Get Your Career into Shape with a Fitness Degree
By Karen Lawson
karen.lawson@careerschooldirectory.com
Career School Directory Columnist
Couch potatoes. Fast food junkies. There's no doubt that many Americans are suffering from poor eating habits and inactive lifestyles. From aging baby boomers to kids with diabetes, demand is growing for fitness training in gyms, health care facilities, and private homes and workplaces. If you're athletic and enjoy exercising, you can build a career as a certified fitness trainer.
Certification for Fitness Training
Most states require fitness trainers to be certified. Depending on your location, you can earn certification by passing an examination or by obtaining a degree in a field such as exercise physiology or physical education. You can also become certified as a personal trainer in specialized fields such as yoga and pilates.
As a
fitness trainer, you may work as an independent contractor or find employment at a gym or other exercise facility. In addition to taking courses in biology, anatomy and physiology, and exercise science, you may also study business administration and management, which can help you advance to supervisory and management positions, or assist in managing your own fitness business.
Flexible Scheduling Highlight of Fitness Careers
Professional fitness instructors can specialize in a particular type of exercise or sport. Typically, a fitness instructor can work for multiple employers, or combine employment with fitness training for private clients. In addition to fitness instructor training, you'll need good communication skills, organizational and time management ability, and be willing to attend ongoing training to learn about new fitness techniques and equipment. By sharing your enthusiasm for achieving and maintaining fitness, you can motivate your clients to take better care of themselves.
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Posted on April 4, 2007 at 12:49 PM
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