Exercise Physiologist / Fitness Trainer
Average Salary
40,000
What is a Exercise Physiologist / Fitness Trainer?
Exercise physiologists work in a variety of locations depending on the choice of career goals. Some choose to work in fitness centers while others work in rehabilitation centers. Exercise physiologists can also choose to work in an industry that designs exercise programs. As more and more people look to exercise to improve health and treat or prevent illness, jobs in the health and fitness industries continue to grow. An emerging trend is corporations hiring exercise physiologists to teach exercise programs to their employees. This sometimes means an physiologists will help them actually do the movement. Often continuing to monitor them to make sure they perform activities correctly and that the difficulty level is appropriate. Because exercise physiologists may be employed in extremely diverse settings, such as community organizations, they need to continue to review and update their skills. One day they may work with a military veteran and the next they may be working with pregnancy fitness. The Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada (SOGC) encourages pregnancy exercise and a exercise physiologists can help women stay on a healthy routine that will have little risks during the pregnancy. Anther area of exercise physiologist’s specialization is animal welfare exercise physiology. Exercise physiologists can advance their careers in many ways. One way is to expand their skills and knowledge into animal exercise. Since the majority of working pet owners work full time schedules and commute to and from home, pets can be alone for up to ten or more a day. New businesses employ exercise physiologists to help keep pets in shape with regular exercise. If a person doesn’t use their body, they can surely lose it to illness. Muscles will become flabby and weak, the heart and lungs won’t function efficiently and joints will be stiff and easily injured. People who are born with or develop a physical aliment and those who are hurt in an accident need specialized exercise instructions. Exercise physiologists help people leave healthy lives.
Requires a degree in at least one of the following:
- Exercise Science
- Exercise Physiology
- Kinesiology
Associations
Articles
Job / Career/ Resource Websites
- Personal exercise trainers
- American Council on Exercise (ACE)
- Exercise Jobs
- Health and Wellness Jobs
- Corporate Fitness Trainers, Inc.
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