Exercise Physiologists

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Clinical Exercise Physiologist, Exercise Physiologist, Exercise Specialist, Lifestyle and Weight Management Consultant

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Aerospace Physiologist; Physical Therapist; Physical Therapist, Special Warfare
Medical Specialist Corps Officer; Physical Therapy; USMA, Professor of Physical Education
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Force Fitness Instructor; Force Fitness Instructor Officer
Command Fitness Leader (CFL); Physical Therapist
Aerospace Physiologist
What they do:
Assess, plan, or implement fitness programs that include exercise or physical activities such as those designed to improve cardiorespiratory function, body composition, muscular strength, muscular endurance, or flexibility.
On the job, you would:
  • Develop exercise programs to improve participant strength, flexibility, endurance, or circulatory functioning, in accordance with exercise science standards, regulatory requirements, and credentialing requirements.
  • Provide emergency or other appropriate medical care to participants with symptoms or signs of physical distress.
  • Demonstrate correct use of exercise equipment or performance of exercise routines.

Knowledge

Business

  • customer service
  • administrative services

Health

  • medicine and dentistry
  • therapy and counseling

Education and Training

  • teaching and course design

Arts and Humanities

  • English language

Skills

Basic Skills

  • listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
  • reading work related information

Problem Solving

  • noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it

Social

  • teaching people how to do something
  • looking for ways to help people

Abilities

Verbal

  • communicate by speaking
  • listen and understand what people say

Ideas and Logic

  • notice when problems happen
  • make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information

Personality

People interested in this work like activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions.

They do well at jobs that need:

  • Dependability
  • Integrity
  • Concern for Others
  • Cooperation
  • Self Control
  • Attention to Detail

Technology

You might use software like this on the job:

Electronic mail software

  • Email software
  • Microsoft Outlook Hot Technology

Presentation software

  • Microsoft PowerPoint Hot Technology

Spreadsheet software

  • Microsoft Excel Hot Technology

Education

Education: (rated 4 of 5)
bachelor's degree or
master's degree
usually needed

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