Bachelors Degree in Kinesiology or Exercise Science?

by Nicole
(LA, CA)

I am in the process of a career change to personal training. My long term goal is to train endurance athletes, specifically triathletes. My plan is to get certified through NASM, get my feet wet in a gym (24 hour fitness for example) working as a traditional personal trainer and go back to school for a bachelors degree in the fall of 2010. The school I am applying to offers a major in Kinesiology and a major in Exercise Science. Anyone have any recommendations which is the better route for me? I want to be well prepared for dealing with recurring injuries and the wear & tear that comes with the extensive training schedule of triathletes.

Cheers,
Nicole

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Same road traveled
by: Your Personal Gym

Hi -

In '98 I took a similar career path change from business to fitness. I started with course work in sport medicine at Spingfield College in MA. I got ACSM certified and worked in a YMCA as a Fitness Director for 6 years. I then went back to school for my masters in Kinesiology.
A degree in Kinesiology will offer you a greater range of disciplines between teaching, coaching, exercise science, exercise physiology and even behavior modification through physiological skills training.
Many employers niche exercise science as 'clinical' and feel many of these graduates want to work in lab or in hospital.

I'm now working for IBM in health promotion and have my own personal training business in Raleigh, NC.
http://www.yourpersonalgym.org

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