Why aren't you an exercise physiologist yet?
>Exercise physiologists analyze their patients’ fitness in order to help them improve their health or maintain good health. They help patients with heart disease and other chronic conditions, like diabetes or pulmonary (lung) disease, to regain their health. They also work with both amateur and professional athletes who are hoping to boost their performance. Using stress tests and other evaluation tools, the exercise physiologist evaluates a patient’s cardiovascular function and metabolism and then designs a fitness plan that will meet the patient’s goals and/or needs, including building endurance and strength and increasing fitness and flexibility.
A certified exercise physiologist is trained to:
>Administer exercise stress tests in healthy and unhealthy populations
>Evaluate a person’s overall health, with special attention to cardiovascular function and metabolism
>Develop individualized exercise prescriptions to increase physical fitness, strength, endurance, and flexibility
>Design customized exercise programs to meet health care needs and athletic performance goals
Sports medicine and athletic training facilities employ exercise physiologists to create programs that help athletes reduce the number of injuries and recover faster from them. Makers of athletic equipment hire exercise physiologists to design sports gear. Exercise physiologists also run their own businesses as sports or athletic performance consultants. You may also meet exercise physiologists who work as clinicians, sports directors, coaches or trainers, wellness directors, exercise managers, program coordinators, rehabilitation specialists or several other titles.
Contrary to popular belief, an exercise physiologist is not the same as a personal trainer. An exercise physiologist is a health care professional who has completed a degree in exercise physiology and/or has been certified by the American Society of Exercise Physiologists or the American College of Sports Medicine.
Exercise physiologists can be employed in a wide array of settings, including (but not limited to):
>Athletic training programs at colleges and universities
>Corporate wellness programs
>Fitness facilities
>Hospitals
>Military training centers
>Rehabilitation clinics
Why would I be anything besides a Firefighter/Paramedic?
Salaries for exercise physiologists vary by location, certification and experience. The median base salary is $46,270, with a range between $30,700 and $73,000.
>>36646862
i dunno man this seems way more chill and easygoing than being a paramedic
>having to deal with fatties who constantly say "hurr durr I can't do it" or "genetics gave me my heart disease" or better yet, "I'm too out of shape to work out!"
I would get frustrated and probably get canned because I'd go off on all my patients.
I'll stick with being an instrumentation tech/industrial electrician. Pay is pretty similar but I get to work with machines instead of people.
>>36646900
It may be more easy going but i guarantee it doesn't offer the same Adrenalin rush of going headfirst into a structure fire; or the satisfaction of saving some chuckleheads life with a GSW and sucking chestwound. Also turning all women into Mr. Coffee when you walk into a room in a t-shirt and turnout bottoms is a big plus.
>>36646862
>ing besides a Firefighter/Paramedic?
because the pay is shit tier...
>>36646751
Cause I'd rather be a doctor than doctor's sidekick.
>>36646751
not interested in the healthcare field. i don't want to be surrounded by bitchy women at work.
>>36647039
physicians assistants are literally dr's sidekicks
ATs work independently. they have a skill set that most regular physicians don't.
most regular family doctors don't know jack shit about proper exercise. that's why they refer patients with cardiopulmonary issues to these guys.
>turning your hobby into your jobby
sounds like a good way to make yourself hate exercise
