Fitness Careers 101: How to Turn Your Passion for Health into a Profession

From fitness blogger to fashion blogger, how to turn your favorite things into a career.

In January last year, I wrote an article "Fitness has made me gain 30 pounds", and for the first time, I opened up my heart to everyone and revealed my "mental journey" up to that time.

To be honest, 2017 was a year that surprised me. My life experienced many major changes. Today I want to take advantage of the changes in my career to list the changes I have made over the past year.

People often ask me how I can turn my hobby into my career. The word "career" may be too strong here, but just making a living by doing what I like is really exciting for me.

First, it was fitness, then dressing and coding. In my short time in the world, I probably have a small say in turning my hobby into a job.

"Keep trying" is the first keyword I can think of. Starting fitness, actively contacting FitTime, and writing a public account for the first time... are all my constant attempts. Before every attempt, I don't know what's next. They might become my job. What have you tried as a hobby?

A small number of readers who have followed me for a long time know that I have been working as a part-time content operator for FitTime, a self-media company that outputs fitness content, since 2014. I also spent some time at the head office in Wuxi. time.

It's a coincidence that I started to fall in love with fitness only after seeing the fitness content on the FitTime homepage on Renren in 2013, and became so obsessed that I must go to the gym every day. So when I went to work at FitTime, I felt like my fans were taking over.

In 2015, I convinced my school and family to start working at FitTime full-time without affecting my studies. I was in my third year of college at that time. Fortunately, my school teachers were reasonable and supported my decision, and my mother also believed in my judgment as always, so I started my first formal job in my life.

At that time, I was responsible for the initial construction and later training of a project in the company. I was exposed to a lot of fitness literature and information every day while working. After work, I went to the gym to train with my colleagues. It was also during that time that I got my ACE (U.S. Athletic Commission) certification. During that time, it can be said that my hobby "fitness" became my career in the true sense.