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How to Become a Corporate Fitness Professional in 2025

By IDEA Authors / August 17, 2025

Corporate fitness is a well-established niche with promising growth potential for fitness professionals who enjoy working with diverse adult populations in a structured setting. While corporate and commercial fitness professionals have similar overall goals, they can have dramatically different approaches in setting targets for numbers and profits, defining program objectives and creating a fitness center culture.

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A Career Path for Pilates Instructors in 2025

By IDEA Authors / August 17, 2025

With 8.6 million participants, Pilates is the fastest-growing exercise activity in the United States, according to a recent report from the Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association (Rovell 2010). The 2010 IDEA Fitness Programs & Equipment Trends report found that 90% of facilities represented in the survey offer Pilates, up from 63% in 2002 (Schroeder 2010). What’s more, many facilities provide both group and private training, as well as fusion formats (e.g., Pilates-yoga). So it’s not surprising that Pilates instructors today have many career options.

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How to Become a Yoga Teacher in 2025

By IDEA Authors / August 17, 2025

If you are enthusiastic about yoga and have seen its transformative effect in your own life, it’s natural to want to share that with others. And if you are comfortable in front of a group but also know how to connect one-on-one, teaching yoga may be a perfect fit.

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Fitness Management Career Paths in 2025

By IDEA Authors / August 17, 2025

For many fitness professionals, the natural career progression eventually leads beyond the training floor or group exercise studio and into leadership roles. While coaching clients and leading classes provide valuable frontline experience, management positions allow fitness pros to influence entire teams, shape programming, and guide the overall vision of a facility. In today’s evolving fitness…

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How to Become a Spa Professional

By Lawrence Biscontini, MA / March 31, 2011

As the fitness industry embraces wellness concepts such as mental training, mindful movement and holistic programming, now more than ever the spa world offers viable career opportunities. Why? One reason is that it has long embraced these same healthy goals. The fitness professional who is curious about employment in the spa industry must take methodical steps toward discovering whether or not this specialty field is a good fit.

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