Also called: Adaptive Fitness Trainer, Certified Inclusive Fitness Trainer
A personal trainer who specializes in people with disabilities, such as wheelchair users, amputees and people with autism or Parkinson's.
He helps a client with a spinal cord injury transfer from her wheelchair to a seated row machine and builds her pushing strength. Next he coaches a teen with autism using a picture schedule so each exercise feels predictable. He ends the day adapting a group class for stroke survivors.
Estimate; many are self-employed or work at adaptive gyms and rehab centers.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Certificate, about 1.5 years after high school. Personal trainer certification plus inclusive fitness training (such as ACSM/NCHPAD CIFT); kinesiology degrees are common.
Ways in: Certification, 4-year college. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Kinesiology, Exercise Science, Recreational Therapy.
Growing faster than average. About 1 in 4 US adults has a disability, and adaptive gyms are growing.
Low risk for 10 years. Apps can suggest workouts, but safe transfers, spotting and adapting to each body stay human.
Classes: PE or weight training, Anatomy, Psychology.
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