Fall Semester Fitness Intern (Vienna, VA)

About the role

Kick-start your career with hands-on experience that actually matters. HealthFitness offers exciting internship opportunities for students completing their university internship requirement across corporate, community, and hospital-based settings. Our internships are designed to be engaging, supportive, and career-building, giving you real-world exposure, meaningful responsibilities, and the chance to grow in your chosen field.

Responsibilities

• Provide supervision and fitness/wellness guidance for members of the facility.
• Aid in compiling participation data and the completion of necessary reports.
• Perform fitness evaluations for fitness program participants and personal training clients.
• Summarize and interpret fitness test data and prescribe cardiovascular and strength exercise programs for healthy individuals.
• Develop and/or implement at least one special program/event.
• Job shadow a Personal Trainer and train a client while supervised.
• Demonstrate ability to teach a minimum of one group exercise class format through team teaching.
• Contribute to the marketing of all fitness and wellness programs and services through website promotions, newsletter articles, table events, social media, etc.
• Assist in the coordination of client site special events programming related to health and wellness.
• Instruct special fitness programs as needed.
• Assist fitness/wellness staff with general day-to-day duties of the office.
• Attend all regularly scheduled office hours and meetings.

Requirements

• Junior or Senior level Bachelor's or Master's level student working towards a degree in Physical Education, Exercise Physiology, Kinesiology, Recreation, Health Education, Health Promotion or related field from an accredited college or university.
• Current CPR, First Aid and AED certification from American Heart Association or American Red Cross required (or will be required by start date of internship).
• Personal Training or Group Exercise certification from ACE, ACSM, AFAA, NSCA or NASM a plus.
• Communication skills to instruct and interact effectively with a diverse group of individuals.