NASM-YES study guide
NASM-YES · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
The NASM Youth Exercise Specialization (YES) is a fully online, self-paced specialization for fitness and wellness professionals who want to coach children and teens ages 6 to 19. Its three sections - The Science of Youth Exercise, Fitness & Training Guidelines for Youth, and Development for Youth Clients - focus on how youth clients differ from adults and how to adjust programming for growing bodies. Content covers age-appropriate fitness assessments, exercise progressions, safety considerations, and flexibility, cardiorespiratory, core, balance, plyometric, speed-agility-quickness (SAQ), and resistance training. The specialization is aimed at personal trainers, youth coaches, PE teachers, group fitness instructors, and aspiring professionals; there are no prerequisites, though a personal trainer or nutrition certification is recommended. The NASM-YES study guide has 3 sections and about 1,122 words.
01The Science of Youth Exercise: How Children Differ From Adults
The Science of Youth Exercise domain tests whether you can explain how children and adolescents differ physiologically from adults and how those differences reshape exercise prescription. Expect questions on growth and maturation, thermoregulation, aerobic and anaerobic capacity, and growth-plate considerations.
396 words, about 2 min02Fitness & Training Guidelines for Youth: FITT-VP and Safety Limits
Fitness & Training Guidelines for Youth tests the specific prescriptions and safety limits you would use to program for a young client, drawn from consensus youth physical activity and resistance-training position stands. Youth should accumulate at least 60 minutes of moderate-to-vigorous aerobic activity daily, with vigorous activity and muscle- and bone-strengthening activities on at least 3 days per week.
379 words, about 2 min03Development for Youth Clients: Motor Skills, Motivation, and Coaching
Development for Youth Clients tests how you adapt coaching to a young client's motor skill level, cognitive stage, and motivation, and how you screen, set goals, and involve parents. Fundamental movement skills (locomotor, manipulative, stability) underpin all later sport.
347 words, about 2 min