{"id":2962,"date":"2018-01-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/benefits-career-fitness-industry\/"},"modified":"2025-02-21T10:21:26","modified_gmt":"2025-02-21T08:21:26","slug":"benefits-career-fitness-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/personal-fitness-training-blog\/benefits-career-fitness-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"The Benefits of a Career in the Fitness Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With people becoming more aware of their health and fitness, and wanting to lead better lifestyles, the fitness industry has become an extremely popular sector to work in for various reasons.\u00a0According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/statistics\/252920\/health-club-revenue-africa-middle-east\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Statista\u2019s Africa &amp; Middle East Health &amp; Fitness Club industry 2016 survey<\/strong><\/a>, South Africa was the highest in revenue of US$ 931.33 million. Therefore, the demand for personal trainers and fitness instructors has grown.\u00a0You can start a career in fitness at any age, obviously with a certain level of fitness. Apart from being fun, it can be extremely rewarding and offers many job opportunities. Find out more about the benefits of a career in the fitness industry.<\/p>\n<h2>Why you should become a fitness professional<\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Helping others<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>A career in the fitness industry is about helping others. Whether their goals are to lose weight or recover from an injury, or just to improve their general health, you can help them achieve this.<\/p>\n<p>If you enjoy assisting others, and you are passionate about health and fitness then the fitness industry is right for you.<\/p>\n<p>Helping others also helps you to motivate yourself to reach your own health and fitness goals, as well as keeping you up-to-date with the latest industry developments.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Perks <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>There are various perks to a job in the <a href=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/all-fitness-business-courses\/\">fitness industry<\/a>, such as free gym memberships or discounted rates on supplements and clothing. Another perk is having access to facilities and training equipment.<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Working environment &amp; flexibility<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>A career in the fitness industry offers the freedom to work according to your own schedule, anywhere and at any time. It is also far less stressful than a regular 9 to 5 job because it offers a health conscious environment and helps you to achieve a happy work life balance.<\/p>\n<p>And you get to wear workout clothing the entire day!<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Opportunities <\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Once you receive a certified fitness qualification it doesn\u2019t stop there. Armed with an accredited certification as a personal trainer \u2013 like the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/courses\/personal-training-certificate\/\">Personal Training Certification\u00a0<\/a>or the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/courses\/personal-training-diploma\/\">Personal Training Diploma\u00a0<\/a>offered by Trifocus Fitness Academy \u2013 you can work anywhere! Popular choices include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Commercial health clubs,<\/li>\n<li>Private gyms,<\/li>\n<li>Cruise liners, and<\/li>\n<li>Travelling to clients\u2019 homes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>What you will learn from our Personal Training Certification or Personal Training Diploma<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Apply anatomical and biomechanical principles to exercise<\/li>\n<li>Apply anatomical and physiological tenets to physical movement<\/li>\n<li>Dissect sport and exercise physiology<\/li>\n<li>Understand the fundamentals of nutrition<\/li>\n<li>Learn about the different health assessment techniques and how to apply these<\/li>\n<li>Become aware of \u2013 and know how to use \u2013 motivation techniques for your personal training clients<\/li>\n<li>Apply holistic wellness concepts to your clients\u2019 wellness<\/li>\n<li>Learn how to deal with personal training clients who have special needs<\/li>\n<li>Design exercise programmes that are tailor-made for each client<\/li>\n<li>Get to know the principles of how to run your own business in the fitness industry<\/li>\n<li>Learn what it takes to run a fitness facility according to health and safety standards<\/li>\n<li>Learn how to maintain fitness equipment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/contact-us\/\"><strong>Contact Trifocus Fitness Academy<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-7147\" src=\"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/footer1.jpg\" alt=\"pt button\" width=\"805\" height=\"129\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How to become successful in the fitness industry\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_Yyn5cLW2Dc?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With people becoming more aware of their health and fitness, and wanting to lead better lifestyles, the fitness industry has become an extremely popular sector to work in for various reasons.\u00a0According to the Statista\u2019s Africa &amp; Middle East Health &amp; Fitness Club industry 2016 survey, South Africa was the highest in revenue of US$ 931.33&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1117,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2116],"tags":[95,37,972,19,1094,1421,61,1422,1423,1424,1201,213,1425,63,100,170,45],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2962"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2962"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39681,"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2962\/revisions\/39681"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/trifocusfitnessacademy.co.za\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}