Sunday, January 4, 2009

Try Bodybuilding as a Career

By Mick Hart

LET YOUR BODY WORK FOR YOU. Your hobby of bodybuilding could provide a lucrative and rewarding lifestyle. Use your muscle power to become a teacher, own a gym, train one to one, or establish, own or manage a fitness studio.

WANNA BE A FILM STAR? - Whilst it would be nice if all bodybuilders could end up making their fortunes as film stars or models, but its more realistic to seek other areas in the fitness industry. For many of this you will need training.

You will require information and practical training for home study, extended education or evening classes. A gym coach for example requires practical skills as well as related work experience. You will need to focus on the basic knowledge of anatomy, physiology and nutrition and you will need the ability to communicate that knowledge and interact socially with full confidence

You will have to be prepared very physical training over long hours, while continuing to learn plus remaining enthusiastic. You will need to learn how to work out personalized programs, diet necessities and allow for individual pace and capabilities. It is highly recommended that you take out "professional indemnity insurance".

You will find it very satisfying to just run a fitness center, but don't discard any of these higher paid jobs yet. There are often vacancies in the health and fitness or Aerobics sectors, so you may also want to consider becoming a nutrition councilor, a recreation activity director, a fitness training instructor, a one to one bodybuilding coach, a health club and leisure center management or set up your own home gym for fitness or hard core lifting for serious bodybuilders.

You could even try becoming a model for sports clothes, equipment, supplements etc or you could even venture into Bodybuilding contests at local, national or international level, where there is always a lot of prize money to be won. It's down to you how hard you want to work at this and with the right frame of mind you could spend the rest of your life working in what you love most - bodybuilding. - 16004

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