Performance Enhancement Specialization

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What's new with the Updated NASM PES:

  • Course content is delivered 100% online via the new NASM learning management system
  • New look and feel for the NASM brand
  • Course materials and exam can now be purchased separately
  • Optional Print On-Demand manual and Burn On-Demand CD-ROM available at additional costs with course purchase


NASM Performance Enhancement Specialization (PES) Professionals:

  • Deliver consistent results in rehabilitation, reconditioning and performance enhancement
  • Individualize integrated training programs for fitness and to keep their athletes performing at the highest level
  • Utilize the OPT™ method, a science-based training system that guarantees measurable results

Keep your athletes in the game

In an increasingly competitive professional environment, with the added pressure of media attention, athletes have to perform at increasingly higher levels and still avoid injury. To help them succeed, the advanced techniques in the NASM-PES will help perfomance enhancement professionals create highly individualized, integrated training programs that enrich training and enhance performance. The Performance Enhancement Specialist (NASM-PES) Advanced Specialization is the highest-level advanced qualification in the industry.  It is the definitive training program for fitness and professional athletic performance.

CEUs: NASM 1.9, ACE 1.5, NSCA 1.6, NATABOC 27

  • NASM Champion
    "As an athletic trainer with the Chicago Cubs, I applied the information and principles from the Performance Enhancement Specialist program with great results. This course made me an even better athletic trainer and the players respected me even more."

    Esteban Melendez, MS, ATC, LAT, NASM-PES, NASM-CES

    PES Table of Contents (PDF, 35K)
  • Chapter 1 (PDF, 385K)

An elite training program for fitness and enhanced athletic performance, the PES is designed for athletic trainers, chiropractors, physical therapists, coaches and other sports professionals who want to work with players at all levels, from the secondary education and university tier, to professional and Olympic level athletes.

NASM is also an Affinity Partner of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association, and many of our continuing education courses are BOC-approved (provider #P2697). In support of our Affinity Partnership, all NATA members receive a 10% discount as a Member Benefit.

The PES course covers human movement science, postural considerations, the elements of an integrated performance profile and assessment, integrated program design, and nutrition; it is worth 27 NATABOC CEUs and is available as an online course.

The Performance Enhancement Specialist (NASM-PES) Advanced Specialization integrates the science and the solutions for optimal success! Learn more.