As a fitness competitor, you hone your physique and sometimes acrobatic skills to take home the top prize at a competition. As a fitness competitor, you can use your talents on the stage to turn them into a career that you love. Finding a career that is right for you may take some additional certifications and education. By targeting the organization type you would like to work for, you can determine what requirements are needed.
Group Exercise Instructor
As a fitness trainer or instructor, you can use your knowledge to help others get fit. Many fitness competitors brand their own particular fitness routine. For example, fitness competitor Lindsay Messina hosts "Body by Lindsay" workshops three times a week at her local gym, according to "Oxygen" magazine. As an added bonus, you will be able to exercise yourself by demonstrating and leading moves.
Fitness Model
Fitness magazines, websites and companies use fitness models to endorse projects and demonstrate correct body positioning for certain exercises. As a fitness competitor, you have the figure and expertise to demonstrate these positions to others. While breaking into the fitness modeling industry can be difficult and competitive, you can use contacts you have made at competitions to seek endorsements or magazine shoots. To begin a career, find agents in your field. You also will need to have photographs, including a head shot, taken to show potential clients who may wish to book you for jobs.
Personal Trainer/Consultant
You can use your celebrity as a fitness competitor to become a personal trainer, working one-on-one with individuals. You may wish to work as a consultant for budding fitness competitors, using your expertise to help them get started in the industry. You also can work one-on-one with clients either at your own home gym or at a local gym or spa. This occupation may require additional certifications, such as through the American Council on Exercise. If you wish to work for a particular gym or other fitness organization, you may wish to discuss any required certifications.
Recreation Leader
If you enjoy the great outdoors as much as hitting the weight room, a position as a recreation worker, recreation leader or recreation center director may be for you. A camp, city or county government or a private outdoor organization may employ recreation workers. You should have a good knowledge of a variety of activities, including swimming, hiking and leading outdoor games. Because these jobs may be seasonally related -- typically in the summer when children are out of school -- this occupation can give you time to train for competitions during the remaining months of the year.
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