While many professions in the U.S. are shrinking today, personal training is one of the fastest-growing occupations. Once stereotyped as the field of bodybuilders and gym fanatics, personal training today draws both educated and uneducated; young, old and middle aged; guys and gals; recent grads and those coming out of retirement. Between 2001 to 2011, the number of personal trainers in the U.S. rose by 44% to almost a quarter of a million; at the same time, the overall number of workers fell … [Read more...]