PES Premium Self-Study, CNC, and WLS

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Our Nutrition Pro Bundle presents a unique opportunity to take your career to a whole new level. Featuring our industry-leading Certified Personal Trainer Self-Study, Certified Nutrition Coach, Behavior Change Specialization, and Weight Loss Specialization, plus the essential CPR certification for your final exam, this bundle comprehensively equips you with a diverse skill set. This ensures you're well-prepared to motivate and guide your clients towards achieving their varied health and fitness goals.

When you choose NASM for your fitness career training, you’ll get access to:

  • • World-class fitness & nutrition experts

  • • Peer-reviewed content from the brightest minds in the industry

  • • State-of-the-art digital learning platform designed to meet multiple learning styles

  • • A curriculum that is consistently reviewed and updated with the most up-to-date material available

NASM’s bundles are a cost-effective way to rapidly grow your fitness expertise and earning potential. Once you enroll in the bundle, simply complete the included courses at your own pace and in whatever order you prefer.

NASM has over 35 years of experience training the world’s top fitness professionals, and we do it better than anyone else. NASM credentials stand out to employers and distinguish you as a highly trained fitness professional.

Since our formation, we’ve trained over 1.5 million fitness professionals in 100+ countries. In that time we’ve developed extensive partnerships with over 12,000 gyms and health clubs. That means we have the connections necessary to help you get in the door and gain employment from the fitness company of your dreams.

Certified Personal Trainer Self-Study (CPT)

    Gain the skills to change lives by helping people transform their health and fitness with NASM’s industry-leading certification.

Certified Nutrition Coach (CNC)

    Help your clients transform their health, fitness, and wellness with a balanced and healthy diet designed to support their goals.

Weight Loss Specialization (WLS)

    Learn about the obesity epidemic, get expert advice on the physiology and psychology of weight control, understand how to help clients avoid plateaus, and much more.

Behavior Change Specialization (BCS)

    Gain the behavior change skills you need to help your clients achieve and sustain their most ambitious health and wellness goals.

CPR/AED Certification

    Learn the life-saving skills of how to perform CPR, use an AED device, and respond to other life-threatening situations from the comfort of home in this convenient online-only course.

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CURRICULUM

There are no prerequisites for the Nutrition Certification. But we always encourage preparing for a career in nutrition by familiarizing yourself with the many nutrition courses NASM has to offer.

Chapter 1: Introduction
Learn about the role of a Nutrition Coach and how the NASM Nutrition Certification can help enhance your career.

Chapter 2: Scope of Practice
Understand a Nutrition Coach's scope of practice, professional expectations, and differentiate among related nutrition professions.

Chapter 3: Evidence-Based Nutrition and Practice
In this chapter, you'll learn the importance of evidence-based practice as a nutrition specialist, the difference between basic scientific principles and methodology, and how to define scientific research processes.

Chapter 4: Food Preference and Influences
Understand the effects of nutritional intake on individual health, identify the role of dietary habits in overall health, and describe factors that influence dietary patterns. You'll also be able to recognize the dangers of a one-diet-fits-all approach and identify how different factors can influence eating patterns.

Chapter 5: Energy Balance and Metabolism
This chapter explores how macronutrients fuel activity and bodily functions, as well as how to balance the energy in versus energy out equation. You'll understand the First Law of Thermodynamics, energy balance, and energy systems.

Chapter 6: Protein
Protein is an important macronutrient that many bodily functions depend on. Learn the structure and function of protein, total daily protein requirements, and methods for establishing protein requirements in a dietary program.

Chapter 7: Carbohydrates
Carbohydrates provide energy for the body. Understand their structure and function, the digestion and absorption process, daily carbohydrate requirements, and more.

Chapter 8: Fats
Dietary fat has many important functions. In this chapter, you'll learn about the function and intake recommendations, healthy versus unhealthy fats, as well as key myths and hot topics related to fat.

Chapter 9: Alcohol
This chapter explains the digestion and absorption process of alcohol, as well as the physiological effects and methods for accommodating alcohol in a dietary program.

Chapter 10: Micronutrients
Micronutrients help maintain the metabolic processes required to produce energy. Understand the difference between water-soluble vitamins, fat-soluble vitamins, and minerals, identify common food sources, and learn to calculate daily recommended intakes and the values for each micronutrient.

Chapter 11: Hydration
In this chapter, you'll learn the compartmental aspects and shifts of water in the body following significant sweat losses. You'll also discover methods to help decrease excessive hypo- or hyper-hydration and learn about proper hydration strategies.

Chapter 12: Nutrient Timing
Discover appropriate nutrient-timing strategies for performance and for altering body composition, as well as the role that nutrient timing plays within an overall nutrition strategy.

Chapter 13: Supplements
Understand the role of supplementation across various goals, explain the strength of the evidence base for commonly used supplements, and learn to communicate with clients about the pros and cons of supplementation.

  • • 110 Infographics

  • • 14 Videos

  • • 53 Knowledge Checks

  • • 1 Printable Handout

Chapter 14: Psychology of Weight Control and Behavior Change
In this chapter, you'll learn how psychology affects fitness and wellness. Identify barriers to diet and exercise, common eating disorders, and common client types used to develop customized programs.

Chapter 15: Coaching and Communication
It's important for Personal Nutrition Coaches to communicate in a way that positively influences adherence to their programs. You'll identify strategies for building rapport and use effective communication skills to elicit behavior change.

Chapter 16: Motivational Interviewing
This chapter explains motivational interviewing and strategies that are used to help clients understand the underlying reasons for their own change while affirming their motivation.

Chapter 17: Goal Setting
Understand different types of goals, the benefits of effective goal-setting, methods for providing feedback and tracking progress, and identify obstacles commonly encountered when setting goals.

