You already are intelligent and special, but if you wish to continue your education by taking this ambitious certication I, for one, will be rooting for you!
I did not renew my NASM CPT for the same reason. Most of the potential CEUs I saw available were expensive NASM courses that didn't seem like they would benefit my training clients extensively. It would be nice if NASM offered something like, "CPT Renewal Course," where they do quick refreshers and cover new studies or theories that have come out over the past 2 years. I'm all for continuing my education, I just don't think I should have to spend a lot of money to learn information that I will rarely use to say I'm doing so.
Thank you for educating us about the fitness industry. We've been so brained wash for years, and I really enjoy how you shine the light on these subjects. A+
This is why I have so much respect for you. You are one of the few reliable sources of knowledge here on RUclips. Thank you very much for what you're doing
I don't recall if you mentioned it in your last NASM video, but now every time I think of NASM, I think of how they actually offer a "fitness influencer" certification program 😂😂 and, yeah, it makes it hard to continue to take them seriously.
Great video. I personally believe that the average person needs to worry about things like metabolism, hormones, T-Levels at all. In most cases, the actual reason people don't make progress is something as simple as exercise selection, lack of training intensity, no workout plan, unhealthy diet and lifestyle. Metabolism is rarely the case. Mostly people use this as an excuse. "I just have low metabolism." For men it is: "My Testosterone is low. I reached my genetic potential just after 2 years of training and now it's time to hop on the gear." What's surprising is that I got a lumen ad at the end of this video 😂
Go, Justina, go! I appreciate your honesty and your hard work to keep us informed correctly! I am a bit concerned because NASM was one of those fitness giants that you would expect to be fair and teach you the good stuff. In today's society, you really should not trust anyone 😱 Fingers crossed with your new certification, Justina 🥰! Sounds like a fun and useful thing to strive for!
Congratulations on making the most of your continuing education for training journey and for sharing the unfortunate growing“ gotcha” marketing tactics of NASM.
This was a very empowering video!! To me, it's not really the end of the world if I naturally gain weight no matter what I do, but I definitely thought that process was going to begin once I reach 30 in a few years. So it's kind of nice to know that might not happen so long as I can keep up with my current level of physical activity!! It's too bad that NASM seems to have sold out in this way, though :/
I am currently taking the NASM CPT program and it really does upset me how, outside of that program, they seem to not put in the same amount of care. I hope they change things in the future because it is embarrassing being associated with a company that is doing things like this. Thank you for bringing it to everyone’s attention!
Well thank gawd, I still have 5 years before I slow :) I keep being told I'm going "downhill" already and that makes one think "why bother trying". I always thought it depends on at what age each person starts to lose lean muscle tone from aging and 60+ if one does reasonable amount of exercise you would still lose it naturally as everything in your body starts shrinking. In your 50's tho one is still pretty active, unless injured or disabled, and most have good muscle still if they keep healthy/fit. Thanks so much for this new info. Yes drop them and get the other certification.
Get that CSCS! Personal training certs are just not worth it once you learn enough out fitness and training. That’s the reason I’m hesitating on renewing mine.
What about hormones though? Your age definitely affects hormones and hormones can affect your weight. I'm not sure you can make the leap to say hormones affect your metabolism exactly. But it seems many people complaining about a "slow metabolism" are really complaining about weight gain...which can be affected by hormones...which are affected by age. It gets very confusing!
It is pretty tough. In theory you really only need to study the one textbook. But it’s a lot. And you gotta really know the details. I took the exam once and failed the second half (I don’t think they split it into two parts anymore though). But honestly, studying so hard for it taught me way more than I ever would have from a regular personal trainer certification.
Hi Justina! I was wondering your thoughts on a hypothesis of mine. When I first heard about the new science of metabolism saying that it is stable between ages 30 and 60 I started thinking about other possible explanations for why people often gain fat during those years. I know the one you put forth in this video is that it's due to lifestyle changes but I was wondering if you thought it could also be due to muscle loss. I've heard that after the age of 30 muscle mass decreased a significant amount each decade unless you take measures to prevent it. Seems like that could explain fat gain right?
