The American College of Sports Medicine’s Professional Education Committee certifies that “American Academy of Health and Fitness” meets the criteria for official ACSM Approved Provider status from 2017 – December 2021– Providership # 817430.

JrFit™ Youth Fitness home study continuing education course provides advanced training for experienced, certified health and fitness professionals who wish to safely and successfully work with youth. 

In this course, compelling reasons and comprehensive information are presented for reversing the pervasive problem of youth inactivity and the growing epidemic of childhood obesity.

This course offers a highly effective plan for enabling young people to increase their health and fitness through well-researched, safe, effective and enjoyable programs of physical conditioning, sport-specific training and nutrition. 

These practical recommendations include guidelines for sensible strength training and healthy eating for ages 7 to 18.

Certified health and fitness professionals holding more than one certification may obtain CECs/CEUS for all approved certification organizations (see list above) for which they need continuing education at no additional cost.

Additional information: 

You will provide the three textbooks:

Note: It is a good idea to check the pricing and availability of your textbooks prior to purchasing the CEC program. 

Due to copyright dates, some of the textbooks for this program are no longer offered through Human Kinetics, but are readily available for purchase through other booksellers such as Amazon. We have searched for replacement titles for these books, but have not found any we like as much as those currently used. Though the copyrights are older, the information presented is still applicable in providing comprehensive guidance for working with this population.

Book title: Youth Strength Training
ISBN-10: 0736067922
ISBN-13: 978-0736067928

Book title: Athletic Fitness for Kids
ISBN-10: 0736062424
ISBN-13: 978-0736062428

Book title: FUEL for YOUNG ATHLETES
ISBN-10: 0736046526
ISBN-13: 978-0736046527

This ISBN/barcode number lets you verify that you’re getting exactly the right version or edition of a book.

Program Author:

Tammy Petersen is the Founder and a Partner of the American Academy of Health and Fitness (AAHF).

She has written two books on older adult fitness and designed corresponding training programs. Her first book, Functionally Fit, teaches certified nurse aides how to provide daily functional strength training as an accepted and expected part of the daily care plan for the chronic long-term care and assisted living patient. Her second book, SrFit, is the basis for an advanced training home study course approved for continuing education credits with the major personal trainer certification organizations and the Board of Certification for athletic trainers.

Her educational background includes Bachelor of Science degrees in marketing and economics from Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, Kansas. In addition, she holds a Master of Science in Education in health and fitness, with an emphasis in geriatrics, from the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas.