Muscle System Specialist Online Course

Exercise Professionals: Unlock the Future of Fitness

Embark on a transformative journey tailored to amplify your proficiency in technical exercise services. This foundational course, a culmination of over 30 years of dedication, goes beyond traditional methodologies to deliver tangible results. Delve into the intricate world of skeletal muscle and human motor control and their deep-seated connection to pain. By choosing this course, you're not just enhancing your knowledge; you're paving the way for a dynamic, impactful, and rewarding professional future.

The Muscle System Specialist is a program that will transform your career.

This Course is Approved by the American Council on Exercise for 10.8 CEUs.

This course is Approved by the National Academy of Sports Medicine for 1.9 CEU's

How Your Career Will Grow & Scale:

1. Identity & Self-Esteem: Grasp the significance of understanding your identity and its interplay with self-esteem in building a thriving practice.

2. Worldview & Body View: Comprehend how these perspectives shape your value system and influence your data interpretation.

3. Qualitative Client Interaction: Master the art of gathering nuanced information during client interactions.

4. Bias Recognition: Learn to identify and minimize biases, ensuring objective decision-making.

5. Value of Professional Relationships: Realize that clients seek more than sessions; they invest in lasting professional bonds.

6. Evidence-Based Approach: Learn data collection, corroboration, and scientific methods to interact with complex systems effectively.

7. Physics in Motor Expressions: Harness the power of physics to decode client motor expressions and pinpoint effective interventions.

8. Estimating Allostatic Load: Understand the concept of Allostatic Load and its role in determining resistance intensity and volume.

9. Qualitative Manual Assessment: Discover the significance of Motor Control Assessment in information gathering and decision-making.

10. Muscle Contraction Modes: Unravel the intricacies of isometrics, miometrics, and pliometrics, and their strategic application in enhancing motor control.

11. Bio-Motor Configurationalism: Grasp this body-view and its profound impact on assessment and intervention tactics.

“The Muscle System Specialist program has transformed my business and has guided me to rethink my approach to working with people and optimizing performance.

As a formal professional athlete, I know I would have personally benefitted from the MSS’s unique approach and thorough assessment methods.  Fortunately, as a current professional technical coach and performance specialist, I am able to utilize the tools that the MSS program has provided and truly help my clients perform to their capabilities. 

My client base ranges from people with very complicated issues and sensitive systems to world class professional athletes and Olympians, and the MSS program has provided me with the tools to help all of them improve.

As someone who has been involved in professional sports for the past 20 years and has worked with organizations in MLB, MLS, NWSL and United State Soccer National Teams, I highly recommend that all practitioners, independent of specialty and/or philosophy, take the Muscle System Specialist Program to attain the tools to take data, analyze, and ultimately make better decisions for the humans they are working with.”

Ben Dragavon, B.S., MSS

Former Professional Soccer Goal Keeper

Assistant Coach Seattle Sounders

Founder and Director of Athlete Complete

What You Get When You Purchase The Course

Thank you for investing in the Muscle System Specialist Online Course. At Exercise Professional Education, LLC, you have made an excellent decision to embark on this educational journey. The course experience and content open the door to an entire program that will have a positive lasting impact on your professional career development.

Purchasing the course will entitle you to the following:

1.    Full access to the course content immediately upon registering.

2.   There is a cohort start offered several times per year. You can choose to start the course content with a cohort on the designated day and time. There will be 20 consecutive weeks (unless otherwise indicated – see the calendar on the www.exerciseproed.com website) where a one-hour review of the previous week's lessons will be facilitated by an approved instructor. This is highly recommended and we believe is the best way to experience the course content. This will allow you to ask questions, interact with other colleagues taking the course, and keep you on track to complete the course. If you cannot make some of the weekly meetings, each meeting is recorded and a link to the video will be sent to you.

3.    You will also receive three hours of practical training with an approved instructor. You will need to make arrangements with that instructor and travel to their location. It is highly recommended you take advantage of this. If you cannot get to an approved instructor then please make arrangements for a ZOOM process. Contact [email protected] to initiate the request.

4.    You can download all of the documents that are in each of the course sections for your personal use. Please feel free to put your company name on those documents you wish to reflect your brand. After completing Section 13 you will receive a link to a file that has the client file documents and other relevant documents.

5.    After Week 14, you will be able to download all of the documents necessary to operate your exercise practice using the MSS System.

6.    Following Week 15 you can participate in the Private Facebook for Muscle System Specialists. You will need to friend Greg Mack on Facebook and then you will be invited. Here you can interact with other colleagues, participate in discussions, read posted research articles, and be kept abreast of events and other courses.

7.   You will have access to the MSS online content for one year after the last day of your cohort - Week 20.

8.    Following completion of the Muscle System Specialist Online Course you will be eligible to take the Written and Practical Examinations to achieve Certification as a Muscle System Specialist. It is recommended that you purchase the Examination Review Pack available at www.exerciseproed.com. This will ensure you have a thorough understanding of what is expected on the written and practical exams. The written exam can be taken online. You will have to make arrangements to meet with an approved instructor for the practical exam - the practical exam cannot be performed on a ZOOM call. Contact [email protected] for more details if, and when, you are ready to take the practical exam.

9. You will be eligible to continue the program and to take any MSS or EPE Advanced Course.

10. You will be part of a growing community of genuinely curious, lifelong learners about everything exercise and all of its potential to address pain in movement and empower individuals with diseases to maximize the power of exercise.

Meet Your Instructor and Course Developer

Greg Mack's deep-rooted experience in the fitness industry shapes the unique perspective of this course. In 1991, he attended the IDEA Personal Training Summit, where Dr. Jeff Bensky highlighted the "baby boomer" generation's desire for personal trainers to align with their doctors. Inspired, Greg became a certified trainer through the American Council of Exercise and founded Physicians Fitness. For over three decades, this company has bridged the gap between the medical community and fitness professionals, despite the challenges posed by differing academic and professional standards.

Greg's vision for Exercise Professional Education was influenced by his time assisting physicians in a sports medicine clinic. He recognized the need for specialized fitness programs for patients recovering from medical conditions. This insight led to the creation of Physicians Fitness and the co-founding of Muscle System Consortia LLC, both dedicated to enhancing the understanding of skeletal muscle's role in overall health.

With a diverse background, including graduation from the US Navy's Nuclear Engineering Program, achieving qualification as a U.S., Navy Diver, and certifications like ACE-Personal Trainer and ACE-Medical Exercise Specialist, Greg has developed the Muscle System Specialist™️ Training and Certification Program. He's an acclaimed educator, having taught various industry courses regarding functional anatomy, exercise mechanics, physical assessment, and more. He is a prolific writer with publications in notable fitness magazines. Greg's dedication to the field was recognized when he received the IDEA International Personal Trainer of the Year Award in 2003 and chaired the IDEA Personal Trainer Committee.