Secrets of the NASM Personal Trainer Exam: NASM Test Review for the National Academy of Sports Medicine Board of Certification Examination (Mometrix Test Preparation)

This book is horribly designed. The review information has very few helpful images--it is just typed (with a lot of typos) random information. It focuses on some of the least important stuff to know about. I bought it just to have another practice test to take. The practice test emphasized all sort of stuff that NASM's tests don't emphasize. And some of the information appears to be in conflict with information from the NASM book. Proof that the practice test they have is bad is that there wasn't even one question on the overhead squat assessment. How crazy is that?The best study guide I bought which was the Pocket Pal Flash Card App! Spend your money on that! It is a GEM!

I have never been a great test-taker and I have felt a ton of anxiety about passing this test and not spending even more money on re-testing. I have had the official NASM textbook for several months and have given my best effort each time I read it. I am so happy with my purchase of your study guide and I knew it was a great decision on the first day I received it. The reason is simple; your study guide secrets contains all of the truly relevant material written in the most clear and concise language. I find myself absorbing the material faster now because the study guide is written more like people speak in everyday terms.I feel much more confident going forward in pursuit of my goals due to the Mometrix study guide. You have a product I will recommend to anyone I know that also is determined to pass the NASM CPT test.

I contacted the publisher, Mometrix, regarding sections of the study guide that contain completely inaccurate information. I received the below response regarding my concern:"From our editors:Thanks for reaching out to us, and I'm very sorry for any confusion and frustration we've caused you with this.The exercise continuum model is not a model NASM uses and as such we shouldn't have put any questions about it in our guide. I'm sorry you encountered these questions, but please know that you'll not be tested on them on the actual exam."My bigger concern is this: What else is incomplete, inaccurate, or completely unrelated in this study guide? And could this misdirection cause someone to fail their CPT exam?

NASM Personal Trainer Exam Secrets Study GuideRating 4I am just getting started, but seems very "to the point". I will let you know how I do on my exam! I do wish there were pictures to help with the anatomy. I've had a chance to dig a little deeper and am enjoying how easily it is to digest the material. The NASM book is overwhelming if you do not have an anatomy back ground. I plan on reading through your book several times to develop a foundation and then move on to the NASM book. Thanks again for the assistance. I was turned onto your material through a friend who has used your material for nursing school. Thank you for the link to help with my lack of anatomy knowledge.

Unorganized. Repeated itself unnecessarily. Wasn't impressed with the amount of typos. The practice exam in the back wasn't worth the time it took to take it, since half the concepts and terms (in even the correct answers) weren't in the NASM book. This book did not help me pass the exam, going back through the original NASM textbook to verify the accuracy of this book did that.