Careers in Sport, Fitness, and Exercise

Careers in Sport, Fitness, and Exercise is your guide to landing your dream job in one of today's most exciting, popular, and fastest-growing industries!

Produced by the American Kinesiology Association, this hands-on guide includes detailed job descriptions, information on working conditions, salary ranges, responsibilities, key skills, and required certifications for 36 careers in sport and fitness:

- Aquatic therapist

- Athletic trainer (college or university sport team)

- Athletic trainer (high school sport team)

- Athletic trainer (as physician extender)

- Athletic trainer (clinical)

- Personal trainer

- Group exercise instructor

- Strength and conditioning coach

- Fitness center owner or manager

- Fitness leader in gerontology settings

- Health promotion specialist

- Fitness specialist

- Physical education teacher

- Sport instructor

- Coach

- Sport official

- Sport psychologist

- Sport administrator

- Sport marketer

- Media and public relations specialist

- Professional scout

- Sport event manager

- Sport journalist

- Sport facility operations manager

- Clinical exercise physiologist

- Certified clinical exercise specialist

- Sport dietitian

- Sports medicine clinic director

- Physical therapist

- Occupational therapist

- Medical and osteopathic physicians

- Chiropractor

- Physician assistant

- Kinesiology professor

- Kinesiology researcher

- Kinesiology department administrator

If you are ready to pursue a job in the sport, fitness, or exercise industry, Careers in Sport, Fitness, and Exercise is one resource you can't be without.