My NASM journey. Tips and advice I can offer

by Art
(Texas)

Well i began my journey in march and just completed it. The first time, I studied early on but got burned out and didn't study for a whole month until my exam date. i crammed the night before and stayed up all night studying. i got a 67 on the test and to be honest, i dont remember a thing about that morning.

then i took it sept. 5 again. i paced myself better and felt good going into the test and throughout the test. when i got the results, i had failed with a 69. i was very disappointed. at this time i wanted to give up on NASM. well i didn't, and thankfully it paid off.

my best advice is don't give up on NASM. Odds are, you might fail the first time if you stay up all night. It's a hard cert and rough test but know that if you pass it, you will be able to accomplish any cert you want.

Material that should be noted is:

Overhead squat/pushing assessment/fitness assessment. a lot of questions are based around this. study chapter 5. know it like the back of your hand

nutrition (macronutrients and their daily amounts and cals they yield. fat soluble vitamins, etc)

basic professional development

program design (progressions, regressions, foam roll, alternating arms, dynadisc, 2 legs stable, one leg stable, 2 legs, 1 leg. a lot of quesitons like this to. know the difference in stabilization exercies, strength exercises, and power exercises. know the difference in the types of core and flexibility training

Know the heart. which chamber does what.

know what an example of a monnosaccharide is (fructose)

know the innermost layer of the heart

ACUTE VARIBALES. know EVERY one of these. sets, reps, intensity, etc.

know the muscles of the movement and stabilization system

know the basics of special population

main chapters to master:
3,5,12,13,6,8,15,16. also know the nutrition and professional development chapters, sorry forgot their number.

keep your head up if you fail, i did 3 times. dont let the test beat you, but beat the test!

this site helped me out a lot, and those 500 questions did help out a bit and they only cost 25 bucks, nothing to lose there!