Heart Rate Performance Specialist

Heart Rate Performance Specialist Details

Heart Rate Monitor Options (click one for more details):

POLAR FT-80	FT-60 (men's - black and women's - pink)

Continuing Education Units: NESTA 1.6 CEUs, ISSA 16 CECs, NASM 1.9 CEUs, NSCA 0.8 CEUs

Recertification Requirements: None. Certificate does not expire

Prerequisites: None

Learning Format: Home Study + non-proctored written multiple choice exam (included)

Materials: Manual on CD-Rom (easily printed)

Completion Time: Approximately 3-4 weeks (complete within one year of purchase)

Earn the title of "Heat Rate Performance Specialist"

WHY LISTEN TO YOUR BODY?

Using a heart rate monitor is the most objective way to listen to your heart and track your progress, and it can help you avoid heart disease.

Whether you want to train to improve your performance or simply want to lead a healthier lifestyle, the most effective way to do both is to listen to your body. Of course, if you have no way of understanding it, you have no way of knowing what it’s telling you. That's why Polar heart rate and activity monitors are so essential – they help you listen and understand your body more effectively.

But how do they work? Well, as you get fitter by training with your heart rate monitor, your heart is able to pump more blood with every beat. The upshot of this is that your heart doesn’t have to beat as often to get the required oxygen to your muscles, which in turn decreases your resting and exercise heart rate. As a result of training, your muscles utilize the oxygen better, meaning you can put more effort in and still maintain the same heart rate.

On the other hand, with activity monitoring you can measure your health beneficial movement and track your activity level to accurately record information about your active time, intensity and calorie expenditure.

When all of these things happen, Polar products make sense of it all so that you are in tune with your body to act on what its really telling you.

And that leads to a healthier, fitter you.

Here are some important questions that you must answer about the training results of your current fitness clients and performance athletes:

- Do you objectively know how hard they are actually working?
- Can you truly determine accurate rest/recovery and work periods by mere observation?
- Are you willing to merely accept “better than average” results?
- Do you know what they’re really doing when they aren’t with you?
- Are you maximizing their metabolic conditioning and energy pathway utilization?
- Can you objectively identify whether they are working aerobically or anaerobically?

Now you can observe how hard your clients and athletes are working. You will be able to determine the precise amount of rest/recovery time between sets and workouts. You will actually be able to determine if they did exactly what you told them to do. And you will be able to monitor and evaluate their progress every step of the way.

With only this program and your Polar Heart Rate Monitor, you can now ensure your clients and athletes:

- Train at the right intensity all the time, every day
- Know and improve VO2max in as little as 4-6 weeks
- Automatically record each workout session’s:
- Total duration in hours, minutes, and seconds
- Intensity as a % of maximum heart rate
- Calories burned
- Maximum, minimum, and average heart rate
- Are held accountable for their own efforts
- Optimize fat burning
- Increase their lactate threshold and performance

As the trainer and coach you will now be able to:

- Monitor daily, weekly, monthly, and yearly progress through automatically recorded data
- Assess VO2max, resting heart rate, and heart rate variability at will
- Design the appropriate FITTRR (Frequency, Intensity, Time, Type, Rest/Recovery, and Rate of Progression) variables with helpful tutorials and specialized “plug-and-play” forms
- Create specific programs for each fitness client, and athlete based on sport or position in sport

Whether you are an experienced trainer or coach, or a beginner, you cannot rely on subjective performance assessments of the FITTRR variables in your programming. If you are to truly be an elite trainer or coach, you must add objective assessment measures to better program, monitor, and evaluate workout progress.

Get NESTA's Heart Rate Performance Specialist program, and start training better today!

HRP with FT-80

$399

What’s included:
-Interactive CD-ROM Manual
-Non-proctored written Exam
-POLAR FT-80 HR monitor
The FT80 is for fitness professionals and enthusiasts interested in both cardiovascular and strength training.

HRP with FT-60

$299

What’s included:
-Interactive CD-ROM Manual
-Non-proctored written Exam
-POLAR FT-60 HR monitor
The FT60 heart rate monitor is for fitness professionals and fitness enthusiasts.

 

 

Policies

POLAR Manufacturer's Warranty: The original purchaser of this heart rate monitor is backed by a limited warranty that states that this product that the product will be free from defects in material or workmanship for two years from the date of purchase.

Note: Polar heart rate monitors are precision instruments; consumers are not advised to change their own battery. Polar recommends that all service be done by an authorized Polar Service Center which will include a warranty for 90 days on repairs and 6 months for batteries.

Shipping: Additional shipping fees will apply for delivery outside of the Continental U.S. Shipping fees are determined at the time of checkout. Refer to our shipping policies for additional details.

Please visit our policies page for additional details.

Prices subject to change at any time without notice.

Recertification Process

The NESTA ECB requires its certified personal fitness trainers to complete 4.0 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) over a four year period. Each 0.1 CEU is worth one hour of study time or one contact hour in a live training format. All NESTA ECB approved coursework is listed with predetermined CEU values at http://www.nestacertified.com/nesta-programs.html

Renewal Deadlines
Recertification applications with necessary completed CEUs and full fee payments are accepted and on time if submitted as early as 90 days prior to certification expiration and no later than the actual expiration date.

Late applications for NESTA PFT recertification will be accepted by the NESTA ECB
between 1-90 days after expiration. Late applications will require an additional $25 fee
every 30 days late up to 90 days. After 90 days following certification expiration, NESTA
PFT certification will be null and void. Formerly certified NESTA PFTs who fail to comply
with recertification polices and procedures will be required to retake the PFT exam to be
certified and recognized by NESTA and the NESTA ECB.

Recertification Fee: $95 (between 90-1 day(s) prior to expiration)
Late Application Fee: $25 (between 1-30 days late)
$50 (between 31-60 days late)
$75 (between 61-90 days late)

For complete details on the re-certification process and CEU category descriptions download the NESTA Recertification Guide.

For a list of NESTA approved providers, refer to our Continuing Education Approved Providers page.