An increasing number of Americans want someone to push them when they go the gym and to make sure they are doing their exercises correctly. Enter the fitness trainer.
The exercise gurus need to to demonstrate the proper technique for weightlifting and possibly stretch out their client at the end of a session. Then, there is nothing like a jump rope session.
At the same time, those who want to attend a class can turn to aerobics instructors. They need to keep their classes motivated, perhaps devising harder routines. It’s not unusual in some urban areas for an instructor to teach 10 or 12 classes a week.
But there is not a lot of money in teaching people how to do squats properly. According to the BLS, the 231,500 fitness instructors have a mean income of $36,150 a year.
