Referencing "Occupations with the Most Openings",
'Fitness Trainer' is in the top 100!

Referencing "Fastest Growing Occupations Requiring Post-Secondary Training",
"Fitness Trainer" is #3
and expecting 44% growth by the year 2012!

Referencing "Occupations with the Largest Employment Requiring Post-Secondary Education, "Fitness Trainer" is #10 in the category
"Fastest Growing Occupations "!

Referencing "Recreation and Fitness Workers, Job Outlook", Opportunities are expected to be better for fitness trainers and instructors because of relatively rapid growth in employment."

For more information, visit the U.S. Department of Labor Statistics website.

"In a survey conducted by the National Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity & Health (NCPPAH) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), more than 30 million Americans are thinking about starting an exercise program." - Emerging Trends in the Personal Training Industry", by Sherri and Alex McMillan, from www.PTontheNet.com,

and...

"Consumers realize that noteworthy results in exercise come from systematic and structured fitness plans developed by qualified fitness professionals", says Dr. Len Kravitz, PhD, Senior Exercise Physiologist for Health & Fitness Association."

According to IDEA Health & Fitness\, the personal training industry grew 21% from
1996 - 2000, and continues to grow, coincidentally,
with the United States obesity rate which has increased every year for the past ten years!!!

In IDEA's 2005 'Fitness Programs & Equipment Survey', "Personal training and strength-based [personal training] programs remain the most popular. Those who offer personal training see no end in sight and predict that growth will continue." ...according to a survey of personal trainers, personal trainer directors, fitness directors, and fitness center owner / managers.

Is there a career path with a FUTURE in the personal training industry?
* Entry-level employment positions offer
$15 - $18 per hour,
while self-employed, entry-level trainers
bill clients $45 - $55 per hour.
* Experienced, management / ownership roles include $85K+ annual compensation packages, while experienced, self-employed trainers bill clients
$85 - $125 per hour.
* This rewarding career can satisfy your desire to be an entrepeneur, or an employee of a corporate fitness chain, or a trainer in a smaller fitness center, or even find you as a valued employee in an assisted living center or physical therapist's office.
* Begin your health & fitness career as a personal trainer, and you could become a fitness manager / director; group fitness instructor; fitness marketing director;
group fitness program director; sales manager;
regional manager; or a facility general manager.