Updated Heart Rate Performance Specialist Certification Helps Fitness Trainers, Coaches and Athletes Train Smarter Not Harder

Rancho Santa Margarita, CA, November 15, 2011 --(PR.com)-- Around the chests of athletes across the globe, heart rate monitors can track athletic progress and help athletes of all levels meet their goals. Since heart rate training is a true science, trainers and coaches who receive Heart Rate Performance Specialist training can use its scientific principles to help their athletes break through to the next level.

The updated training course offered by the National Exercise and Sports Training Association (NESTA), the Heart Rate Performance Specialist certification consists of video PowerPoint lectures, a digital manual and an online exam. After an extensive survey of its members, NESTA learned that high level fitness professionals desired easily applied scientific training tools. In addition to NESTA's survey results, it should be noted that the American Heart Association recommends using heart rate zones for measuring and monitoring fitness levels.

“This online certification takes the guesswork out of personal training, coaching and exercising – trainers can accurately, objectively and easily design effective heart rate training zones for their athletes,” said John Spencer Ellis, CEO of NESTA. “It also makes it easier for trainers to hold clients accountable by monitoring and evaluating their progress every step of the way.”

This educational program and training course gives trainers the tools to help clients train at the ideal intensity level, automatically record workout sessions and progress, maintain accountability for results, optimize fat burning, and track duration, calories burned, and minimum, maximum and average heart rate. All of this information simplifies the process of designing effective fitness programs.

About NESTA
Since 1992, National Exercise & Sports Trainers Association (NESTA) has been a leader in innovative solutions for fitness, nutrition and wellness professionals, as well as club owners. Founded by John Spencer Ellis, NESTA now has more than 55,000 members in 55 countries, and it is one of the largest fitness associations in the world, and the fastest growing association of its kind in the United States. For more information, please visit http://nestacertified.com

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