Annual Congress
The signature gathering of the fitness profession, bringing research, practice, leadership, and community into one exceptional experience.
↗ American College of Fitness Professionals
Fitness is a profession.
Professionals never
stop learning.
The home of continuing professional education, scholarship, and distinction for the fitness profession.
Annual CongressRegional SeminarsProfessional InstitutesContinuing Education
The purpose of the College
A profession is defined not only by what its members know, but by what they continue to learn.
ACFP exists to make serious, in person professional education a defining feature of a career in fitness. Our conferences, seminars, and institutes connect accomplished faculty with practitioners committed to mastering their work.
Around that educational mission, the College advances scholarship, publishes standards, supports ethical practice, develops professional community, and recognizes distinction.
The incoming profession
Your degree begins the work. It should also open the world.
ACFP welcomes sports science, exercise science, kinesiology, coaching, and human performance students from the United States and around the world. The Emerging Professionals program connects academic study to mentors, applied education, research opportunities, and a global professional community.
Travel scholarshipsPromising emerging professionals should not be kept out of the room by the cost of reaching it.
Explore the global programContinuing professional education
The classroom is where
the profession convenes.
Regional Seminars
Focused, in person education led by accomplished faculty and designed for immediate application in professional practice.
↗Professional Institutes
Intensive programs for advanced study in specialized areas of coaching, health, performance, and professional leadership.
↗Continuing Education
Rigorous learning experiences that maintain competence, deepen judgment, and document a professional's continuing development.
↗The flagship gathering
Research. Practice. Leadership. Community.
ACFPAnnual
Annual
Congress
The event serious fitness professionals expect to attend.
Distinguished faculty, practical laboratories, research presentations, and conversations that move the profession forward.
Explore the CongressThe professional calendar
Learning worth
showing up for.
A national calendar of deliberately selected, faculty led programs for professionals who value direct exchange, practical depth, and the community created by learning together.
FormatProgramFocusAccess
ACFP ReviewPractice.
Evidence.
Judgment.
Evidence.
Judgment.
Volume I · Founding Edition
Standards and scholarship
Education anchored in evidence and professional judgment.
ACFP standards define responsible practice. Publications and academic programs translate developing knowledge into better judgment. Each gives substance to the other, and both shape the College's educational program.
Discover the institution ↗Professional community
Belong to something
worth returning to.
Membership connects each educational experience to a continuing professional life. Members receive preferred program access, continuing education records, publications, faculty exchange, and opportunities for service and recognition.
01 Student
02 Professional
03 Academic
04 Fellow
Recognition and credentials
Learning documented.
Distinction earned.
The College records continuing education, recognizes advanced professional development, and develops credentials grounded in meaningful standards. Certification is part of the institution, not the reason for its existence.
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