American Council on Exercise

Who We Are Founded in 1985, the American Council on Exercise? (ACE ?) is a nonprofit organization committed to America?s health and wellbeing. Over the past 25 years, we have become an established resource for both fitness professionals and consumers, providing comprehensive, unbiased, scientific research impacting the fitness industry and validating ourselves as the country?s trusted authority on fitness. Today, ACE is the largest nonprofit fitness certification, education and training organization in the world with nearly 90,000 certified professionals who hold more than 95,000 ACE certifications. With a long heritage in certification, education, training and public outreach, we are among the most respected fitness organizations in the industry and a resource consumers have come to trust for health and fitness education. Mission:?The American Council on Exercise? is a nonprofit organization committed to enriching quality of life through safe and effective exercise and physical activity. As America?s Authority on Fitness, ACE protects all segments of society against ineffective fitness products, programs and trends through its ongoing public education, outreach and research. ACE further protects the public by setting certification and continuing education standards for fitness professionals.