Fitness Assistant

Description

Our mission:  

To educate, empower, and inspire people to live active and healthy lives through exercise and nutrition. 

Our vision:  

To be the best provider of health and fitness services in central Indiana offering high quality programs and training, excellent customer service, and state-of-the-art facilities.  

 Indianapolis Healthplex offers a variety of programs to meet the needs of all individuals including children, adults, seniors, and special populations. Some of our programs include: aquatics, tennis, group fitness, personal training, fitness assessments, children’s services, post-rehabilitation, sports performance, and various ball sports.  

During their internship time, the fitness director and clinical integrator will be working with the intern on different topics and be available as their resource. 

We allow for a maximum of two interns per semester. Please note that a face-to-face interview is required to be considered for the position. To ensure a good fit for the student as well as for Indianapolis Healthplex, the intern should be mature, professional, a self- starter, work well with others, a healthy role model, well groomed, outgoing, creative, enthusiastic, and have good verbal and written communication skills.

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Responsibilities

Assist in the maintenance of facility and equipment as well as daily operations ( machine orientations for members, cleaning, organizing, restocking, etc) Assist in classes (Parkinson’s, Balance, etc.) Help fitness department with projects, programs, and events Create an exercise incentive program, that could be used in the future 

Communicate openly about the internship experience to the Internship Coordinator regarding expectations, goals, conflicts, and problems that arise so that action can be taken to accomplish or resolve them.

Supervise and maintain safety of the exercise floor including ensuring correct technique and use of equipment. Attend all staff and professional development meetings (Two Mondays a month 12p-1p) Perform all duties of a fitness attendant under the same policies and procedures specified in the Healthplex employee manual. Maintain a mature, professional attitude and conduct while performing duties and completing assignments. Comply with the time commitments agreed upon  Any and all variances including early departures, tardiness, and absences must be approved by the Internship Coordinator in advance. The time commitment must be met prior to assigning the intern’s final evaluation and grade for the academic credit.  Weekly check-ins on your experience. Perform an evaluation at the end which will provide guidance for improvements of this program. Take full responsibility for meeting your university guidelines. 

Option to Transition into a Fitness Specialist after Internship

Fulfill all internship hours

         Earned NCCA Personal Training Certification Achieved Exercise/Health related college degree Pass the fitness specialist practical interview process 

Benefits aside from Experience and Exposure 

Free Membership ($65/month) 

CPR/AED Training and Certification

Access to our Healthplex ClubConnect platform providing continuing education webinars and articles on 1000s of topics 

A potential fitness specialist position with Indianapolis Healthplex. If they choose to persue this route after graduation, we will provide the student our 84% discount on the NASM personal training exam and materials. 

Qualifications

College course work in exercise physiology/science, pre physical therapy, and/or kinesiology 

Approval of the college or university advisor

Cover letter and resume

Priority given to juniors and seniors, but does not exclude sophmores.

Must have an average GPA of at least 3.0  

CPR certification within 30 days of employment. We do offer free CPR ccertification classes to employees and interns who need to be certified