Career Stats

• Growth & Wages*
• +29% by 2018
• +$29,210
• Job Prospects
• Retail Fitness
• Corporate Wellness
• Self-Employment

Career Profile

Personal Trainer Careers

Just about everyone can benefit from the expertise of a personal trainer. Whether to lose weight, gain muscle, tone up, increase strength, improve stamina, or just enhance overall fitness, a personal trainer can help achieve that goal. And factors such as aging baby-boomers aim to stay fit, along with popular TV shows focusing on fitness, are helping to fuel growth in personal trainer careers. In fact, the Bureau of Labor Statistics projects growth of more than 29% by 2018. That's nearly 77,000 jobs added to the labor force.

Did you know?

Becoming a Certified Personal Trainer can put you in a position to earn good money as a personal trainer. In larger fitness facilities, personal trainers may sell their services to members on an individual basis. In smaller facilities, the personal trainer may do double duty as fitness director and teach classes.

Training for Personal Trainer Careers

PCDI's personal trainer school is designed to provide you with the tools for success in personal trainer careers. 18 easy to follow comprehensive courses will equip you with the knowledge necessary to become a personal trainer. Since each lesson is offered online, you set your own pace. Study when or wherever is best for you. That means you could be ready to pursue personal trainer careers in as little as 6 months.

And, we make getting started easy. All your study materials, including textbooks and workbooks, are included in our low tuition. Plus, interest-free monthly payment plans make getting your personal trainer education affordable.

Why Wait?

Start your Personal Trainer career today! Enroll online or call 1-888-909-0558 to speak with an Admissions Advisor.

Interested in Personal Trainer careers? Learn more about our personal trainer course materials and options for financing your education by visiting AshworthCollege.edu. Ashworth College is a division of PCDI, a leader in distance education.

* Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2010-11 Edition, Fitness Workers