| It is a common perception that people who work | | | | of the muscles you already have, instead of |
| in the fitness industry must be very healthy. In a | | | | working overtime to bulk up even more. If you |
| lot of ways, this is quite true. People in this line of | | | | find the exercises very useful, you might even |
| work certainly get a lot of exercise, much more | | | | introduce them as a fun touch to the fitness |
| than the average white-collar employee does. | | | | classes you teach to others. |
| Ironically, this work does carry a great deal of | | | | Staying mentally healthy is also important if you |
| health risks, though perhaps of a different kind. | | | | work at a gym or fitness center. You might find |
| People in the fitness industry might be prone to | | | | yourself working with many clients who have |
| health risks associated with excessive exercise. | | | | unhealthy body image issues, or body obsession. |
| Given the fact that exercise is also at least as | | | | You might think yourself hardened against such |
| much about aesthetics as it is about health, some | | | | things, but their attitudes might have an insidious |
| people in the fitness industry might fall prey to | | | | effect on you and your colleagues that you might |
| unhealthy body image standards. | | | | not realize until you are having serious difficulties. |
| It helps to examine the fitness employee lifestyle. | | | | If you need to take a step back and think, there |
| The members who visit a gym will be working | | | | are other answers besides spa treatments, |
| out for a few hours, but will go home. You, on | | | | running to a therapist, or breaking out the |
| the other hand, will probably be doing a full shift | | | | mood-enhancing pills. Breathing exercises-especially |
| that lasts several times as long as the regular | | | | those targeted towards yoga practitioners-can |
| gym members visit. You might not be spending all | | | | help you stay calm and clear-headed. Also, you will |
| this time working up a sweat, like those you train. | | | | be harnessing your body' natural processes, |
| Perhaps you will be someones spotter, or will help | | | | instead of interfering with them using chemicals |
| maintain the machines, etc. However, all this work | | | | that might have harmful side effects, especially |
| can be very exhausting over a long day. If you | | | | over the long term. |
| are an instructor for yoga, aerobics, etc., you | | | | Where can you learn breathing exercises, besides |
| probably have an even tougher deal. You might | | | | consulting vocal training or sports texts? A great |
| be teaching several sessions in a day. You will | | | | deal of the preparation for Asian martial arts or |
| need a way to stay in shape (besides even more | | | | meditative exercises like kung fu, qi gong or tai |
| exercise) and keep your energy levels up. | | | | chi include breathing exercises. You can pirate |
| Vocal exercises and other techniques to improve | | | | these into your own routines, even if you do not |
| your breathing might help. You will be making use | | | | plan to learn the martial art itself. |