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NASM CPT Chapter Review

NASM CPT Chapter Review

By National Academy of Sports Medicine

A chapter by chapter review and summary of the most up to date NASM Personal Training Certification.
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Ch. 12 – Posture, Movement, and Performance Assessments

NASM CPT Chapter ReviewFeb 10, 2021

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Ch. 22 – Introduction to Exercise Modalities

Ch. 22 – Introduction to Exercise Modalities

Hey, everybody. Welcome to your chapter twenty-two review. This is an important chapter for fitness professionals because exercise modalities are ultimately the vehicle that helps your clients get to the destination of achieving their goals. Up until this point, we have talked about different exercise components, training systems, and concepts, and the OPT model training framework. Now let’s dive into the exercise types and techniques that you will use with your clients to stimulate their bodies to adapt and change.

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Feb 10, 202113:22
Ch. 21 - The Optimum Performance Training Model

Ch. 21 - The Optimum Performance Training Model

Hey, everybody. Welcome to your Chapter twenty-one review. In this episode, we’ll look closely at one of those special features you’ll only get with this program: the Optimum Performance Training Model, also known as the OPT Model.

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Feb 10, 202110:13
Ch. 20 - Resistance Training Concepts

Ch. 20 - Resistance Training Concepts

Hey, everybody. Welcome to your chapter twenty review. Today we will cover resistance training, our final component of integrated training.

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Feb 10, 202110:17
Ch. 19 – SAQ - Speed, Agility, Quickness Training Concepts

Ch. 19 – SAQ - Speed, Agility, Quickness Training Concepts

Hey, everybody. Welcome to your chapter nineteen review. We’re going to spend some time on SAQ, which is short for speed, agility, and quickness. This is another important piece of the integrated training puzzle. Speed is the velocity of movement in a given direction. Agility is the ability to sprint in multiple directions, or what we’d call running and cutting, while still maintaining postural control. And quickness refers to the ability to react to a stimulus and appropriately change the motion of the body in response to that stimulus.

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Feb 10, 202108:41
Ch. 18 – Plyometric, or Reactive Training Concepts

Ch. 18 – Plyometric, or Reactive Training Concepts

Hey, everybody. Welcome to your chapter eighteen review, another in our series of integrated training components. This time we’ll focus on plyometric training, also called jump or reactive training.

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Feb 10, 202110:15
Ch. 17 – Balance Training Concepts

Ch. 17 – Balance Training Concepts

Hey, everybody. Welcome to the Chapter seventeen review. Today we’re going to focus on balance training concepts. If you’ve been tracking these in order, you know it’s another expanded look at one of the components of integrated training.

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Feb 10, 202107:56
Ch. 16 – Core Training Concepts

Ch. 16 – Core Training Concepts

Hey, everybody. Welcome to your chapter sixteen review. If you’ve been following along in order with the chapters, you know that this episode will focus on core training concepts. This is a deeper dive into another component of integrated training.

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Feb 10, 202110:27
Ch. 15 – Cardiorespiratory Fitness Training

Ch. 15 – Cardiorespiratory Fitness Training

Hey, everybody. Welcome to your chapter fifteen review. We are going to continue to explore each component of integrated training in further detail. Today’s topic - cardiorespiratory fitness training.

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Feb 10, 202110:09
Ch. 14 – Flexibility Training Concepts

Ch. 14 – Flexibility Training Concepts

Hey, everybody. Welcome to your chapter 14 review. In the next several episodes, we’ll take a deeper dive into each of the integrated training components used in the OPT Model. We start today with flexibility training concepts.

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Feb 10, 202112:42
Ch. 13 – Integrated Training and the OPT Model

Ch. 13 – Integrated Training and the OPT Model

Hey, everybody. Welcome to your chapter 13 review. In this episode, we’ll talk about Integrated Training and the optimum performance training or OPT Model.

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Feb 10, 202111:58
Ch. 12 – Posture, Movement, and Performance Assessments

Ch. 12 – Posture, Movement, and Performance Assessments

Hey, everybody. Welcome to your chapter 12 review. In this episode, we’ll talk about the assessments related to posture, movement, and performance. 


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Feb 10, 202110:17
Ch. 11 - Health, Wellness, and Fitness Assessments

Ch. 11 - Health, Wellness, and Fitness Assessments

Hey, everybody. Welcome to your chapter eleven review. In this episode, we’ll be looking at that all-important health, wellness, and fitness assessments and the relationship they have to your client’s goals and optimal health.

