The NASM Weight Loss Specialization (NASM-WLS) – The number one reason people seek out personal trainers is to lose weight.

Look around – more than a third of adults are obese, even more are overweight. NASM wants to change that, and with you on our team of weight loss specialists, we know we can. It’s time to help your clients make some changes, really big changes. With NASM’s new Weight Loss Specialist (WLS) credential, you’ll be ready to do just that. The NASM Weight Loss Specialist (WLS) – The secret to long term weight loss success.

Grow your business by reducing waist lines! NASM Weight Loss Specialization:

• 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!

The course includes:

• Downloadable Manual
• Video Demonstrations
• Programming Manual
• Exercise Library
• CEU Exam

Course Curriculum: 

• 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