San Diego, Jan. 18, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The American Council on Exercise (ACE) was recently named the preferred certification provider by Find Your Trainer (FYT), the largest online marketplace connecting NCCA-accredited personal trainers with clients.  

“We’re committed to providing our more than 70,000 certified exercise professionals and health coaches with the tools they need to grow their careers and be successful” says Carolann Dekker, American Council on Exercise chief marketing officer. “That’s why we’re so excited about our partnership with Find Your Trainer, which offers personal trainers a way to maximize their exposure to potential clients while helping them to streamline their business with simple online booking and payment. It’s a great resource for both new and experienced personal trainers to help people live more active lives.” 

Find Your Trainer is a mobile-optimized online platform that connects users with the largest network of certified health and fitness experts around the country through a proprietary client-trainer matching algorithm. Users can easily search, schedule and pay for personal training all from their desktop or mobile device. 
Through the partnership, ACE-Certified trainers are now identified on Find Your Trainer with a prominent badge, putting easy access to personal training in the pockets of people everywhere, wherever they are in their health and fitness journey—just getting started with physical activity, casually active or committed athletes.

“Find Your Trainer gives people at any fitness level access to vetted and certified personal trainers to work out anywhere, anytime—a vision that aligns seamlessly with ACE’s mission to get all people moving,” says Find Your Trainer Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer David Hung. “ACE is the gold standard in fitness certifications, so by spotlighting trainers with ACE’s scientifically rooted health and fitness certifications, we ensure that every person finds the trainer that’s perfect for them, wherever they may be.”

To get people moving as an ACE-Certified Health Coach, Medical Exercise Specialist, Group Fitness Instructor or Personal Trainer, please visit acefitness.org/fitness-certifications.

To find an ACE-Certified health and fitness professional near you, please visit findyourtrainer.com and look for the ACE badge. Fitness professionals can download Find Your Trainer Pro on the Apple App Store or Google Play. 

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About ACE
With a mission to get people moving, the nonprofit organization American Council on Exercise (ACE) educates, certifies and represents more than 70,000 currently certified fitness professionals, health coaches and other allied health professionals. ACE advocates for a new intersection of fitness and healthcare, bringing the highly qualified professionals ACE represents into the healthcare continuum so they can contribute to the national solution to physical inactivity and obesity. ACE is the leading certifier in its space and all four of its primary certification programs are accredited by the National Commission for Certifying Agencies (NCCA), the gold standard in the United States for accreditation of certifications that assess professional competence. ACE also plays an important public-service role, conducting and providing science-based research and resources on safe and effective physical activity and sustainable behavior change. For more information, call 800-825-3636 or visit ACEfitness.org. AMERICAN COUNCIL ON EXERCISE, ACE and ACE logos are Registered Trademarks of the American Council on Exercise.

About Find Your Trainer
Personal Trainers. Delivered. Find Your Trainer (FYT) is the largest marketplace for finding and booking certified personal trainers in the U.S. Find Your Trainer brings personal training right to your doorstep, whether it be your home, your office, the park, or the gym. With Find Your Trainer, people of any age and fitness level can find and book the perfect vetted and certified personal trainer in thousands of cities across the country. Founded in 2013 by David Hung and Joshua Martin, FYT removes all of the barriers and friction traditionally associated with finding a qualified trainer, making getting fit and staying fit an easy part of everyone’s lifestyle. No memberships, no sales pitches, no expensive packages and no hidden fees -- just search, book, and “get fyt.” For more information, visit findyourtrainer.com. FIND YOUR TRAINER and FYT are Registered Trademarks of Find Your Trainer, LLC. 

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Amanda Riddle
American Council on Exercise
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amanda.riddle@acefitness.org