ABSTRACT
Regardless of what a website says, it isn’t always true. It is incorrect for a website to say, “The exercise science degree prepares students for an exercise physiology career.” The exercise science degree is not an exercise physiology degree! The exercise science graduate is not an exercise physiologist. Title does matter, although it may not be obvious to the exercise science administration and/or faculty. Also, it is important to point out that just because students may take an exercise physiology course, they cannot call themselves an “exercise physiologist” when they graduate. It is time to exit from the exercise science mentality so that exercise physiologists can become who they are meant to be. Why not hold on to ASEP and why not state before the world that you are an ASEP Exercise Physiologist. This thinking is the way of the future. It is called “straight thinking.” It is not driven by the old dogma of the past. It is about discovering the new world of ASEP, exercise physiology, healthcare, and entrepreneurial opportunities. Equally troubling is the unanalyzed and non-discussed academic titles, particularly the “clinical exercise physiologist” title as though it is different from the “exercise physiologist” title. The exercise physiologist can work with both a clinical population and/or a healthy population, so what is the point? The idea of a distinction between the two is thinking caught in the inertia of failed rhetoric and misplaced politics.
