Shape UP with a Career in Fitness: Helping others get healthy is a booming business

With soaring rates of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, hypertension and other chronic health conditions in the United States, the demand for cost-effective, quality health promotion and prevention is at an all-time high. Recognition of the benefits of good nutrition and exercise in preventing chronic disease has created a wide-open career path for qualified fitness...

Meet Cora Geiter

York Tech student Cora Geiter is enrolled in the personal training program. She participates in lab hours that are designed for students to gain practical experience, which includes training faculty and staff at the College. Geiter hopes to become a movement specialist working with special populations, particularly seniors. “I’m looking at training seniors before they have to hit physical...