Exercise Specialist

Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, PTO, employee stock options

Who This Job Is For

Exercise professionals who want meaningful, outcome‑driven work. If you value a consistent salary, fixed schedule, and expect no commission or sales quota, this role is designed for you.

This position seeks someone who believes exercise professionals are essential to healthcare, who enjoys working in a scaling organization, and who is excited to grow with clear pathways for advancement.

Who We Are

Applied Fitness Solutions (AFS) delivers lifestyle medicine—exercise, nutrition, and behavior change—to transform people from passive recipients of care into active providers of their own health. We are expanding into a nationwide network of medically integrated locations where Exercise Professionals, Registered Dietitians, and Health Coaches are recognized as mission‑critical healthcare providers.

Our Purpose

Help humanity reclaim ownership of their health by transforming the patient into the provider of their own healthcare.

Our Core Values

• Impact – Make a real difference in lives.
• Humanity – Lead with compassion, humility, and curiosity.
• Growth – Continuously develop personally and professionally.
• Wholeheartedness – Bring your authentic self to work.

Our foundation:
Members’ Health is Our Highest Obligation
— always act accordingly.

Role Overview

A full‑time Exercise Professional will join our healthcare team in Ann Arbor. The role is fully on‑site, working directly with members and an interdisciplinary care team.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver individualized exercise assessment, prescription, and coaching within an integrated care model.
• Collaborate closely with Health Coaches and Registered Dietitians.
• Help build and refine a scalable model for future locations.

1. Conduct Assessments and Design Prescriptions

• Perform comprehensive exercise assessments, functional testing, and movement screening.
• Design and deliver individualized, progressive exercise prescriptions aligned with member goals, medical history, and risk profile.
• Coach members through supervised and semi‑supervised exercise sessions focused on safety, effectiveness, and long‑term adherence.
• Support members with weight management, cardiometabolic health, mobility, strength, conditioning, and functional capacity.
• Use evidence‑based coaching and behavior‑change strategies to build autonomy, confidence, and ownership over movement.

2. Integrated Team‑Based Care

• Collaborate daily with Health Coaches and Registered Dietitians to create unified care plans that integrate exercise, nutrition, and behavior change.
• Participate in interdisciplinary case reviews, care huddles, and outcome discussions.
• Serve as the primary exercise and movement expert on the care team while respecting and leveraging the expertise of other clinicians.

3. Documentation & Outcomes

• Maintain accurate, timely documentation in AFS clinical and outcomes systems.
• Track exercise adherence, functional improvements, and key outcome measures.
• Contribute to the development and refinement of standardized exercise protocols, workflows, and clinical decision‑making tools.

4. Program Development & Education

• Help design and refine exercise programs, protocols, and group offerings that scale.
• Support educational initiatives including classes, workshops, written resources, and partner education.
• Contribute clinical insight to the evolution of AFS’s exercise technology and systems.
• Model AFS core principles in day‑to‑day work (e.g., members’ health is our highest obligation, demand excellence at all times, be evidence‑based in all aspects of the business, talk is cheap—do rather than tell).
• Participate actively in feedback, learning, and continuous improvement—personally and organizationally.

Performance Expectations Member Outcomes

• Improved functional capacity, fitness markers, movement quality, and exercise self‑efficacy.
• Members report feeling more confident, capable, and in control of their physical activity and health.

Clinical Excellence & Professionalism

• Sessions are punctual, prepared, and grounded in current evidence.
• Exercise prescriptions are safe, individualized, and progression‑driven.
• Documentation is complete, timely, and aligned…