High-Key Health & Fitness Fiend? Here’s 7 Careers You’ll Love

If you live for that runners high, your most recent emojis are all gym-related and you get a kick out of motivating your mates, you might wanna think about a career in the health and fitness industry. 

With these 7 careers, you can keep yourself super fit, earn some moolah, and also probably get to tell people what to do!

Sounds too good to be true? Well, it ain’t. The Australian Institute of Personal Trainers (AIPT) are leading experts in wellness, nutrition and fitness with courses to suit everyone. 

From online learning to expert guidance, let's jump in and see what jobs are out there, and how AIPT can help fitness junkies land their dream job.

1. Personal Trainer

Without stating the obvious, being a personal trainer is all about training people and helping them smash their goals. Not only that, you get to be a source of inspiration and motivation for your clients. You also have a heap of flexibility, and can choose whether you want to work for a gym or go solo.

Ideal course: Complete Personal Trainer Program 

2. Nutrition Coach

If you absolutely love health and fitness, a career as a nutrition coach is a no brainer. You’d focus on helping clients make changes to their diet to optimise their health and help them maintain good eating habits. So you mainly get to talk about food all day, motivate people to better their health and improve their quality of life. Sign us up. 

Ideal course: 10967NAT Diploma of Nutrition

3. Gym Instructor

A gym instructor wears multiple hats. On one hand they help clients on their journey to reaching their specific fitness goals, building a strong rapport, motivating clients and identifying what is actually best for them.

They help them with all things diet, exercise and how to stay consistent in order to live their best lives. On the other hand, you’ll need to know how to market your services and effectively run a business if you're gonna land new and ongoing clients. 

Ideal course: SIS30315 Certificate III in Fitness

4. Gym Manager

Gym managers are the unsung heroes of the health and fitness industry. They provide tailored client assessments, help gym members with the right technique and proper way to use equipment and are generally really helpful.

They create fitness programs as well as keep the fitness centre clean and well-maintained. As they usually handle different customer enquiries, they are patient, empathetic and super supportive. Legends. 

Ideal course: Complete Personal Trainer Program + BSB50120 Diploma of Business

5. Group Exercise Instructor

A group exercise instructor teaches heaps of different exercise classes, usually in a gym setting. Classes include yoga, pilates, circuit, cycle, swimming or running. When taking the classes you get to actually workout alongside clients multiple times a day, which keeps ya fit as while you work. Win-win. 

For this job you get to motivate, lead, and push your clients to be the best they can be.

Ideal course: SIS30315 Certificate III in Fitness

6. Dietician 

Though kinda similar to a nutritionist, it’s not quite the same. You need more quals, usually a degree, in order to be a qualified dietician. This is because they can give medical advice as well as diet and exercise, often treating or preventing illness. Nutrition is a pretty small but growing field with good employment prospects. Studying a diploma in nutrition is a great place to start if you’re unsure about uni.

Ideal course: 10967NAT Diploma of Nutrition

7. Recreation Officer

If you're all about organising, planning and managing then this is the job for you. This job involves organising different activities and programs for schools, fitness facilities, community recreation facilities and youth centres. 

You’d be pretty much solely in charge of helping people stay active, improving fitness, and having fun!

Ideal course: SIS30115 Certificate III in Sport and Recreation (online available) 

How to get started:

If you’re keen to make fitness a career, take the plunge and check out AIPT courses to study in a flexible environment and gain expert industry experience.

At the Australian Institute of Personal Trainers, you’ll gain a qualification that is nationally recognised, get a bunch of real life experience with the professionals and acquire all the skills you need to land your perfect job.

With quality education all over Australia, as well as the option to study online, you’ll have all the tools you need to kill it from the comfort of your home. Go team.