Honestly it could be a thousand different things, because fat gain comes down to holding onto more energy than you’re expending. So it could be muscle loss. It could be lack of movement. It could be stress. It could be hormone fluctuations. It could be almost anything as far as we know with the information we have.
im studying in collage to be a dietician and I can tell you… any of the ways we calculate the calories daily requirement for the people include age expect for baby’s and we changed the method after the first year of age…. This is of data
@@JustinaErcole sorry my bad english is not my first language lol, what i'm trying to say is i'm a dietician student and when we calculate caloric requirements any of the formulas we use take in cosiderstion age, cause that doesnt change the caloric result in the only cased whe used age is in babys below 1 yesr of age, I hope I make sence now? lol
So you change your calculation based on age? Is that what you mean? And no need to apologize for the language barrier! I only speak one so you’re worlds ahead of me ❤️
Oof, this is such cringe. Yuck! Also got a noom ad immediately following this video 🙄 I'm curious if you have thoughts on ACE Fitness? I've been pondering their Group Fitness cert, but it seems weirdly less involved than others I've seen (ie: NASM, my province's certifying body's recommendation, etc). I've really enjoyed some of their CEC courses (which my certifier does credit) and I'm tempted....
Look, I'm a med student in college and even when I am always interested in how calories affect our bodies I can tell you, at the end of the day it doesn't matter because our bodies don't read the labels and say: oh! This cookie has 50 calories and this bunch of strawberries just 20 calories. I should eat the strawberries and not the cookie because it's healthier… Yeah, fruit is always healthier but if you crave the cookie, your body will reverse the strawberries and store the damn fat in your body you're preaching to get rid of. Today, we still don't understand how this machine (our body) works a 100%, and we never will. Eat the cookie, eat the fruit and move a little. And please if you're 30 years old or older, focus on your strength training at least a couple of days per week because I don't know if you're aware, but you are now losing muscle till you are a 100 years old, and you leave your physical body to face the next challenge. You, Justina, are right and I personally don't understand why you haven't hit like the 500k subscribers already. People if you are reading this, subscribe to her, she shares good information also good training classes.
100% on your point of sources of education not being pure and scientific and turning into money grabs. How is the average person supposed to trust an "educated expert" if the knowledge said expert has been taught it not full and correct. Makes me upset and paranoid. Sadly, it happens in SO MANY FIELDS.
I have a question. If in the past, there were hundreds of studies that said age does matter with metabolism then why are we going by this new study that says the opposite? if hundreds of studies say age matters, why are we going by this new one?
Can you send those studies? Essentially this is a MUCH longer and more in depth study than any done previously. Remember that we haven’t been conducting studies like this for very long.
@@JustinaErcole I see. So what do we do now with BMR and calorie calculators that ask for age ? Are they asking age because of the previous way of thinking? When I put in my age (40 something) vs 25 years of age I get a 110 calorie difference. Now what…lol. Not sure which calorie amount to go by
@@pamela6470 From what I understand, in this latest research they have compared the metabolism rate of people in a wide age bracket basically from 20 to 60 and so on (I don't remember the details). They have seen that there's not a lot of difference between the metabolism of someone in their twenties to someone's in their fifties or sixties. Hence, they have deduced that there likely isn't a big change of metabolic rate with age as previously thought. If I remember correctly, they have not compared the metabolic rate of a bunch of people when they were 20 and then when they were 60. I hope this helps. EDIT: checking the article they are actually talking about daily total expenditure that, from what I understand, is different from metabolic rate.
