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Online Level 1 Certification Intensive
For CrossFit and functional fitness coaches
You can coach the movement. But what do you do when the same problem keeps coming back?
You give the cue. Adjust the load. Change the exercise.
Sometimes it helps. Sometimes you’re back having the same conversation next week.
You want to understand what you’re seeing—not just find another way to get someone through the workout.
Join me for three live sessions and the full Moved Academy Level 1 Certification. We’ll work on how you observe movement, understand tension, and choose what to do next.
- November 2, 4, and 7, 2026
- 10 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Pacific · Online
- $600 paid in full · Recordings included
Full certification course included. Certification requires completion of the coursework, practical assessments, and final exam—not just attendance at the calls.
You’re not looking for more exercises. You want to understand why you’re choosing them.
You know how to run a class. You can teach a squat, hinge, and press.
But there are moments that leave you with questions.
Someone keeps shifting to the same side.
A movement looks better after your cue, but you’re not sure what actually changed.
A member feels good for a while, then tells you their back is bothering them again.
You make an adjustment. You ask how it feels. You keep the class moving.
But you’re still thinking about it afterward.
What am I missing? What should I be looking at? Is this exercise helping them develop—or helping them find another way to complete the task?
Those are useful questions.
This intensive is for the coach who wants to spend more time understanding the answers.
I owned a CrossFit gym. I started noticing something I had to question.
When people first joined, they’d show up a few minutes before class.
Talk. Warm up with us. Do the workout. Go home.
Months later, some of those same people were coming in 25 or 30 minutes early.
Stretching. Mashing. Adding more mobility work to get ready to train.
They were consistent. They were putting in the effort.
But I had to look at my part in it.
Was I helping them build the capacity they needed—or getting better at helping them get through the workout?
I couldn’t keep looking only at whether they completed the exercise.
I needed to pay attention to how they completed it. What changed as the effort increased. Where they felt the work. And whether my coaching changed anything beyond that one repetition.
That’s a big part of why I teach the way I do today.
Not because I’ve always had the answers. Because I’ve had to question what I was doing, learn from other people, and change how I looked at the body.
Richard Aceves
Founder, Moved Academy
Getting from point A to point B doesn’t tell you everything.
Two people can complete the same exercise and have very different experiences doing it.
Even the same person can move differently as the load, effort, or situation changes.
Within Moved, we use “tension over position” to describe a shift in what we pay attention to.
We still look at the movement. But we also ask:
- Where does the person feel the work?
- What changes in their breathing?
- How does their movement strategy change as the effort increases?
- What happens when we adjust the load, range, instruction, or exercise?
- What changed when we reassessed?
The exercise is a tool.
Your job is to understand why you’re using it, what you want to observe, and what would make you change your approach.
That’s the understanding we’ll work on together.
Bring this back to the people you coach.
The goal isn’t to give you a new correction for every movement.
It’s to help you build a process you can keep practicing.
Develop your eye
Look beyond whether a repetition meets the position you expected. Consider movement strategy, tension, breathing, and the person’s response.
Connect what you notice
Use the Moved framework to organize your observations instead of treating every detail as a separate problem.
Choose with a reason
Understand why you selected an exercise, what you’re asking the person to do, and what response you’re looking for.
Reassess instead of assuming
A different-looking rep is information. So is the client’s experience. Practice checking what changed before deciding what comes next.
Recognize the limits of your role
Build your coaching understanding without pretending that every issue is yours to solve. This is coaching education, not a qualification to diagnose or treat medical conditions.
These are learning goals—not a promise of mastery after three calls.
This is the full Level 1 Certification—with a live start together.
The three calls give us time to connect the concepts, work through the framework, and answer questions.
The certification gives you the depth and practical work to keep developing afterward.
Your enrollment includes
- The full self-paced Level 1 Certification.
- 16 modules and 180+ lessons.
- 50+ hours of self-paced course content.
- 12 practical video-based client assessments.
- Instructor feedback.
- A comprehensive final exam.
- Lifetime course access and unlimited exam attempts.
- Three live sessions with Richard Aceves.
- Live-session recordings and a practical workbook.
You don’t have to understand everything the first time you hear it.
You do need to be willing to practice, submit your work, and learn from feedback.
Learn it. Practice it. Demonstrate your understanding.
- 01
Learn the framework
Work through the course and use the live sessions to connect the ideas and ask questions.
- 02
Put it into practice
Complete 12 practical video-based client assessments and submit them for instructor feedback.
- 03
Complete your certification
Complete the program requirements and pass the final exam with a score of 85% or higher.
The live sessions take place in one week. The rest of the certification continues at your own pace. Attending the calls does not automatically earn your certification.
What happens when the material becomes practice?
