%0 Journal Article %T Fitness Coaching: Analysis of a Developing Profession in Senegal %A Ibrahima Fall %J Advances in Physical Education %P 26-42 %@ 2164-0408 %D 2023 %I Scientific Research Publishing %R 10.4236/ape.2023.131004 %X Initially considered as a simple passion and a voluntary commitment, fitness coaching is becoming more and more professional and seems to be becoming a real profession in Senegal today. This situation is due in part to the growing demand for fitness activities expressed by a large part of the population. The aim of this study is to take stock of the situation of fitness coaches in Senegal. Specifically, it is a question of analyzing their socio-demographic profiles, their levels of education and training in the field of sport, and the conditions of exercise of their profession. This research is based on a mixed methodology combining a questionnaire survey (n = 124) and a series of 23 semi-structured interviews conducted with actors in the fitness sector in Dakar. The results show that the supervision of fitness activities is mainly characterized by a male population composed mainly of young people with a high level of education. Coaching in fitness appears as a ЁАsecondЁБ profession that complementsanother professional occupation. Moreover, the fitness sector is characterized by the ЁАpluriactivityЁБ where ismixed interventions in several fitness rooms and professional occupations in other sectors. %K Fitness Coaching %K Profession %K Job %K Sport Club %K Personal Trainer %U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=122966