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How do you have your own business as a personal trainer
« on: January 15, 2014, 03:14:25 AM »
Without owning your own studio or gym?

Most gyms have a sign that says no personal training allowed so do you work for the gym, contract with them?

How does all this work typically.

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Re: How do you have your own business as a personal trainer
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2014, 03:45:40 AM »
Without owning your own studio or gym?

Most gyms have a sign that says no personal training allowed so do you work for the gym, contract with them?

How does all this work typically.


The way it works here in the UK is that you have to pass your NVQ level 3 qualifications which can take anywhere between 6 weeks full time to 6 months part time and costs around £3500 to complete although you can pay in installments usually or take finance.


You either have the option to work for the gym, which means you have to spend half the day or at least few hours a day maintaining the gym etc and the rest of the time you can train your clients. If you work for the gym you pay them a reduced rate, something like £500 a month usually.

If you work for yourself and are freelance you would pay the gym rent, usually £1000 a month here in London and then you train your clients whenever you want and that's it.

Off course you can totally go free lance and not even pay the gym rent and train people in the park or in their own houses or rent gym space from various places that provide that etc or just get a day pass at any gym etc.

Hope that helps.

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Re: How do you have your own business as a personal trainer
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2014, 04:00:13 AM »
Almost all chain gyms in America have a no personal trainer policy. Why would they give up that source of income? Many personal trainers bring clients to Mom and Pop dive gyms.  Every time I go to this one park to run I see a personal trainer there training clients using body weight stuff. He either has a client or is waiting for one. He must be doing alright because he is always there.

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Re: How do you have your own business as a personal trainer
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2014, 04:07:40 AM »
Without owning your own studio or gym?

Most gyms have a sign that says no personal training allowed so do you work for the gym, contract with them?

How does all this work typically.


I trained people at their houses or at a public park.
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Re: How do you have your own business as a personal trainer
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2014, 06:27:59 AM »
You fail at getting an education and a real job?
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Re: How do you have your own business as a personal trainer
« Reply #5 on: January 15, 2014, 08:48:14 AM »
Almost all chain gyms in America have a no personal trainer policy. Why would they give up that source of income? Many personal trainers bring clients to Mom and Pop dive gyms.  Every time I go to this one park to run I see a personal trainer there training clients using body weight stuff. He either has a client or is waiting for one. He must be doing alright because he is always there.

Sounds understandable for gyms, staffed with qualified trainers. My gym has only one staff member with an all round function (bar, cleaning, keeping things organized and sometimes(!) performing his/her actual job), so they don't mind. Training outdoors is great but not always possible because of the weather.

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Re: How do you have your own business as a personal trainer
« Reply #6 on: January 15, 2014, 08:53:13 AM »
When I went for a run the other day the personal trainer in the park had two clients muddy as hell rolling around on a soccer field. He was completely clean. I just finished lifting and I'm driving to the park for a run in about 30 minutes or so. I'll see what he's up to. He always eyes me when I get out of my car. I think he wants to give me a sales pitch and put down running for fitness but that is wild speculation. If he does I will tell him I only use personal trainers who are in better shape than me and I haven't found one yet.

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Re: How do you have your own business as a personal trainer
« Reply #7 on: January 15, 2014, 09:04:53 AM »
You fail at getting an education and a real job?


Getting an education is probably the most useless thing one could do when it comes to getting "a real job", in actual fact I would go suffice to say it will probably count against you unless you intend on being a doctor, lawyer, dentist or work in a very specialist technical field.

For 98% of other job's out there it's pretty much useless.

By the way I have a 2:1 degree in International Business & Marketing so I speak from experience.

Only after University when I realized that it was next to impossible to land a meaningful paid job and with mounting student debts and very expensive personal habit's I had no choice but to work in a smelly call center selling telecoms services in telesales for £5.50 an hour.

I wasn't to know at that time that this would lead to me becoming sales person extraordinaire, winning award after award for performance, being promoted and finally head hunted in the end to become sales director for a rival company.

However, I wasn't satisfied with that because I was very ambitious and knowing my former boss's weaknesses which including snorting lots of cocaine in the office bathroom and fornicating with many of the female employee's there and having had access to the company database as well being very friendly with the top performing sales people in that organization many of whom were my personal friends it became increasingly obvious and clear to me that the path to success was to set up my own outfit and essentially stiff my old boss (no homo) and as they say the rest is history.

    

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Re: How do you have your own business as a personal trainer
« Reply #8 on: January 15, 2014, 09:19:55 AM »
When I went for a run the other day the personal trainer in the park had two clients muddy as hell rolling around on a soccer field. He was completely clean. I just finished lifting and I'm driving to the park for a run in about 30 minutes or so. I'll see what he's up to. He always eyes me when I get out of my car. I think he wants to give me a sales pitch and put down running for fitness but that is wild speculation. If he does I will tell him I only use personal trainers who are in better shape than me and I haven't found one yet.

