You're already making a difference whether you're supporting clients in clinical settings, leading community training, or collaborating with teams.
The CSCS can increase your impact — empowering you to apply advanced knowledge of strength and conditioning, seamlessly integrate into interdisciplinary teams, and explore athletic performance opportunities.
Leverage your experience to earn the most respected strength and conditioning certification.
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Learn more about the CSCS, potential career paths, and strength coach salaries in
The Official Guide to Becoming a Strength & Conditioning Coach.
Are you a former athlete or fitness superfan who fell in love with the weight room and training experience?
Does the idea of pushing the limits of performance pique your interest?
Create a Satisfying Career as a Strength Coach
Are you a former athlete or fitness superfan who fell in love with the weight room and training experience?
Does the idea of pushing the limits of performance pique your interest?
Learn more about the CSCS, potential career paths, and strength coach salaries in The Official Guide to Becoming a Strength & Conditioning Coach.
National Strength and Conditioning Association
1885 Bob Johnson Drive
Colorado Springs, CO 80906
+ (800) 815-6826
+ (719) 632-6722
Founded in 1978, The National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) is a nonprofit association dedicated to advancing the strength and conditioning and related sport science professions around the world.
The NSCA exists to empower a community of professionals to maximize their impact through disseminating evidence-based knowledge and its practical application by offering industry-leading certifications, research journals, career development services, networking opportunities, and continuing education. The NSCA community is composed of more than 60,000 members and certified professionals throughout the world who further industry standards as researchers, educators, strength and conditioning coaches, performance and sport scientists, personal trainers, tactical professionals, and other related roles.
About the NSCA
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Complement your ACSM certification by becoming a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist®.
TRANSFORM YOUR EXERCISE SCIENCE EXPERTISE INTO
ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE EXCELLENCE.
Boost your qualifications to serve the athletic population and showcase your advanced knowledge, skills, and abilities by passing the profession's most rigorous certification exam.
EXPAND YOUR SCOPE AND CREDIBILITY
Your Bachelor's degree qualifies you to sit for the CSCS exam. However, starting in 2030, eligible degrees must be obtained from a CASCE-accredited strength and conditioning program.
Employers trust the expertise of CSCS professionals — the CSCS is preferred or required by top organizations like the NBA, NFL, NHL, MLB, NCAA, and the US Army H2F program.
GET CERTIFIED WHILE YOU STILL QUALIFY
STAND OUT FOR ELITE JOB OPENINGS
National Strength and Conditioning Association
1885 Bob Johnson Drive
Colorado Springs, CO 80906
+ (800) 815-6826
+ (719) 632-6722
Founded in 1978, The National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) is a nonprofit association dedicated to advancing education for strength and conditioning and related sport science professions around the world.
The NSCA exists to empower a community of professionals to maximize their impact through disseminating evidence-based knowledge and its practical application by offering industry-leading certifications, research journals, career development services, networking opportunities, and continuing education. The NSCA community is composed of more than 60,000 Members and Certified Professionals throughout the world who further industry standards as researchers, educators, strength and conditioning coaches, performance and sport scientists, personal trainers, tactical professionals, and other related roles.
ABOUT THE NSCA
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Don’t wait to elevate your exercise science career with the most comprehensive certification in strength and conditioning.
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National Strength and Conditioning Association
1885 Bob Johnson Drive
Colorado Springs, CO 80906
+ (800) 815-6826
+ (719) 632-6722
Founded in 1978, the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) is an educational nonprofit dedicated to advancing the strength and conditioning and related sport science professions around the world.
We exist to empower a community of professionals to maximize their impact through disseminating evidence-based knowledge and its practical application by offering industry-leading certifications, research journals, career development services, networking opportunities, and continuing education. The NSCA community is composed of more than 60,000 members and certified professionals throughout the world who further industry standards as researchers, educators, strength and conditioning coaches, performance and sport scientists, personal trainers, tactical professionals, and other related roles.
