Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors

Instruct or coach groups or individuals in exercise activities for the primary purpose of personal fitness. Demonstrate techniques and form, observe participants, and explain to them corrective measures necessary to improve their skills. Develop and implement individualized approaches to exercise.

Social occupations frequently involve working with, communicating with, and teaching people. These occupations often involve helping or providing service to others.

Social

Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.

Realistic

Enterprising occupations frequently involve starting up and carrying out projects. These occupations can involve leading people and making many decisions. Sometimes they require risk taking and often deal with business.

Enterprising

Artistic occupations frequently involve working with forms, designs and patterns. They often require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules.

Artistic

Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.

Investigative

Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.

Conventional

Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed

Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors

Observe participants and inform them of corrective measures necessary for skill improvement.

Evaluate individuals' abilities, needs, and physical conditions, and develop suitable training programs to meet any special requirements.

Plan routines, choose appropriate music, and choose different movements for each set of muscles, depending on participants' capabilities and limitations.

Offer alternatives during classes to accommodate different levels of fitness.

Teach proper breathing techniques used during physical exertion.

Monitor participants' progress and adapt programs as needed.

Explain and enforce safety rules and regulations governing sports, recreational activities, and the use of exercise equipment.

Instruct participants in maintaining exertion levels to maximize benefits from exercise routines.

Teach and demonstrate use of gymnastic and training equipment, such as trampolines and weights.

Administer emergency first aid, wrap injuries, treat minor chronic disabilities, or refer injured persons to physicians.

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Free weights

Water ankle weights

Weighted swim vests

Balance boards

Balance disks

Medicine balls

Weighted exercise balls

Exercise tubing

Emergency first aid equipment

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Physical conditioning treadmill exercisers

Exercise Trainers & Group Fitness Instructors

Dedicate time to study material and also get used to talking to people, motivating them to do things they don't want to do, fostering internal confidence.

I didn't make enough to live independently, but experience has provided me with the knowledge of how to budget.

Personally train clients to help them achieve their goals, locate the areas that cause stress in their lives and communicate ideas about how to deal with that stress.

Personal Trainer

'You shouldn't leave home.' -Family.
'You shouldn't waste money on classes that don't apply to your major.' -Staff.
'You shouldn't plan on starting your own business.' -Friends/society.

David Smith

Personal Trainer

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David Smith

Personal Trainer

Milestones

Education

Career

Career Roadmap

My work combines:

My work combines:

Environment & Nature

Philosophy & Religion

Communicating / Sharing Stories

Day to Day

Advice for Getting Started

Recommended Education

My career is not related to what I studied. I'd recommend this path instead:

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