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Personal trainer
Click on the type of personal trainer from the table below to learn about the general description for the nature of the service. Click the type of practitioner from the list on the right to find your local provider.
| Cancer exercise trainer | Health fitness specialist |
| Exercise physiologist | Personal fitness trainer |
| Exercise specialist | Pilates |
| Books and publications of interest | Blogs, newsletters and feeds of interest |
It is important to find a personal fitness trainer with experience in designing programs for senior citizens. There are various organizations to certify the experience of the trainer, and we have obtained names of trainers meeting such qualifications.
You can enrich the quality of life through safe and effective exercise and physical activity. Certification and maintaining continuing education standards for fitness professionals are of utmost importance, including special programs geared solely for senior citizens. The special programs are designed so that seniors can lead active and healthy lifestyles. Personal trainers can help create individualized programs to allow you to obtain maximum benefits from an exercise program. The personal trainers we have listed are all certified to work with seniors to design programs and routines. A personal trainer may come to your house to help build an exercise routine, or they may have an affiliation with a local gym.
Among the types or specializations for personal trainers are:
Cancer exercise specialist performs appropriate fitness assessments and makes exercise recommendations while demonstrating a basic understanding of cancer diagnoses, surgeries, treatments, symptoms and side effects.
Exercise physiologists identify the physiological mechanisms underlying physical activity and develop comprehensive treatment services for the analysis, improvement and maintenance of health and fitness and rehabilitation of chronic diseases or disabilities.
Exercise specialists primarily work with people in need of cardiovascular and/or pulmonary rehabilitation.
Health fitness specialist are qualified to work with special populations with medically controlled diseases who have been cleared by their physician for independent exercise.
Personal fitness trainer are qualified to develop and implement exercise programs for apparently healthy individuals or those who have medical clearance to exercise.
Pilates is an exercise system to transform the way your body looks, feels and performs by improving core strength, flexibility, agility and economy of motion.
