Fitness and Health Related Careers Flashcards
Program Areas
Preventative Programs
- Specialists work with healthy adults to increase their level of fitness.
- Found in worksite fitness centers, commercial fitness centers, and community
agencies such as the YMCA
- Rehabilitative Programs.
- Specialists work with individuals who have a
medical condition to help them attain a functional state of living and an enhanced quality of life.
- Found in hospitals, medical clinics, or community agencies or affiliated with
corporate fitness centers
Wellness Program Components
- Improvement of fitness.
- Educational programs.
- Health promotion programs.
- Lifestyle modification.
- Recreational sport opportunities
Exercise Program Specialist Responsibilities
- Directing the exercise program.
- Training and supervising staff.
- Developing and managing the program budget.
- Facility and laboratory management.
- Marketing.
- Evaluating medical and activity history.
- Developing individual exercise prescriptions.
Worksite Wellness Programs
- Critical component of national health promotion and disease prevention
effort. - Potential to reach a large percentage of the population.
- Convenient for employees.
- Offers peer social support.
Worksite Wellness Programs
Benefits to corporations.
- Improved job performance.
- Increased in productivity.
- Reduced absenteeism.
- Reduced injury rates.
- Lower worker’s compensation costs.
- Reduced health care costs.
- Enhancement of workplace morale.
- Recruiting.
- Retaining employees.
Twelve Core Components of Worksite Fitness Programs
- Back care and injury prevention.
- Exercise/Physical fitness.
- Stress management.
- Smoking control.
- Substance abuse.
- Weight management.
- Medical self-care.
- Consumer health education.
- Cholesterol reduction.
- Nutritional intervention.
- Select biometrics screenings.
- Hypertension management.
Commercial and Community Fitness Programs
Program offered.
- Graded exercise tests.
- Individualized fitness evaluation and prescription.
- Educational programs.
- Lifestyle modification.
- Group exercise programs, ranging from aerobic dance class to yoga instruction to cardiac rehabilitation to sport-specific training.
- Strength training, body weight resistance training, high-intensity interval training (H I I T), and functional training.
Health and Fitness Club Trends
- More people are working out in clubs, and membership is expected to increase over the next
five years as the public becomes more health-conscious and interested in being fit. - Move away from one size fits all to development of more age- and population-specific programming.
- Adults over 55: strength, balance, and functional training
- Youth programming: Sport-specific training for youth
- Small group personal training: economy and social interaction
- On-demand virtual training
- Clubs that are open 24 hour
- Wellness services: health coaching, nutritional counseling complementing fitness programming
Personal Trainers
- Work in private and public settings.
- Conduct fitness assessments.
- Develop specific goals with clients.
- Design programs for goal attainment.
- Coach clients through workouts.
- Monitor progress.
- Growing use of the Internet, e-mail, video chat, or phone to hire personal trainers and report results for convenience.
Health and Wellness Coaches
- Client-centered with focus on making lasting changes that enhance their health and well-
being.- Clients who are healthy and want to enhance their level of health.
- Clients who desire to decrease their risk of disease or those who want to better manage an existing
health condition.
- Work individually or in small groups.
- Interact face-to-face, telephone, or using video chat.
- May work privately, find employment in fitness centers, or serve as part of the worksite health promotion or medical fitness center staff.
- Certification.
Athletic Training
- Prevention of injuries.
- Design and supervision of conditioning programs.
- Advising coaches and athletes.
- Assist in preseason physicals.
- Checking equipment and facilities for safety.
Increasing Professional Marketability
- Additional courses in health and related areas.
- Certification:
- First Aid or CPR
- Certified Personal Trainer (CSEP-CPT)
- Certified (CSEP-CEP)
- More on CSEP certifications: https:/csep.ca/
- Practical experience.
- Internships, fieldwork, volunteering, or part-time or summer employment
