Personal Trainer
About the Role
10 Fitness Personal Trainers are expected to uphold and deliver the 10 Fitness member experience while conducting personal training sessions with clients during one-on-one and/or group sessions. Trainers should be committed individuals who are patient, resilient, honest, and enthusiastic about helping others with a strong desire to make a difference. All team members contribute to running a clean, friendly, and well-maintained club while executing team member basics such as being on time and complying with company policies. The role strives to ensure a safe, fun, and interactive environment in a positive and professional manner.
Responsibilities
- Demonstrate the proper and safe use of strength training and cardiovascular equipment.
- Ensure all members follow club rules while in the facility.
- Assist management with performing 30-minute training assessments for new members.
- Complete PT goal assessment/Par-Q prior to training new clients and hand off to management with a recommended training program.
- Help clients meet fitness objectives by coaching and encouraging them through personal training sessions.
- Encourage and schedule clients to participate in Level 10.
- Create individual programming for clients who cannot participate in Level 10.
- Support clients’ nutritional needs to encourage success.
- Generate client progress reports with accurate measurements and fitness testing (completed every four to six weeks).
- Establish and maintain positive and professional working relationships with members and clients.
- Assist non-PT clients with workouts and build relationships by walking the floor during non-training time, offering fitness assessments.
- Help the front desk by checking members in, selling retail items at the POS, setting massage chairs and tanning beds, and answering phones.
- Maintain a respectful and professional attitude with all company employees.
- Ensure the training area is clean and well-organized during shifts.
- Perform routine safety checks and follow up with management on any concerns.
- Re-rack equipment and weights and clean equipment as needed.
Expectations
- 75% of a trainer’s time should be spent training clients or prospects by the 90-day mark of employment.
- All personal training clients should participate in at least 1 Level 10 session per week.
- Client weigh-ins and measurements should be taken and recorded every 4 to 6 weeks.
- 30% of fitness assessment prospects should purchase personal training.
- 100% of non-training time should be spent developing relationships, creating programming, helping the front desk, cleaning, and re-racking weights.
- Trainers must be on time and ready for all training sessions 100% of the time.
- Trainers should learn and practice all 10 Fitness core values by the 90-day mark of employment.
Requirements
- 10 Fitness approved personal training certification required.
- CPR/AED certification required.
- Course work in physical education, nutrition, physiology, and exercise science is preferred.
- Certified in MX4-Level 10.
- High School Diploma or GED required.
- College degree in Kinesiology or a related field is highly preferred.
Physical Requirements
- Regularly stand for up to 8 hours, walk, kneel, and reach with hands and arms.
- Effectively communicate with clients and team members.
- Occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
Work Environment
- Regularly exposed to moving mechanical parts while performing job duties.
- May be exposed to higher volume levels of noise.
Pay
Personal Trainers are paid per training session in addition to an hourly wage. 10 Fitness uses a tier system (6 tiers total) to determine pay rates, with advancement based on monthly session count, performance appraisal scores, tenure, and training experience.
- Novice 1: Hourly Rate $13.00 | 30-min Session $5.00 | 60-min Session $10.00
- Novice 2: Hourly Rate $13.25 | 30-min Session $5.00 | 60-min Session $10.00
- Intermediate: Hourly Rate $13.75 | 30-min Session $6.00 | 60-min Session $12.00
- Advanced: Hourly Rate $14.00 | 30-min Session $6.50 | 60-min Session $13.00
- Elite: Hourly Rate $14.50 | 30-min Session $7.00 | 60-min Session $14.00
- Master: Hourly Rate $15.00-$18.00 | 30-min Session $8.00 | 60-min Session $16.00