Agreed, a PT should at least be in shape, but that says nothing out his/her knowledge, teaching & motivation skills. A female PT in my gym is a little out of shape (granny arms, but a good ass  :P), but she does an excellent job when I observe the interaction with her client.

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Re: How do you have your own business as a personal trainer
« Reply #9 on: January 15, 2014, 09:28:59 AM »
You fail at getting an education and a real job?

I have a college degree, BS and a job. My job is not great so no I guess I wouldn't consider it a real job.

I agree with most of what uncle junior said.

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Re: How do you have your own business as a personal trainer
« Reply #10 on: January 15, 2014, 11:47:52 AM »
Agreed, a PT should at least be in shape, but that says nothing out his/her knowledge, teaching & motivation skills. A female PT in my gym is a little out of shape (granny arms, but a good ass  :P), but she does an excellent job when I observe the interaction with her client.

Most personal trainers in the chain gyms hire girls/ guys in their 20's. You really have to work hard at abusing your body to look out of shape at that age.

I might have to eat crow regarding that park personal trainer. I'm beginning to think he's a former running back from the NY Giants. I will wait till I see him again. I won't mention his name until I confirm it. My wife pointed it out and now I'm thinking she might be right.

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Re: How do you have your own business as a personal trainer
« Reply #11 on: January 15, 2014, 11:49:18 AM »
You fail at getting an education and a real job?

Define real job.

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Re: How do you have your own business as a personal trainer
« Reply #12 on: January 15, 2014, 11:52:13 AM »
You fail at getting an education and a real job?
ah ok,mr bloomberg,if you say so
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Re: How do you have your own business as a personal trainer
« Reply #13 on: January 15, 2014, 11:55:22 AM »
lol @ real job .. you need to do something you enjoy and make a living.. simple as that

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Re: How do you have your own business as a personal trainer
« Reply #14 on: January 15, 2014, 11:57:40 AM »
My gym is so packed I doubt the staff would be able to tell you're bringing clients in.
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Re: How do you have your own business as a personal trainer
« Reply #15 on: January 15, 2014, 12:03:17 PM »
lol @ real job .. you need to do something you enjoy and make a living.. simple as that

Sev you didn't know that you have to be an officer for a fortune 500 company to post on Getbig ?

I just got reviewed by the accpetance committee and almost lost my account  :o

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Re: How do you have your own business as a personal trainer
« Reply #16 on: January 15, 2014, 12:20:23 PM »
ah ok,mr bloomberg,if you say so

What do you do for a job anyway? Serious question btw
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Re: How do you have your own business as a personal trainer
« Reply #17 on: January 15, 2014, 12:21:53 PM »
What do you do for a job anyway? Serious question btw

Gal is a shoe shiner.
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Re: How do you have your own business as a personal trainer
« Reply #18 on: January 15, 2014, 12:22:31 PM »
What do you do for a job anyway? Serious question btw
raider.

im a raider of the unemplyment office 8)


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only on weekends
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Re: How do you have your own business as a personal trainer
« Reply #19 on: January 15, 2014, 12:24:37 PM »
raider.

im a raider of the unemplyment office 8)

only on weekends

haha, etc etc. It was a serious question my man
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Re: How do you have your own business as a personal trainer
« Reply #20 on: January 15, 2014, 12:25:35 PM »
Define real job.

Something you do where you don't buy your PHD online for 10 bucks?
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Re: How do you have your own business as a personal trainer
« Reply #21 on: January 15, 2014, 01:28:19 PM »
Something you do where you don't buy your PHD online for 10 bucks?

You will find fraudulent people in every possible business, from house cleaners to top bankers.

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Re: How do you have your own business as a personal trainer
« Reply #22 on: January 15, 2014, 01:33:00 PM »
I have 3 clients. All three approached me and offered me very good money to train them..so why not.

I train one at Lifetime Fitness..60 a month

I train one at LA fitness. 30 a month

I train one at 24 hr fitness. 34 a month

125 a month overhead to make an extra 600 a week CASH on average on top of my real job...ha ha ha

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Re: How do you have your own business as a personal trainer
« Reply #23 on: January 15, 2014, 01:37:47 PM »
Sev you didn't know that you have to be an officer for a fortune 500 company to post on Getbig ?

I just got reviewed by the accpetance committee and almost lost my account  :o
I think the opposite  .. if someone makes a living independent (not the "conventional way") I applaud them.

PS: I feel bad for your review. MAYBE A COUPLE OF DEGREES WOULD HAVE LANDED YOU A SAFER NORMAL JOB.

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Re: How do you have your own business as a personal trainer
« Reply #24 on: January 15, 2014, 10:43:24 PM »
Something you do where you don't buy your PHD online for 10 bucks?

You're joking?