@@thedolcetto81 I see, so then I would still calculate my BMR with my age; that hasn’t changed. I will have to read the study; my curiosity is peaked. Thanks for your reply
@@pamela6470 I honestly don't know cause I don't have a medicine/biology/nutrition background and I am not knowledgable about the methodologies used to perform this sort of studies. My very wild guess is that they are taking the assumption that there is enough variety in the cohort of people they have chosen for the study to remove possible bias. Some example of bias: someone may have had high enough metabolism to start with (when they were younger) and therefore at the time of the study their metabolism will be similar to someone younger but with lower metabolism rate to start with. In a sense they are assuming that averages over a big enough group (a representative sample in statistical therms) of different gender and age will give you the same result as doing averages over some time period for a small group of people, whose metabolism has been measured for decades. This implies that one can obtain relevant results in a shorter period of time. What are the implications towards those tools that give us an estimated metabolic rate, that require your age and assume that it decreases with it? I don't know. Those tools have been developed before this study came out, so it may be that we need to readjust them.
Subscribed! As a fellow fitness professional, I think we definitely need more people like you spreading good, RESEARCHED info.
You already are intelligent and special, but if you wish to continue your education by taking this ambitious certication I, for one, will be rooting for you!
Thanks!
I did not renew my NASM CPT for the same reason. Most of the potential CEUs I saw available were expensive NASM courses that didn't seem like they would benefit my training clients extensively. It would be nice if NASM offered something like, "CPT Renewal Course," where they do quick refreshers and cover new studies or theories that have come out over the past 2 years. I'm all for continuing my education, I just don't think I should have to spend a lot of money to learn information that I will rarely use to say I'm doing so.
I get what you're saying, but there are a TON of really valuable continuing education courses that aren't through NASM but do count toward their CEUs!
Thank you for educating us about the fitness industry. We've been so brained wash for years, and I really enjoy how you shine the light on these subjects. A+
You are so welcome!
This is why I have so much respect for you. You are one of the few reliable sources of knowledge here on RUclips. Thank you very much for what you're doing
I totally agree about metabolism, I’m 52, three years post menopause and I’m still the same size I was as a teenager.
I appreciate the peak behind the curtain in your field!
Loved this video! Always great to see evidence-based content on YT
I don't recall if you mentioned it in your last NASM video, but now every time I think of NASM, I think of how they actually offer a "fitness influencer" certification program 😂😂 and, yeah, it makes it hard to continue to take them seriously.
Hahahahah that cert made me laugh
Great video. I personally believe that the average person needs to worry about things like metabolism, hormones, T-Levels at all.
In most cases, the actual reason people don't make progress is something as simple as exercise selection, lack of training intensity, no workout plan, unhealthy diet and lifestyle. Metabolism is rarely the case.
Mostly people use this as an excuse. "I just have low metabolism."
For men it is: "My Testosterone is low. I reached my genetic potential just after 2 years of training and now it's time to hop on the gear."
What's surprising is that I got a lumen ad at the end of this video 😂
Hahahahaha not the lumen ad!
Just when I thought I could not love you more, you drop this video. You are amazing! We are so lucky to have you ❤
Wow, thank you!
Go, Justina, go!
I appreciate your honesty and your hard work to keep us informed correctly!
I am a bit concerned because NASM was one of those fitness giants that you would expect to be fair and teach you the good stuff. In today's society, you really should not trust anyone 😱
Fingers crossed with your new certification, Justina 🥰! Sounds like a fun and useful thing to strive for!
Congratulations on making the most of your continuing education for training journey and for sharing the unfortunate growing“ gotcha” marketing tactics of NASM.
This was a very empowering video!! To me, it's not really the end of the world if I naturally gain weight no matter what I do, but I definitely thought that process was going to begin once I reach 30 in a few years. So it's kind of nice to know that might not happen so long as I can keep up with my current level of physical activity!!
It's too bad that NASM seems to have sold out in this way, though :/
How exciting! You’re such an inspiration!!!!! I hope you go for the cscs and looking forward to hearing about the experience!
