ACE Community Physical Activity Leader (CPAL)
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What you'll learn
Across six free online modules you learn physical activity guidelines and their health benefits, then plan and lead safe group activity in parks, schools or community centers, adapting it for people with and without intellectual disabilities.
- Role of a community activity leader
- Physical activity guidelines and benefits
- Developing safe community programs
- Adapting for intellectual disabilities
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Is this right for you?
- Level
- Beginner People new to this. You can start today with no experience.
- What you get
- Hands on skills you can use right away. No certificate, so the proof is what you do with it. It costs nothing to take.
- How you learn
- Online, self paced.
- How to use it
- Turn it into proof: use the skill on one real task at work, put the result on your résumé, and lead with that story in interviews.
- Why it's worth it
- Real skills you can put to work right away. Use them on the job, show the results, and you have a story that beats a stack of certificates.
What you will payLearning is freeNo free award is included. Any exam or certificate is a separate cost.
- Time
- Not published; six online modules
- Before you start
- ACE account; no prior fitness training required.
- How you are tested
- Online, self paced
- Renewal
- None stated
- Full cost details
- $0
- Where it applies
- Online; offered by a US organization. Not a personal trainer certification and carries 0.0 ACE CECs.
Counts toward a license or requirement?NoACE lists this free course at 0 CECs and does not call it a certification, so it does not qualify you to work as a personal trainer. It is useful for leading community activity groups. Source ↗
Checked at the source Oct 12, 2026
Sources and what we verified
ACE CPAL course page: free, six modules, 0.0 CECs, no prerequisites ↗ACE article: The CPAL course is FREE ↗What we verified: Free learning confirmed. Neither page states a certificate or badge, so freeAward false and awardType none. Weakly career building; listed as an official free on ramp.
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