“I've been in the mentorship for years, so I knew the principles — but the coolest part of certification was the assessment work. Uploading those assessments and getting Richard's feedback gives you confidence you're doing it right, and turns everything you've learned into practice you can actually use to help people. I learned more from the mentorship and certification than I did in years of exercise-science schooling.”
Tom’s account of the Level 1 Certification. This is not a testimonial from the November 2026 intensive.
Three sessions. A connected starting point.
All sessions run from 10 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Pacific. Recordings are included.
Monday, November 2, 2026
Guiding principles and nervous-system regulation
What are you paying attention to before you decide how to coach a movement?
Wednesday, November 4, 2026
Tension over position, torque chains, pyramids, and exercise choice
How do you organize what you notice and connect it to an intentional coaching choice?
Saturday, November 7, 2026
Assessment process and guidelines
How do you move from observation to an appropriate coaching action—and then check what changed?
I want to help 100 coaches in 2026.
I know there are coaches who have a real passion for helping people.
You want to learn. You want to understand more. You want to help on a deeper level.
And you may still be working toward making the money you want to make.
I want to make this an opportunity you can seriously consider.
That’s why this cohort is $600 for the full certification, with three live sessions together.
My goal is to reach 100 coaches in 2026 and provide immense value to the people who choose to learn with me.
I want you to bring the questions you haven’t been able to answer. The situations you keep seeing. The places where your current understanding feels incomplete.
We’ll have somewhere real to start.
— Richard Aceves
Founder, Moved Academy
Full certification. Live guidance. $600.
The standalone self-paced Level 1 Certification is currently $1,497.
This cohort includes that course, plus three live sessions with me, the recordings, and a practical workbook, for $600 paid in full.
That’s $897 less than the current standalone course price.
No payment plan is available for this cohort.
Application required. If approved, you’ll receive the checkout link. Your enrollment is confirmed after successful payment.
This cohort
$600
Paid in full. No payment plan for this cohort.
- Standalone self-paced Level 1 Certification, current price
- $1,497
- Difference from that course price
- $897 less
$1,497 is the current price of the standalone course. It is not a previous price for this live intensive.
Make your continuing education relevant to your coaching.
If you’re a CrossFit coach looking for continuing education, I want this to be more than another requirement you check off.
I want the work to connect to the people standing in front of you in class.
The full certification and live calls provide 68 hours of contact time.
Certification requires completion of the program—not simply attending the three live sessions.
CrossFit CEU eligibility, credit amounts, and submission requirements are being confirmed. The 68 contact hours should not be interpreted as 68 approved CrossFit CEUs.
You don’t need to have every answer. You need to want to look closer.
This intensive is designed for CrossFit and functional fitness coaches who:
- Coach real people regularly and want to better understand what they see.
- Have situations where another cue or exercise doesn’t give them a clear next step.
- Want a framework they can practice—not a fixed list of corrections.
- Are willing to work through the course and submit practical assessments.
- Care about helping people and are open to questioning their own approach.
This is not a shortcut to diagnosing injuries, a promise to eliminate pain, or an automatic certification after three calls.
It’s an opportunity to develop your coaching understanding and put it to work.
Questions before you apply
Both the full self-paced Level 1 Certification and three live intensive sessions are included. You continue the certification at your own pace after the live week.
Not automatically. You must complete the coursework, practical assessments, and final exam requirements.
Recordings are included. Indicate your availability in the application.
This is a full certification, not just 7.5 hours of live calls. It includes 50+ hours of self-paced content, practical assessments, and an exam. The certification and calls provide 68 hours of contact time; your individual study and assessment-completion time may vary.
Submit your application for Richard to review. If approved, you’ll receive a Thinkific checkout link. Successful payment confirms enrollment and provides access to the self-paced course. Approval emails are sent no earlier than 24 hours after submission. Applying does not guarantee approval or a response within 24 hours.
No. This cohort is $600 paid in full.
No. Moved Academy provides education for coaches and personal trainers. It does not qualify you to diagnose or treat medical conditions.
Bring the questions you keep taking home from class.
The movement you don’t quite understand.
The cue that works once, but doesn’t seem to stick.
The member you want to help more effectively—but aren’t sure what to do next.
You don’t need to pretend you already know.
Bring your questions. Be willing to practice. Let’s build your understanding from there.
- Moved Academy Level 1 Live Intensive
- November 2, 4, and 7, 2026
- 10 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Pacific · Online
- Full Level 1 Certification + three live sessions
- $600 paid in full · Recordings included
Richard reviews applications. If approved, you’ll receive a checkout link. Applying does not commit you to purchase.
Approval emails are sent no earlier than 24 hours after submission. Submitting an application does not confirm enrollment. Approval is not automatic, and an approval email is not guaranteed within 24 hours.
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