Thank you so much!!
I am currently taking the NASM CPT program and it really does upset me how, outside of that program, they seem to not put in the same amount of care. I hope they change things in the future because it is embarrassing being associated with a company that is doing things like this. Thank you for bringing it to everyone’s attention!
You’re so welcome!
Good to see you Ms Common Sense! Hugs from Holland
Same to you!
Well thank gawd, I still have 5 years before I slow :) I keep being told I'm going "downhill" already and that makes one think "why bother trying". I always thought it depends on at what age each person starts to lose lean muscle tone from aging and 60+ if one does reasonable amount of exercise you would still lose it naturally as everything in your body starts shrinking. In your 50's tho one is still pretty active, unless injured or disabled, and most have good muscle still if they keep healthy/fit. Thanks so much for this new info. Yes drop them and get the other certification.
It’s definitely individualized, but it’s not directly from age. It’s the other things that can accompany age :)
Always love your insight!
So glad!
Get that CSCS! Personal training certs are just not worth it once you learn enough out fitness and training. That’s the reason I’m hesitating on renewing mine.
I'm definitely thinking about it!
NASM= national academy of super marketing. I will care zero if you don’t renew your cert. I’ll w excited for you to do CSCS!
Hahahahhaa love that
I am sure my metabolism has slowed down being 66 with Arthritis. Good luck with your certification.
Thanks!
What about hormones though? Your age definitely affects hormones and hormones can affect your weight. I'm not sure you can make the leap to say hormones affect your metabolism exactly. But it seems many people complaining about a "slow metabolism" are really complaining about weight gain...which can be affected by hormones...which are affected by age. It gets very confusing!
Thank for telling me the age range. I swear my metabolism stopped at 40. I’ve started some intense training again so hopefully it will perk back up.
Remember though that more intensity isn’t necessarily the answer :)
@@JustinaErcoleI’ve started kickboxing, ninja warrior and indoor rock climbing once a week. I’m hoping to get my strength back.
Id love to see what is entailed on getting that CSCS certification. I had a friend who got it years ago and said it was the hardest thing she did
There’s a lot of RUclips channels about it! Definitely very geared toward working with athletes.
It is pretty tough. In theory you really only need to study the one textbook. But it’s a lot. And you gotta really know the details. I took the exam once and failed the second half (I don’t think they split it into two parts anymore though). But honestly, studying so hard for it taught me way more than I ever would have from a regular personal trainer certification.
Hi Justina! I was wondering your thoughts on a hypothesis of mine. When I first heard about the new science of metabolism saying that it is stable between ages 30 and 60 I started thinking about other possible explanations for why people often gain fat during those years. I know the one you put forth in this video is that it's due to lifestyle changes but I was wondering if you thought it could also be due to muscle loss. I've heard that after the age of 30 muscle mass decreased a significant amount each decade unless you take measures to prevent it. Seems like that could explain fat gain right?
Honestly it could be a thousand different things, because fat gain comes down to holding onto more energy than you’re expending. So it could be muscle loss. It could be lack of movement. It could be stress. It could be hormone fluctuations. It could be almost anything as far as we know with the information we have.
Besides strength training what can we do after 60 to keep our metabolism going strong?
im studying in collage to be a dietician and I can tell you… any of the ways we calculate the calories daily requirement for the people include age expect for baby’s and we changed the method after the first year of age…. This is of data
Sorry I don’t really understand what you’re saying. Can you word it another way?
