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A resume for a Exercise Physiologist needs to show the work itself: assess, plan, or implement fitness programs that include exercise or physical activities such as those designed to improve cardiorespiratory function, body composition, muscular strength, muscular endurance, or flexibility. Day to day that means work like this: develop exercise programs to improve participant strength, flexibility, endurance, or circulatory functioning, in accordance with exercise science standards, regulatory requirements, and credentialing requirements; provide emergency or other appropriate medical care to participants with symptoms or signs of physical distress. Recruiters and applicant tracking systems both read for the tasks and tools this role actually involves, so the strongest resume names them in your own experience rather than describing the job in the abstract. Below are the tasks O*NET records for this occupation, the software and tools it uses, the titles it is advertised under, and the skills worth naming if they are genuinely yours.

Also advertised as

The same job is posted under many titles. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.

  • Clinical Exercise Physiologist
  • Exercise Specialist
  • Lifestyle and Weight Management Consultant
  • Bariatric Weight Loss Counselor
  • Certified Exercise Physiologist
  • EPC
  • Clinical Exercise Specialist
  • Exercise Scientist
  • Applied Exercise Physiologist
  • Cardiac Exercise Physiologist
  • Cardiac Exercise Specialist
  • Kinesiotherapist
  • Registered Clinical Exercise Physiologist
  • Sports Physiologist

What this work actually involves

Tasks recorded for this occupation, in O*NET's words. If your experience covers one of these, it belongs on your resume in your own words.

  • Develop exercise programs to improve participant strength, flexibility, endurance, or circulatory functioning, in accordance with exercise science standards, regulatory requirements, and credentialing requirements.
  • Provide emergency or other appropriate medical care to participants with symptoms or signs of physical distress.
  • Demonstrate correct use of exercise equipment or performance of exercise routines.
  • Recommend methods to increase lifestyle physical activity.
  • Interpret exercise program participant data to evaluate progress or identify needed program changes.
  • Prescribe individualized exercise programs, specifying equipment, such as treadmill, exercise bicycle, ergometers, or perceptual goggles.
  • Provide clinical oversight of exercise for participants at all risk levels.
  • Explain exercise program or physiological testing procedures to participants.
  • Interview participants to obtain medical history or assess participant goals.
  • Assess physical performance requirements to aid in the development of individualized recovery or rehabilitation exercise programs.
  • Teach behavior modification classes related to topics such as stress management or weight control.
  • Conduct stress tests, using electrocardiograph (EKG) machines.

25 tasks are recorded in total; these are the most central.

Example bullets for this role

Built from this occupation's own tasks. The brackets stay empty on purpose: we will not invent a number for you, and a fabricated metric is the fastest way to lose an interview you had already won.

  • Develop exercise programs to improve participant strength, flexibility, endurance, or circulatory functioning, in accordance with exercise science standards, regulatory requirements, and credentialing requirements, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
  • Provide emergency or other appropriate medical care to participants with symptoms or signs of physical distress, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
  • Demonstrate correct use of exercise equipment or performance of exercise routines, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
  • Recommend methods to increase lifestyle physical activity, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].

Software used in this role

Recorded for this occupation by O*NET. An applicant tracking system matches the exact product name, so write the tool the way the posting writes it.

  • Email software
  • MEDITECH software
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Microsoft Word
  • Web browser software

Tools and equipment

The physical equipment this occupation is recorded as using. Worth naming when a posting asks for it by name.

  • Arm crank ergometers
  • Automated blood pressure measurement equipment
  • Automated external defibrillators AED
  • Bioelectric impedance analyzers
  • Cholesterol analyzers
  • Cycle ergometers
  • Desktop computers
  • Dual energy x ray absorptiometers
  • Echocardiography systems
  • Electrocardiography EKG machines
  • Electromyographs EMG
  • Electronic spirometers

What this job rates as most important

O*NET rates every skill for importance to this occupation. These are the highest rated, in order.

  1. 01Active Listening
  2. 02Critical Thinking
  3. 03Instructing
  4. 04Reading Comprehension
  5. 05Speaking
  6. 06Writing
  7. 07Judgment and Decision Making
  8. 08Monitoring
  9. 09Service Orientation
  10. 10Social Perceptiveness

Knowledge areas

The subject knowledge this occupation draws on, rated by importance.

  • Customer and Personal Service
  • Medicine and Dentistry
  • Education and Training
  • Therapy and Counseling
  • English Language
  • Biology
  • Psychology
  • Administrative

What qualifications people in this job have

From O*NET's survey of people doing this work. This is what postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.

  • 59%Bachelor's Degree
  • 32%Master's Degree
  • 9%Doctoral Degree

What level this role is pitched at

O*NET places this occupation in “Considerable Preparation Needed”. Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.

Common questions

What does a Exercise Physiologist do?
Assess, plan, or implement fitness programs that include exercise or physical activities such as those designed to improve cardiorespiratory function, body composition, muscular strength, muscular endurance, or flexibility. Day to day that includes work like develop exercise programs to improve participant strength, flexibility, endurance, or circulatory functioning, in accordance with exercise science standards, regulatory requirements, and credentialing requirements and Provide emergency or other appropriate medical care to participants with symptoms or signs of physical distress.
What skills should a Exercise Physiologist put on a resume?
O*NET rates Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Instructing, Reading Comprehension, and Speaking among the most important skills for this occupation. Name the ones that are genuinely yours and show where you used them. A resume that lists skills you do not have is weaker than one that lists fewer.
What software should a Exercise Physiologist list?
Software recorded for this occupation includes Email software, MEDITECH software, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office software, and Microsoft Outlook. Applicant tracking systems match on the exact product name, so write the tool as the posting writes it rather than describing it in general terms.
What other job titles cover Exercise Physiologist work?
O*NET records 14 titles for this occupation, including Clinical Exercise Physiologist, Exercise Specialist, Lifestyle and Weight Management Consultant, and Bariatric Weight Loss Counselor. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.
What qualifications does a Exercise Physiologist need?
In O*NET's survey of people doing this job, 59% reported their level of education as "Bachelor's Degree". That is what current postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.
Will this resume pass an ATS for a Exercise Physiologist role?
No tool outside an employer can tell you how that employer's system is configured, including ours. What you can control is that the resume parses cleanly, names the work in the words the posting uses, and does not claim anything you cannot back up.

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What this page cannot tell you

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  • This page makes no claim about pay, demand or how many people hold this job. O*NET does not publish that here and we will not estimate it.
  • Keyword overlap is one input to a resume’s score, not a verdict on you. A resume that names skills you do not have is worse than one that names fewer.

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