Anyone taken the ACE PT Exam??

[knucklehed]

I bought the materials and test voucher off Ebay.
I have about 2 months to prepare before the test voucher expires.

KnuckleHed

 

[Ry Roid]

A certificate is a certificate...

...as far as anyone you train is concerned. I went thru it when I was younger but, a lot of their theories are garbage. I was told to do lat pulldowns by pulling bar to your belly button. I was like 245lbs and my teacher was an obese man and I couldn't stop laughing.

RY

 

[knucklehed]

I agree

I don't expect to learn anything that will make me a better bodybuilder. Mostly interesteed in some crediblilty on paper.
I do train some people and am considering ways to make additional money in the field.
The gym that I train at has the typical Know-practically-nothing type trainers. I belive they loose most of their credibility just by looking the way they do. Nevertheless some people believe a certificate means something, so I spent a few bucks on Ebay and should be able to pull lthis off in 2 months. I just wanted to get an idea about how difficult the exam is.
KH

 

[immortal]

I did not think the exam was that hard. I don't think I even read more than 25 pages of the text book. The cert may not give you much more info than you aready know, but like you said, there are people who want a trainer with a cert. I do feel ace is a good place to start because it is one of the bigger org's out there. Once you pass this test I'm sure you will find other org's that may be more to your liking.

good luck with the exam
Immortal

 

[patk]

I took it about 5 years ago, it was my 2nd cert. It was harder than the other that I took which was IFPA. I took both the trainer, master trainer and the sports nutrition. Honestly, it's mostly just learning what you have to for the cert. Like said before.....it's alot of bs! Study from the study guide, use the practice test and check your answers and you'll do fine, but do study and be prepared. Remember it's just a test to get your cert. You'll forget most of what you learn and learn everything else you need from experience. Good luck, take care.


patk

 

[Ivan]

yep

I got my ACE years ago, I got burned out from training folks though. If you are REAL serious about this (like as a professional career) then get your ACSM cert.

 

[Grape Ape]

I bought the materials and test voucher off Ebay.
I have about 2 months to prepare before the test voucher expires.

KnuckleHed

These links may be of some help:
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Also this one, it's kinda cool, it is a self assesment test with a bunch of questions like the ones on the real test to guage where your current knowledge stands:
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Ditto for these links:
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