GGR Score: 3.75
Product Highlights
- Performance Enhancement Specialization (PES) certification
- Can enhance a CPT certification
- Suitable for athletic trainers or physical therapists
- Some prerequisites required for PES
- 1-year timeline to complete course
In-Depth Review
PES Certification (2026): Strength and Conditioning and Continuing Education
Author: Caine Wilkes, OLY, CNC, USAW-L1Is this strength and conditioning certification right for you? Depending on your career goals, the PES Certification might be the next athletic performance cert for you. Read the full review.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Online final exam
- Does not require recertification
- Potential to earn CEUs
Cons
- 90-minute max for final exam
- Not NCCA-accredited
Product Summary
The NAS-PES certification can help fitness industry professionals enhance their knowledge of strength and conditioning. The course features anatomy and physiology, plyometrics, speed, agility, resistance training, and olympic lifting to name a few. There is also a chapter on performance nutrition. The final exam can be taken online and is a 100 multiple choice question exam that has to be completed in 90 minutes.
