Spring/Summer Semester Fitness Intern (Vienna, VA)

HealthFitness • Vienna, VA

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About The Position

HealthFitness offers internship opportunities for students completing a university internship requirement at corporate, community, or hospital-based facilities. The internship is designed to provide hands-on, career-focused experience and exposure to fitness and health-related work. The position is based in Vienna, Virginia, and is for the spring/summer semester.

Interns may provide fitness and wellness guidance to facility members, evaluate participants and personal-training clients, interpret fitness-test data, and prescribe cardiovascular and strength programs for healthy individuals. They may also support facility operations, programming, marketing, events, and group exercise instruction while working with fitness and wellness staff.

Requirements

• Be a junior- or senior-level bachelor's or master's student working toward a degree in Physical Education, Exercise Physiology, Kinesiology, Recreation, Health Education, Health Promotion, or a related field at an accredited college or university.
• Hold current CPR, First Aid, and AED certifications from the American Heart Association or American Red Cross, or obtain them by the internship start date.
• Have communication skills to instruct and interact effectively with a diverse group of individuals.

Nice To Haves

• Personal Training or Group Exercise certification from ACE, ACSM, AFAA, NSCA, or NASM.

Responsibilities

• Provide supervision and fitness and wellness guidance to facility members.
• Assist with compiling participation data and completing reports.
• Perform fitness evaluations for program participants and personal-training clients; summarize and interpret test data and prescribe cardiovascular and strength exercise programs for healthy individuals.
• Develop and/or implement at least one special program or event.
• Shadow a personal trainer and train a client under supervision.
• Demonstrate the ability to teach at least one group exercise format through team teaching.
• Help market fitness and wellness programs and services through website promotions, newsletter articles, table events, social media, and other channels.
• Assist with coordinating client-site health and wellness special events.
• Instruct special fitness programs as needed.
• Assist fitness and wellness staff with general day-to-day office duties.
• Attend regularly scheduled office hours and meetings.
• Perform other duties as needed or assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Intern