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Feb 10, 202109:25
Ch. 10 - Supplementation

Ch. 10 - Supplementation

Hey, everybody. Welcome to your chapter 10 review. In this episode we’re going to cover supplementation.

Supplementation is a huge industry, however, the concept of performance and wellness enhancing foods or substances is not new. Supplements have been around for thousands of years. Ayurvedic medicine has been practiced in India dating back to 6,000 BC, and in 300 BC, Roman gladiators concocted their own type of recovery shake, made of plant ash. Sounds…delicious, right? Supplements, as we think of them today, originated in the 1940s with a simple, multivitamin product. Since then, and as of 2018, the dietary supplement industry has grown to generate 115 billion dollars of revenue worldwide, most of which continue to be vitamin and mineral sales. By 2025, sales are expected to swell to nearly 200 billion.


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Feb 10, 202110:56
Ch. 9 – Nutrition

Ch. 9 – Nutrition

Hey, everybody. Welcome to your chapter 9 review. In this episode, we’re going to review Nutrition and talk about some of the key learning points from this chapter.


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Feb 10, 202113:47
Ch. 8 – Exercise Metabolism and Bioenergetics

Ch. 8 – Exercise Metabolism and Bioenergetics

Hey, everybody. Welcome to your chapter eight review. In this episode, we’re going to cover exercise metabolism and bioenergetics.

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Feb 10, 202113:31
Ch. 7 – Human Movement Science

Ch. 7 – Human Movement Science

Hey, everybody. Welcome to your Chapter seven review. This is one of our most critical chapters. Why? In order to achieve improved physical fitness, you have to move. So, fitness professionals need to have at least a fundamental understanding of the science of human movement and how it can be used and manipulated to help clients reach their goals.

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Feb 10, 202113:20
Ch. 6 – The Cardiorespiratory, Endocrine, and Digestive Systems

Ch. 6 – The Cardiorespiratory, Endocrine, and Digestive Systems

Hey, everybody. Welcome to your chapter 6 review. As you know, the human body is made of many different systems and subsystems that work collectively to support normal physiological functioning. These distinct yet interdependent systems also influence and impact the decisions you will make as a fitness professional to improve your client’s health and fitness. In this episode we’re going to review the cardiorespiratory, endocrine, and digestive systems.

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Feb 10, 202114:01
Ch. 5 – The Nervous, Muscular, and Skeletal Systems

Ch. 5 – The Nervous, Muscular, and Skeletal Systems

Hey, everybody. Welcome to your Chapter five review. In this episode, it’s time to start tackling the different systems of the body. Today, we’ll cover the nervous, muscular, and skeletal systems. Just like a mechanic needs to learn the individual systems of a car, so too must fitness professionals learn about the systems within the human body. It is important to understand how exercise impacts and influences changes to health and fitness levels. We’ll cover these topics today, as well as the key learning objectives of the chapter.

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Feb 10, 202115:10
Ch. 4 - Intro to Behavior Coaching

Ch. 4 - Intro to Behavior Coaching

Hey, everybody. Welcome to your Chapter four review. In this episode, we’re going to talk about the strategies behind behavior coaching. And of course, we’ll cover the key learning points from the chapter.

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Feb 10, 202108:49
Ch. 3 – The Psychology of Exercise

Ch. 3 – The Psychology of Exercise

Hey, everybody. Welcome to your Chapter three review. In this episode we’ll discuss the relationship between our mind and fitness and, as always, we’ll cover key learning points from the chapter.

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Feb 10, 202109:39
C. 2 – The Personal Training Profession

C. 2 – The Personal Training Profession

Hey, everybody. Welcome to your Chapter two review. In this episode, we’re covering The Personal Training Profession. We’re going to pull back the curtain a little bit and give you some insight into what a career as a CPT really looks like, and we’ll also cover the key learning points in this chapter. It’s going to leave you with a lot to think about.

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Feb 10, 202111:04
Ch. 1: The Modern State of Health and Fitness

Ch. 1: The Modern State of Health and Fitness

Welcome to your Chapter one review. In this episode, we’re going to cover The Modern State of Health and Fitness. We’ll dig into some of the more analytical reasons behind the “why’s” of what we do and review key learning points that you’ll need to be successful.

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Feb 10, 202112:23