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What You'll Do: Fitness trainers or instructors typically have a wide variety of duties. The job generally entails: providing instruction on proper exercise form and demonstrating exercises, motivating clients during workouts, developing individualized meal plans and workout regimens for clients, keeping track of client progress, making adjustments to workout routines and diets depending on progress, teaching clients how to use exercise equipment properly and safely, giving first aid care during emergencies and more.

Fitness instructors may give one-on-one training sessions or group sessions. Most work with the same group of clients over a long duration of time.

You'll probably work in a gym or health club, but traveling to clients' homes for private training is not uncommon. Schedules for fitness trainers vary greatly, and many work part-time hours because the demand is not always high or consistent.

Education and Training: Becoming a fitness trainer or instructor does not require any specific degree, but certification is required by many employers. Certification usually requires studying subjects such as chemistry, biology, anatomy, physiology, and nutrition and passing a comprehensive exam. Many personal trainer certification exams also require a practical portion that requires you to demonstrate specific exercises with proper technique, develop a personalized plan given a certain client profile, or assist a real client successfully. Certifying bodies usually sell study packages for the exams that include textbooks, CDs, and other materials.

Aside from a fitness trainer certification, being certified in CPR and basic first aid is generally required of all applicants. Many fitness trainers or instructors also possess a bachelor's degree in exercise science, kinesiology, physical education, or another related field. Specialized fitness trainers like yoga instructors or kickboxing instructors may need additional training or certification to be qualified for a job.

The Future: The Fitness Training/Instructing profession is expected to grow at about 24% through the end of the decade, with more than 60,000 positions expected to be added between 2010 and 2020. 

The Pay: Annual salaries for Fitness Trainers in the U.S. range from $17,000 to $63,400, with the average median annual wage hitting $31,000 in 2011 as per the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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