AIHP Continuing Education Policy

AIHP provides a FREE path to recertifications. We provide multiple options to suit your needs, but always include at least one free options.

All too often, the process by which personal training certification companies require their coaches/trainers to recertify is nothing more than a veiled money grab. We clearly do not agree with this approach. While we’re staunch believers in the value and necessity of continuing education, we just think it should be done with more integrity.

Therefore, AIHP provides a no-cost option to recertify, in addition to two other options should you prefer not to write a paper.

Option 1: (No-Cost Option) Submission of a short paper (1000-3000 words – not including a bibliography) on a topic related to strength and performance. Full details of the Paper Submission can be found HERE

Option 2: In case you’re already planning on taking other courses (or already have), we are happy to consider these for your recertification. UESCA courses are pre-approved! Successful completion of any UESCA Certification Course, or one-two UESCA Specialization Courses depending on the course (some specialization courses fulfill 50% of the requirement and some fulfill 100% of the requirement). Check Specialization Course Pages to see what percentage each course fulfills. The CEU requirement will be considered fulfilled once the additional UESCA course(s) is completed (and they can be taken anytime during the two-year period).  Once you’ve completed the certification or specialization course(s), email your UESCA certificate(s) to info@aihp.com and we’ll process your recertification.

Option 3: Take a short Recertification Exam (a fee of $99 USD is applied)

Continuing Education Paper Guidelines

Papers must be written by you. AI written papers will not be accepted. All papers will be run through an AI checker. The point of writing the paper is to learn about, research, and present a topic. It doesn’t have to be perfect, but it does need to be 100% from you.

The paper should be between 1000-3000 words. The content of the paper must be based around professional research. Therefore information direct from sources such as magazines and blogs are not acceptable. However if a magazine or blog cites a professional study from a journal and/or university, it can be cited and used. Pubmed.com and Google Scholar are good resources for finding professional journal articles. While PubMed might only offer an abstract of a paper, the information can still be cited and utilized in the user’s submission.

Once a paper has been submitted to AIHP for review, the author of the paper agrees to give AIHP non-exclusive and royalty-free permission to use the material on the AIHP website as well as for future learning and promotional material.

Submission to AIHP

Papers should be sent via email to info@aihp.com – Please submit the paper as an attachment either as a PDF or Word Doc. The email subject should include your name, email address and subject of the paper. (e.g., John Doe, JD@yahoo.com – Low back pain in swimmers)

Review by AIHP

Once received by AIHP, we will review the paper and if we have any questions, we will email you.

Structure

The paper should roughly follow the below structure (more than three paragraphs can be used in the body):

Introduction:

  • General statement about topic
    • Main points
    • Overview (thesis)

Body:

  • First Paragraph
    • Supporting details
    • Concluding Sentence
    • Transition
  • Second Paragraph
    • Supporting details
    • Concluding Sentence
    • Transition
  • Third Paragraph
    • Supporting details
    • Concluding Sentence
    • Transition

Conclusion:

  • General statement about the topic
  • Summary of the thesis

Bibliography:

Below are sample bibliography citations based on the type of source (e.g., website, journal article, etc.)

  1. Booth, Steven A. (January 1999). High-Drain Alkaline AA-Batteries. Popular Electronics, 62, 58.
  2. Brain, Marshall. How batteries work. howstuffworks. Retrieved August 1, 2006, from http://home.howstuffworks.com/battery.htm.
  3. Cells and batteries. (1993). The DK science encyclopedia. New York: DK Publishing.
  4. Dell, R. M., and D. A. J. Rand. (2001). Understanding batteries. Cambridge, UK: The Royal Society of Chemistry.
  5. Learning center. Energizer. Eveready Battery Company, Inc. Retrieved August 1, 2006, http://www.energizer.com/learning/default.asp