  • • 18 Infographics

  • • 11 Videos

  • • 16 Knowledge Checks

Chapter 18: Dietary Assessment and Body Composition Testing
In this chapter, you'll discover a step-by-step approach to assessing dietary intake and monitoring body composition. You'll compare body-composition assessment methods and understand the importance of consistency and accessibility.

Chapter 19: Food and Supplement Labels and Portion Size
Learn about the labeling standards for food and supplement products, as well as portion size recommendations.

Chapter 20: Helping Clients Navigate the Real World
This chapter explains strategies that can help clients make healthy food choices in everyday situations, such as at the grocery store or dining out.

Chapter 21: Navigating Diets
Learn the latest facts regarding diets and how they impact health, body composition, and athletic performance. This chapter explores many different diets and provides details regarding their safety and effectiveness.

Chapter 22: Nutrition Hot Topics and Controversies
An in-depth approach to explaining the science behind many of the nutrition hot topics and controversies faced by clients today.

Chapter 23: Managing Weight-Loss Plateaus and Maintaining Weight Loss
This chapter examines the science and psychology of weight-loss plateaus and how to help clients avoid this vicious cycle.

Chapter 24: Programming - Putting it All Together
Nutrition Coaches must have a foundational level of knowledge regarding nutritional science and behavior psychology. However, knowledge without action is virtually useless, especially when helping clients achieve their health-and-wellness goals. This chapter puts all of this knowledge into practice and details a step-by-step process for nutrition programming.

  • • 62 Infographics

  • • 16 Videos

  • • 29 Knowledge Checks

  • • 10 Printable Handouts

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. The test is 100, multiple-choice questions. You are allowed to go back and reference the course while taking the exam. The exam is timed and cannot exceed 90 minutes. To pass, you need a score of 70% or higher and you have up to 3 attempts to pass.

Nutrition Pro Bundle FAQs

You must recertify/renew every two years to ensure that your NASM Personal Trainer credentials stay up to date with current best-practice guidelines and skills. You will be required to earn 2.0 NASM-approved CEUs every two-year period. This includes 0.1 CEUs from the mandatory CPR/AED certification.

The Certified Nutrition Coach (CNC) must also be renewed every two years. To renew the Certified Nutrition Coach certification, you must complete the CNC Renewal Exam. If you want other nutrition CEU options, you can find them on our online nutrition courses page.

The Weight Loss Specialization and Behavior Change Specialization do not require renewal. Once you pass your final exams, your certificates will never expire.

You will have 180 days from the date of enrollment to take either of the exam options for the NASM Certified Personal Trainer, and 365 days to complete your NASM Certified Nutrition Coach, Weight Loss Specialization and Behavior Change Specialization exam. Most courses can be completed in as few as 8 weeks; the NASM Certified Personal Trainer course can be completed in as few as 4 weeks. An extension for the exams can be purchased by contacting NASM Member Services at 1-800-460-6276.

The OPT™ Model is our 5-phase training model that starts with Stabilization and ends with Power. The NASM Certified Personal Trainer program utilizes the Optimum Performance framework to ensure that all Certified Personal Trainers are well-versed in our training methods. Click here to learn more about the OPT™ Model.

Certified Personal Trainer

You have the choice between two exams—a non-proctored Certificate exam, and a proctored NCCA-Accredited Certification exam. Here are some of the major differences between the two:

  • • The non-proctored exam has 100 questions; the proctored exam has 120 questions.

  • • You have 3 hours to complete the non-proctored exam; you have 2 hours to complete the proctored exam.

  • • The non-proctored exam is open-book; the proctored exam is not.

  • • The non-proctored exam confers a Certificate as a Personal Trainer; the proctored exam confers an NCCA-Accredited Certification as a Personal Trainer.

The choice of exam is up to you and in most cases simply depends on what your employer requires.

Certified Nutrition Coach
The final exam is administered online within your student portal. There are 100 multiple-choice questions and you'll have 90 minutes to complete it. A score of 70% or better is required to pass.

You have 365 days from the date of purchase to complete your final exam. If you need an extension or a retest, you can purchase one by calling Member Services at 1-800-460-6276 Option 3.

Weight Loss Specialization
The final exam is administered online within your student portal. There are 100 multiple-choice questions and you'll have 90 minutes to complete it. A score of 70% or better is required to pass.

You have 365 days from the date of purchase to complete your final exam, and there are 3 test attempts included. If you need an extension or a retest, you can purchase one by calling Member Services at 1-800-460-6276 Option 3.

Behavior Change Specialization
The final exam is administered online within your student portal. There are 100 multiple-choice questions and you'll have 90 minutes to complete it. A score of 70% or better is required to pass.

You have 365 days from the date of purchase to complete your final exam, and there are 3 test attempts included. If you need an extension or a retest, you can purchase one by calling Member Services at 1-800-460-6276 Option 3.

The Certified Nutrition Coach program is worth 1.9 NASM Continuing Education Units (CEUs).

The Weight Loss Specialization is worth 1.9 NASM Continuing Education Units (CEUs).

The Behavior Change Specialization course is worth 1.9 NASM Continuing Education Units (CEUs).

The CPR/AED Online is worth 0.1 NASM Continuing Education Units (CEUs).

You must have a high school degree or GED for the Certified Personal Trainer program. You're also required to have a current CPR and AED certification before you take the exam. For your convenience, the online CPR/AED Certification offered by NASM is included in the Nutrition Pro Bundle.

There are no prerequisites for the Nutrition Certification and Behavior Change Specialization or Weight Loss Specialization, though these courses are primarily intended for personal trainers, fitness coaches, nutrition coaches and other fitness/health professionals, there is no requirement that you be one to take the course.

If you have any additional questions about this course, check out the NASM FAQ page or contact us today 1-800-460-6276!