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Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors
Helps people get stronger, fitter and healthier.
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Personal trainers design workouts, coach clients through exercises safely, and help them reach goals from weight loss to sports performance. They work in gyms, studios, schools and online, and many run their own business.
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High school courses that build toward it
- Physical Education · Health and PE
Builds teaching and training, which this job uses.
- Child Development · Career and Technical
Builds teaching and training, which this job uses.
- English 10 · English
Builds reading and writing, which this job uses.
- Psychology · Social Studies
Builds psychology, which this job uses.
- Statistics · Math
Builds math, which this job uses.
- Computer Science Principles · Computer Science
Builds computers and electronics, which this job uses.
Ranked by how much the job relies on what each course teaches, from O*NET's knowledge ratings. Your school's own courses and the counselor have the final word.
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors on O*NET OnLine · O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections 2025.