Fitness & Health Trainer

Become A Fitness and Health Trainer!

A Fitness and Health Trainer leads, instructs, and motivates individuals or groups in exercise activities, including cardiovascular exercise, strength training, and stretching as well as diet and health planning. They work in commercial and nonprofit health clubs, country clubs, hospitals, universities, yoga and Pilate’s studios, resorts, and clients’ homes. Increasingly, Fitness and Health Trainers also are found in workplaces, where they organize and direct health and fitness programs for employees of all ages. A Fitness and Health Trainer in smaller facilities with few employees may perform a variety of functions in addition to their fitness duties, such as tending the front desk, signing up new members, giving tours of the fitness center, writing newsletter articles, creating posters and flyers, and supervising the weight training and cardiovascular equipment areas. In larger commercial facilities, personal trainers are often required to sell their services to members and to make a specified number of sales. Some Fitness and Health Trainers may combine the duties of group exercise instructors and personal trainers, and in smaller facilities, the fitness director may teach classes and do personal training.

Program Hours/Length Get A Degree As A Fitness Health Trainer

Associate of Applied Science Degree (residential)

This program is taken completely on-campus at these specific times.

Total Program Hours: 1,424
Total Weeks: 73
Courses Meet: General Education courses - Monday through Friday from 7:30am to 10:30am, 11:00am to 2:00pm, 2:30pm to 5:30pm, or 6:00pm to 9:00pm. Fitness courses - Monday through Thursday from 8:00am to 1:00pm.

Associate of Applied Science Degree (online and residential)

The Genereal Education courses are available online, whereas the Fitness and Health Trainer courses are taken on-campus.

Total Program Hours: 1,424
Total Weeks: 87
Courses Meet: General Education courses - online; 2 courses taken during a 7 1/2 week period. Fitness courses - Monday through Thursday from 8:00am to 1:00pm.