Fall Semester Fitness Internship (Sunnyvale, CA)

HealthFitness strives to make the intern experience unique and rewarding, providing the opportunity to obtain focused experience in your chosen career field. An internship with HealthFitness offers exposure and/or experience in many fitness and health-related areas at a corporate, community, or hospital-based facility.

About the Role

Passion. Wellbeing. Fitness. Teamwork. If you are looking for the ultimate internship experience at a corporate fitness center, this role is for you! We have an exciting opportunity for students wishing to gain experience and complete their internship requirement at our client site in Sunnyvale, CA.

Responsibilities

• Provide supervision and fitness/wellness guidance for members of the facility.
• Assist 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.
• Other duties as needed/assigned.

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 a related field from an accredited college or university.
• Current CPR, First Aid, and AED certification from the American Heart Association or American Red Cross (or will be required by the start date of the internship).
• Personal Training or Group Exercise certification from ACE, ACSM, AFAA, NSCA, or NASM is a plus.
• Communication skills to instruct and interact effectively with a diverse group of individuals.

Seeking a part-time/full-time fitness intern in Sunnyvale, CA.