Also called: Personal Training Manager
Manages the personal trainers at a gym or health club, hiring and coaching them, tracking training sales, and keeping the gym floor safe.
A fitness manager hires and trains personal trainers, tracks training sales, and makes sure the gym floor is safe and clean. They also coach their own clients.
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Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. A bachelor's in exercise science or a related field plus a trainer certification and a year or more as a successful personal trainer.
Ways in: 4-year college, On-the-job training. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Exercise Science.
Growing about average. Steady.
Low risk for 10 years. Scheduling and payroll software help; hiring and leading a team of trainers is people work.
Classes: Business or FBLA, Physical education, Psychology.
Official data: O*NET occupation 11-9072.
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