I barely passed my exam this morning with a score of 600. Passing is >550. I completed all SAPTB.com exams until I was making perfect scores, I attended the last day of the ACSM 3-day workshop, and I reviewed the Resources for Personal Trainers textbook. I also perused at what others said about the ACSM-cPT exam online. I studied everyday anywhere from 30 minutes to a couple of hours, for about a month.
The test has no diagrams so picking out muscles and bones will not come up. There are no videos. The math was not too heavy but I really studied my formulas.
Know the heart, how stroke volume and cardiac output relate, flow of blood through the heart, chambers, type of muscle in the heart, and tricuspid valve.
Know WHR, HRR, and CVD Risk Factors. One scenario involved a person with a fasting glucose of 100mg/dl which qualifies as a risk factor under ACSM CVD thresholds but as I added up the other risk factors (sedentary, obese) there was no multiple choice answer which would include Impaired Fasting Glucose. Not sure how to answer it.
Know which are eccentric / concentric while climbing uphill and jogging downhill.
Know special populations, elderly, children, and especially pregnant women. One question asked which position a second / third trimester should NOT exercise in. Choice included supine, prone, on hands & knees, and on side. You can only choose one. I vacillated between supine and prone. Obviously prone leg curls is not cool, and supine bench press is not cool. But you can only choose one answer...supine is what they were probably going for.
Know dyslipidemia thresholds >200mg/dl LDL or <40mg/dl HDL. Know BMI >30 is obese.
Salt pills came up three times on test. They never came up in my studies, they're not in the book or in the workshop manual. It also asked twice about long-term use of high protein, I guessed calcium retention then changed my answer, I had it right the first time. Doh! It asked how much oil a person should consume in relation to protein consumption. Know how to spot edema.
Know ACSM CR fitness recommendations as well as CDC proposed activity levels.
Review psychological components and review all aspects of assessments in DETAIL.
The big picture they are looking for on this test is how safely a person can train. This cert is clinical and using medical terminology, ACSM has done a great job at distinguishing themselves.
Good luck!
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Thread: ACSM-cPT - How To Pass The Test
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07-12-2011, 11:34 AM #1
ACSM-cPT - How To Pass The Test
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"The quality of your life is in direct proportion to the amount of uncertainty you can comfortably live with." ~ Tony Robbins
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07-12-2011, 12:36 PM #2
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01-11-2012, 02:27 PM #3
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01-13-2012, 06:29 AM #4
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01-13-2012, 11:54 AM #5
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06-25-2012, 05:44 PM #6
SAPTB.com significantly help?
Thank you very much for all this info! VEry kind of you to post this! Okay, so I did run across that SAPTB.COM site a little bit ago and was skeptical based on the websites simplicity as well as several reviews I read on websites such as Scam.com What I am wondering is, how significantly do you think the website helped? What proportion of how useful was this website based off all the material that you used? Your thoughts would be appreciated. Thank you!!
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08-08-2012, 12:13 AM #7
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12-30-2012, 05:59 PM #8
I'm ACSM certified (I had to fail the first time though) and that is a tougher certification but it's worth it for the academic recognition. If anybody needs the books I can sell you my 3 ACSM certification books. ACSM Resources for the Personal Trainer, 3rd Edition. ACSM Guidelines For Exercise Testing and Prescription, 8th Edition. ACSM Certification Review, 3rd Edition. just PM me
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12-31-2012, 10:12 AM #9
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01-02-2013, 01:53 PM #10
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09-02-2013, 08:51 PM #11
3 day?
Thank you for posting your story!
Anyone who took the ACSM CPT exam do it without taking one of the 3 day seminars? I feel like I'm 80% confident about what I know, but I scheduled my exam and now I'm wondering if its super helpful to take a seminar?
I average about 85 on all the practice tests.. There are definitely some questions that throw me for a loop.. Any comments will be super appreciated! Thanks!
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09-03-2013, 08:07 PM #12
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09-11-2013, 06:01 PM #14
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09-11-2013, 07:46 PM #15
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09-14-2013, 09:30 PM #16
I passed!
I passed today, barely with just under 600 also. Total relief though to discover the results were immediate. I had heard they would be like 2-4 weeks to get. I studied my butt off, using the last edition of the ACSM books.. (Not the newest edition) I really knew my sh*t but the questions were all like 10 out of 10 on the difficulty scale. Good luck!! I'm sure you will do great! Just study how the heart works, spotting techniques, risk stratification, HRR calculations too. A few of them.
Good luck!!
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