<p>... But you like excercise (except for sports)?</p>
<p>Suppose you have the following person:</p>
<p>-Derives no pleasure from sports; lacks the physical prowess to play sports, (not over weight, but a 13 year old girl could outrun him) and can't understand why sports are fun at all.
-Except, likes weight-lifting.</p>
<p>I'm not trying to be silly because I'm not even sure if athletic trainers do athletic things</p>
<p>if athletic trainers don't do athletic things, then what do they do?</p>
<p>I don't know how athletic you need to be, but liking athletics seems to be one of the prerequisites for the job... You'll spend a lot of time watching sports and waiting for someone to get injured.</p>
<p>Hmm, I better give up the idea then because I hate to watch sporting events.</p>
<p>Better stick to just lifting weights and jogging on my own.</p>
<p>Athletic Trainers do much more than "watch sporting events and wait for injuries to happen." Athletic Trainers are involved in so much more than just athletics. They can now be found in a variety of fields including Occupational/Industrial sites, working with physical therapists, working as a physician extender, and much more. </p>
<p>Athletic Trainers are responsible for the prevention of injury, the acute treatment of injury and emergency procedures, along with the rehabilitation of injury. Athletic Trainers, in the normal athletic setting, often see an athlete before an injury, when the injury occurs, and through the rehab process until the athlete is able to return to play. </p>
<p>The National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA) has a new slogan to meet the new responsibilities and such that athletic trainers have moved toward: Health Care for Life and Sport</p>
<p>It sounds to me like you may be more interested in something like Exercise Science, Exercise Physiology, Kinesiology, etc whatever the college calls it. With that sort of degree you could become a personal trainer (NOT the same as an athletic trainer!!), a strength and conditioning coach, etc.</p>
<p>If you have more questions, feel free to ask and I'll try to answer:)</p>
<p>yes, personal trainer is what I had in mind... I love weightlifring or bodybuilding, but I'm actually on the thin side, 110 pounds.. but my physique is not purely ectomorph.. I'm partly mesomorph, and I have always had about 4% bodyfat. I used to be in the military, and I can do 30 or 40 diamond pushups.</p>
<p>I was wondering what kind of stuff do you need to work at a gym as a trainer.. you know, make programs for people, show them the proper technique in different excercises? I assume you would just need a certificate for that?</p>
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<p>It depends. Some places require a fitness certification; some require a degree in exercise science or something similar; some require both.</p>
<p>Places to start if looking at certification:</p>
<p>NSCA National</a> Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA)</p>
<p>ACSM ACSM</a> | For the Exercise Sciences and Clinical Sports Medicine</p>