Occupational Employment Statistics
29-1128 Exercise Physiologists
Assess, plan, or implement fitness programs that include exercise or physical activities such as those designed to improve cardiorespiratory function, body composition, muscular strength, muscular endurance, or flexibility. Excludes “Physical Therapists” (29-1123), “Athletic Trainers” (29-9091), and “Fitness Trainers and Aerobic Instructors” (39-9031).
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Minnesota
| 140 | 3 | $32.92/hr | $26.49/hr | $29.70/hr | $30.98/hr | $37.30/hr | $40.38/hr |
| Education and Health Services | 130 | $30.91/hr |
| Public Administration | N/A | N/A |
- Recommend methods to increase lifestyle physical activity.
- Prescribe individualized exercise programs, specifying equipment, such as treadmill, exercise bicycle, ergometers, or perceptual goggles.
- Interpret exercise program participant data to evaluate progress or identify needed program changes.
- Provide clinical oversight of exercise for participants at all risk levels.
- Explain exercise program or physiological testing procedures to participants.
- Develop exercise programs to improve participant strength, flexibility, endurance, or circulatory functioning, in accordance with exercise science standards, regulatory requirements, and credentialing requirements.
- Measure oxygen consumption or lung functioning, using spirometers.
- Develop exercise programs to improve participant strength, flexibility, endurance, or circulatory functioning, in accordance with exercise science standards, regulatory requirements, and credentialing requirements.
- Assess physical performance requirements to aid in the development of individualized recovery or rehabilitation exercise programs.
- Demonstrate correct use of exercise equipment or performance of exercise routines.