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It is the path of least resistance, which can not sustain the transition to being an academically driven profession. Summary: The definition of the clinical exercise physiologist by ACSM and the definition of an exercise physiologist by the U.S. Department of Labor are essentially the same.
1 The U.S. Department of Labor's definition is too restrictive. 2  It reduces the definition of the exercise physiologist to that the clinical exercise physiologist, as if cardiopulmonary is the only career option available.