@@JustinaErcole sorry my bad english is not my first language lol, what i'm trying to say is i'm a dietician student and when we calculate caloric requirements any of the formulas we use take in cosiderstion age, cause that doesnt change the caloric result in the only cased whe used age is in babys below 1 yesr of age, I hope I make sence now? lol
So you change your calculation based on age? Is that what you mean? And no need to apologize for the language barrier! I only speak one so you’re worlds ahead of me ❤️
As a NASM certified professional this is concerning to me! 😮
Same haha
Oof, this is such cringe. Yuck! Also got a noom ad immediately following this video 🙄
I'm curious if you have thoughts on ACE Fitness? I've been pondering their Group Fitness cert, but it seems weirdly less involved than others I've seen (ie: NASM, my province's certifying body's recommendation, etc). I've really enjoyed some of their CEC courses (which my certifier does credit) and I'm tempted....
Look, I'm a med student in college and even when I am always interested in how calories affect our bodies I can tell you, at the end of the day it doesn't matter because our bodies don't read the labels and say: oh! This cookie has 50 calories and this bunch of strawberries just 20 calories. I should eat the strawberries and not the cookie because it's healthier… Yeah, fruit is always healthier but if you crave the cookie, your body will reverse the strawberries and store the damn fat in your body you're preaching to get rid of.
Today, we still don't understand how this machine (our body) works a 100%, and we never will.
Eat the cookie, eat the fruit and move a little. And please if you're 30 years old or older, focus on your strength training at least a couple of days per week because I don't know if you're aware, but you are now losing muscle till you are a 100 years old, and you leave your physical body to face the next challenge.
You, Justina, are right and I personally don't understand why you haven't hit like the 500k subscribers already. People if you are reading this, subscribe to her, she shares good information also good training classes.
100% on your point of sources of education not being pure and scientific and turning into money grabs. How is the average person supposed to trust an "educated expert" if the knowledge said expert has been taught it not full and correct. Makes me upset and paranoid. Sadly, it happens in SO MANY FIELDS.
100%!
You know it's bad when you want back your 1 dollar 😂😂🤣🤣
Hahahahaha
I have a question. If in the past, there were hundreds of studies that said age does matter with metabolism then why are we going by this new study that says the opposite? if hundreds of studies say age matters, why are we going by this new one?
Can you send those studies? Essentially this is a MUCH longer and more in depth study than any done previously. Remember that we haven’t been conducting studies like this for very long.
@@JustinaErcole I see. So what do we do now with BMR and calorie calculators that ask for age ? Are they asking age because of the previous way of thinking? When I put in my age (40 something) vs 25 years of age I get a 110 calorie difference. Now what…lol. Not sure which calorie amount to go by
@@pamela6470 From what I understand, in this latest research they have compared the metabolism rate of people in a wide age bracket basically from 20 to 60 and so on (I don't remember the details). They have seen that there's not a lot of difference between the metabolism of someone in their twenties to someone's in their fifties or sixties. Hence, they have deduced that there likely isn't a big change of metabolic rate with age as previously thought. If I remember correctly, they have not compared the metabolic rate of a bunch of people when they were 20 and then when they were 60. I hope this helps.
EDIT: checking the article they are actually talking about daily total expenditure that, from what I understand, is different from metabolic rate.
@@thedolcetto81 I see, so then I would still calculate my BMR with my age; that hasn’t changed. I will have to read the study; my curiosity is peaked. Thanks for your reply
@@pamela6470 I honestly don't know cause I don't have a medicine/biology/nutrition background and I am not knowledgable about the methodologies used to perform this sort of studies. My very wild guess is that they are taking the assumption that there is enough variety in the cohort of people they have chosen for the study to remove possible bias. Some example of bias: someone may have had high enough metabolism to start with (when they were younger) and therefore at the time of the study their metabolism will be similar to someone younger but with lower metabolism rate to start with. In a sense they are assuming that averages over a big enough group (a representative sample in statistical therms) of different gender and age will give you the same result as doing averages over some time period for a small group of people, whose metabolism has been measured for decades. This implies that one can obtain relevant results in a shorter period of time.
What are the implications towards those tools that give us an estimated metabolic rate, that require your age and assume that it decreases with it? I don't know. Those tools have been developed before this study came out, so it may be that we need to readjust them.