Faculty, not influencers
Programs are led by accomplished practitioners, scholars, clinicians, and professional educators selected for substance rather than reach.
Continuing professional education
A profession
is a practice of
continued learning.
In person, faculty led education for professionals who expect more from themselves and from their field.
View the national calendarThe central work of the College
Learning is not an accessory to professional life. It is the discipline that sustains it.
ACFP convenes serious fitness professionals for rigorous study, practical laboratories, and direct exchange with accomplished faculty. These are not content funnels disguised as education. They are places to think, practice, question, and return to work better prepared.
The College brings exercise science, coaching craft, ethics, leadership, health, human performance, and professional judgment into a single continuing curriculum. Certification may begin a career. Continuing education is what makes that career a profession.
Learning in the room
Knowledge becomes judgment through examination and use.
Lectures establish the evidence. Laboratories test its application. Faculty conversations expose its limits. Collegial exchange reveals how other serious professionals solve the same difficult problems.
That combination cannot be replicated by pressing play on another forgettable video module.
The ACFP standard
Education worthy of the profession.
Direct exchange
The difficult questions of practice deserve rooms where professionals can challenge ideas, examine judgment, and learn from one another.
Evidence with context
Research matters. So do limits, tradeoffs, client circumstances, and the disciplined judgment required to translate knowledge into action.
A permanent record
Every completed program becomes part of a member’s continuing education record and a visible history of professional development.
The national calendar
Seventeen rooms.
One profession.
One exceptional in person program every month through the end of 2027. Locations are selected to make the journey part of the experience.
Request program information ↗01
August 10–14, 2026Five-day institute
Denver, Colorado
Request information ↗The Professional Practice Institute
The foundations of evidence, judgment, ethics, and exceptional client care
02
September 22–24, 2026Three-day seminar
Newport, Rhode Island
Request information ↗Coaching Judgment
Decision-making, communication, and the craft that lives beyond the protocol
03
October 20–22, 2026Three-day seminar
Napa Valley, California
Request information ↗From Evidence to Programming
Reading research, weighing evidence, and designing programs that survive contact with real life
04
November 3–4, 2026Two-day seminar
Charleston, South Carolina
Request information ↗The Aging Client
Strength, independence, longevity, and responsible practice across the lifespan
05
December 15–17, 2026Three-day seminar
Miami Beach, Florida
Request information ↗Behavior Change and Adherence
Motivation, identity, communication, and the psychology of lasting practice
06
January 26–28, 2027Three-day seminar
Scottsdale, Arizona
Request information ↗Recovery, Readiness, and Adaptation
Fatigue, recovery, load management, and better decisions under imperfect conditions
07
February 23–25, 2027Three-day laboratory
San Diego, California
Request information ↗Movement Assessment in Practice
Observation, testing, interpretation, and the limits of what assessment can honestly tell us
08
March 9–12, 2027Four-day institute
Savannah, Georgia
Request information ↗The Complete Coaching Professional
Technical competence, human judgment, ethics, communication, and professional presence
09
April 20–22, 2027Three-day seminar
Austin, Texas
Request information ↗Strength Across the Lifespan
Principles and progressions for youth, adults, athletes, and older clients
10
May 18–20, 2027Three-day seminar
Boston, Massachusetts
Request information ↗The Science of Sustainable Performance
Physiology, adaptation, injury risk, and translating scholarship into practice
11
June 15–17, 2027Three-day seminar
Santa Barbara, California
Request information ↗Nutrition, Scope, and Professional Responsibility
Evidence-based guidance, referral judgment, collaboration, and ethical boundaries
12
July 13–16, 2027Four-day institute
Chicago, Illinois
Request information ↗Leadership in Fitness
Building teams, mentoring professionals, directing programs, and shaping institutional culture
13
August 10–12, 2027Three-day institute
Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Request information ↗Resilience and Human Performance
Capacity, durability, recovery, and performance in demanding environments
14
September 21–24, 2027Four-day institute
New York, New York
Request information ↗The Executive Practice
Premium service, professional reputation, business judgment, and enduring client relationships
15
October 18–22, 2027Five-day congress
Washington, District of Columbia
Explore Congress ↗ACFP Annual Congress
Research, practice, leadership, standards, recognition, and the future of the profession
16
November 16–18, 2027Three-day seminar
Palm Beach, Florida
Request information ↗Women’s Health and Performance
Life-stage informed programming, strength, recovery, and responsible interdisciplinary practice
17
December 14–16, 2027Three-day colloquium
New Orleans, Louisiana
Request information ↗The Year in Fitness Scholarship
The research, debates, and emerging ideas that should shape the coming year
Programs and venues are in development. Dates and locations are subject to confirmation before registration opens.
A professional community
“The most valuable conversation may begin after the final session ends.”
ACFP programs are designed not only for instruction, but for the collegial relationships through which a profession develops its identity, standards, and future leaders.
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The profession deserves faculty who have something worth saying.
ACFP welcomes proposals from scholars, clinicians, coaches, educators, and institutional leaders prepared to contribute serious work to the continuing development of fitness professionals.
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