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Fitness Technology Skills
Use the following lists to show your technical skills on your resume and cover letter. You may have additional skills not shown on this list. List your skills in a separate Skills/Qualifications section on your resume. Highlight the most relevant skills in the middle paragraph of your cover letter.
Sample Skills/Skill Headings
- Aerobics
- Aquatics
- Personal Training
- Fitness Testing/Assessment
- Program Design
- Group Fitness
- Senior Fitness
- Weight Training
- Fitness/Exercise - Special Populations
- Yoga Fitness
- Athletic Training
- Sports Management
- Exercise Physiology
- Recreation Management
- Applied Kinesiology
- Nutrition and Weight Management
- Biomechanics
- Stress Management
Sample Skill Statements
- Interview clients to determine and meet their fitness needs
- Advise individuals regarding health assessment results and lifestyle changes, such as lifetime weight management, injury prevention and management, back care, and stress management
- Design effective and safe individual and group exercise plans and progressions for healthy populations
- Provide group exercise instruction in aerobics/swim/weight training
- Conduct health history evaluations
- Provide nutritional evaluations, recommendations, and planning
- Basic posture and movement analysis
- Conduct fitness assessments for muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, and cardiovascular fitness
- Teach individual and team sports (specify which ones), utilizing knowledge of sports techniques and of physical capabilities of participants
- Organize, lead, instruct, and referee indoor and outdoor games, such as volleyball, baseball, and basketball
- Teach and demonstrate use of gymnastic and training apparatus, such as weights and trampolines
- Organize and conduct competition and tournaments
- Explain and enforce safety rules and regulations
- Report all accidents/incidents to appropriate personnel and complete necessary forms
- Maintain accurate records of activities, including assessments, attendance and progress reports
- Select, store, order, issue, and inventory equipment, materials, and supplies
- Develop/participate in marketing/ membership recruitment activities
- Choreograph aerobic class design, structure and workout combinations
- Teach aerobics, step and muscle conditioning classes
- Design resistance training techniques for aquatics
- Design aquatic exercise for all ages and fitness levels
- Design therapeutic aquatic exercises
- Adapt exercise programs for people with special considerations: post natal, menopause & aged
- Incorporate and use various modalities of yoga: breathing techniques, body alignment, balancing stress, enhanced mental focus
- Provide educated nutritional guidance on weight management and enhancing sport and fitness performance
- Recognize conditions and/or behaviors that necessitate referral
- Establish long- and short-term lifestyle and weight management goals with clients
- Identify barriers to health and fitness, recognize what motivates clients, and provide support and encouragement
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