Physical Education Teacher
- Physical education teachers work with students to help them improve their overall fitness. Gym teachers show students how to move their bodies and enjoy sports without injury. If you want to work as a physical education teacher, you will need at least a bachelor's degree. You can major in physical fitness. Potential high school physical education teachers should also take undergraduate classes in education and complete teacher state licensing requirements. Many schools will not hire you unless you have teaching credentials.
Coach
- Coaches help amateur and professional athletes achieve their best physical performance possible. A coach may serve as a mentor, teacher and resource for any athlete. Coaches illustrate how to execute certain movements, work with athletes to perfect their technique and lead teams to victory. Coaches have a wide variety of differing backgrounds. Some people may come to coaching they have retired from high achievement in a particular sport. Others may major in physical fitness in college and then take employment in public and private schools.
Personal Trainer
- Personal trainers work with people to show them how to get physical fit. A personal trainer usually works one on one with someone. They may illustrate how to correctly lift weights, design an individual's exercise routine and conduct classes in physical fitness awareness and technique. Most personal trainers have extensive firsthand knowledge how to build lean muscle mass and lose weight. A personal trainer is expected to be physically fit in order to illustrate this knowledge to clients. An ideal personal trainer should also have an excellent understanding of the human body and take classes in anatomy and physiology.