Work Schedules: Gym, Independent, and Corporate Personal Training

The life of a personal trainer is typically bound within the hours that most working professionals aren?t in the office. This means that many personal trainers have shorter vacations and work the before and after hours of the workday. While these hours can at-first seem restricting, many personal trainers find a way to make it work, while others move over to other areas of the personal training to find hours that better suit their needs. The biggest upside might be the need for personal trainers, meaning that if you have the drive, there is always a need for a few extra trainers and instructors.

Becoming a personal trainer can take on different forms, and each has a different lifestyle and work environment. Below are the three main sub groups? of trainers.

Gym:? If you?ve ever been to a Bally?s or XSport Fitness and had someone ask you what your fitness goals were, chances are you were talking to a gym-specific personal trainer. These jobs tend to be a little more difficult to find because the gyms themselves require extra certifications and some even allow you to take on benefits like health care and dental. The pay here is more limited because you work on an hourly wage. However many of the trainers in a gym like Bally?s do private training sessions. These allow the personal trainer to make a more significant hourly income than they would just spotting individuals, or cleaning off gym equipment. While some of the money does get kicked back upstairs, the most successful in-gym trainers can have as many as 40 clients at a time. Scheduled well, that can mean big bucks.

Independent: Maybe the thought of being under the watchful eye of the corporate bosses is too much to take. Then it cold be that going independent is your calling. There are no name tags, or mandated shirts, just you, the client, and some equipment. Many of the country?s largest cities have several personal training gyms to choose from, place where you can train your clients for a usage fee. The rates charged by the personal trainers here are higher, but so are the demands of the clients. Unlike the corporate workouts, these tend to be intensity focused, with the personal trainer taking a n active role in all aspects of their client?s health and fitness. The freedom to operate as your own boss is very attractive to many personal trainers. But beware, it can be a tough transition to get clients. Most trainers earn their new clients through word of mouth, which can take a while to get generated.

Corporate: The cushy gig for many personal trainers is to be brought in-house by a large corporation to help their employees stay healthy. Many of the country?s largest firms (GOOGLE, Apple, IBM) have seen that preventative care is less expensive than high health care costs. Trainers have been brought in to fill that gap. Many of the top positions come after years f hard work and plenty of certifications, but once that?s achieved personal trainers find that they are working more normative hours and collecting a nice paycheck at the end of each month.

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