Careers in fitness in 2026?

Posting sincerely as a young man with little valuable guidance in my life regarding building a career in 2026. I was listening to Dave Palumbo talk about his career path & it got me wondering what options I have. For reference he worked as an editor/writer for the most popular muscle magazine back in his day, & then created his own brand selling nutritional products & making content. Dave was like me in the sense that his physique wasn’t aesthetic enough to win shows even though he still got huge & competed a bunch of times. 

Fitness/bodybuilding/whatever is the only thing I’m passionate about & have put real effort into over the past few years. Went to college for bio for 1.5yrs, hated it, dropped out. No idea how to channel my passion into making actual money. It sucks because I know I don’t have a bad work ethic or low mental capacity but I’m still working these shit jobs dealing with ret@rds all day because I can’t apply myself enough to accomplish shit I don’t care about like getting a degree. I’ve excelled in areas where I did care & applied myself but unfortunately becoming a jacked chad doesn’t make you rich by default. As far as a temporary hustle I’m thinking about trying to get hired as a personal trainer as well as starting up YT/tiktok channels but I need ideas on what to do long term. I don’t want to be stuck personal training for decades making a 40k salary & I also don’t expect that I’m gonna be the next clavicular. 

In terms of content creation stuff my main selling point is knowledge & ability to give advice. As well as the drastic contrast between my looksmaxxing & gym before & after photos. IRL I’m good at helping people understand training, nutrition, & steroids/drugs/endocrinology in the same way that I give advice online. I also genuinely enjoy doing that. Also have a good wit/sense of humor & speak honestly IRL which could translate into entertaining content once I’m comfortable on camera. I have a handsome face & physique decent enough to give me some credibility but my body isn’t aesthetic enough to win competitions or blow up online from posing for a camera. It’s been visually marred by being fat & having to lose 100+lbs. 

I’m willing to put my nose to the grindstone & put my current goals aside temporarily in order to avoid being a poor ass fucker for my entire life. But like I said, I don’t have any real direction to channel that energy. Any thoughts or advice would be appreciated