The Orange Coast College Fitness Specialist program trains students for positions entrylevel or higher in the booming fitness industry. Graduates are qualified to be fitness instructors, exercise testing technicians, weight training coaches, and personal fitness counselors.

Students in this program learn scientific principles of exercise and physical conditioning, techniques of leading exercise classes, and methods appropriate to establishing healthy behavior. The Fitness Specialist evaluates the physiological and psychological effects of physical activities and designs personalized exercise prescriptions.

The fitness industry, experiencing rapid growth, has a growing demand for trained instructors and exercise test technologists in health clubs, fitness studios, and sports medicine clinics. The employment outlook is excellent.

This program provides students with theory necessary to be effective in the health fitness industry (health clubs, corporate fitness, etc.). Students in this program will learn scientific principles of exercise and physical conditioning, techniques for the measurement of human performance, and methods for establishing healthy nutritional patterns.