Personal Trainer Career Accelerator Internship

About the role

The Personal Trainer Career Accelerator Internship is a structured, mentorship-driven program designed for career changers, recent graduates, newly certified trainers, and individuals preparing to transition into professional personal training. This program is best suited for those with professional or real-world experience from another role or industry who are now ready to build a career in health and fitness.

Responsibilities

• Shadow experienced personal trainers during private one-on-one client sessions
• Learn how assessment findings, client goals, health history, and movement quality influence individualized program design
• Practice movement assessments and exercise selection under trainer supervision
• Develop skills in exercise progression, regression, cueing, and adapting workouts to individual client needs
• Participate in coaching exercises focused on rapport, communication, behavior change, motivational interviewing, and client accountability
• Complete structured assignments and client case studies that connect coaching theory with real-world application
• Gradually participate in appropriate portions of client sessions under supervision as skills and competency develop
• Complete a final coaching capstone and career readiness evaluation

Requirements

• Professional or real-world experience from another role or industry
• College degree in Exercise Science, Kinesiology, Sports Medicine, Health Science, or a related field (welcome but not required)
• Strong interpersonal skills, emotional maturity, dependability, and professional judgment
• Genuine interest in helping people create sustainable changes in their health, fitness, and daily habits
• Able to commit approximately 10 to 20 hours per week during the internship

Qualifications

• Candidates currently enrolled in college should be approaching graduation and preparing to enter the workforce in the near term
• Comfortable building relationships and communicating professionally with an adult clientele
• Receptive to coaching, feedback, accountability, and continuous learning

Skills

• Professional experience in another field, such as coaching, teaching, healthcare, hospitality, customer service, leadership, or another people-focused role
• Strong interpersonal skills, emotional maturity, dependability, and professional judgment
• Genuine interest in helping people create sustainable changes in their health, fitness, and daily habits

Benefits

• Structured mentorship from experienced Fitness Together personal trainers
• Hands-on experience in private one-on-one personal training
• Real-world education in assessment, program design, exercise modification, behavior change, communication, and client retention
• Development of interpersonal and coaching skills that are difficult to learn through certification coursework alone
• Access to a significantly discounted NASM Certified Personal Trainer certification pathway for interns pursuing certification
• Structured feedback and final career readiness evaluation

Pay

This is an unpaid internship designed as a bridge into the fitness profession, not simply an opportunity to fulfill college internship hours.

Schedule

Interns are expected to commit approximately 10 to 20 hours per week during the internship.

Skills

• Professional experience in another field, such as coaching, teaching, healthcare, hospitality, customer service, leadership, or another people-focused role
• Strong interpersonal skills, emotional maturity, dependability, and professional judgment
• Genuine interest in helping people create sustainable changes in their health, fitness, and daily habits

Benefits

• Structured mentorship from experienced Fitness Together personal trainers
• Hands-on experience in private one-on-one personal training
• Real-world education in assessment, program design, exercise modification, behavior change, communication, and client retention
• Development of interpersonal and coaching skills that are difficult to learn through certification coursework alone
• Access to a significantly discounted NASM Certified Personal Trainer certification pathway for interns pursuing certification
• Structured feedback and final career readiness evaluation

Pay

This is an unpaid internship designed as a bridge into the fitness profession, not simply an opportunity to fulfill college internship hours.

Schedule

Interns are expected to commit approximately 10 to 20 hours per week during the internship.

Qualifications

• Candidates currently enrolled in college should be approaching graduation and preparing to enter the workforce in the near term
• Comfortable building relationships and communicating professionally with an adult clientele
• Receptive to coaching, feedback, accountability, and continuous learning

Skills

• Professional experience in another field, such as coaching, teaching, healthcare, hospitality, customer service, leadership, or another people-focused role
• Strong interpersonal skills, emotional maturity, dependability, and professional judgment
• Genuine interest in helping people create sustainable changes in their health, fitness, and daily habits

Benefits

• Structured mentorship from experienced Fitness Together personal trainers
• Hands-on experience in private one-on-one personal training
• Real-world education in assessment, program design, exercise modification, behavior change, communication, and client retention
• Development of interpersonal and coaching skills that are difficult to learn through certification coursework alone
• Access to a significantly discounted NASM Certified Personal Trainer certification pathway for interns pursuing certification
• Structured feedback and final career readiness evaluation

Pay

This is an unpaid internship designed as a bridge into the fitness profession, not simply an opportunity to fulfill college internship hours.

Schedule

Interns are expected to commit approximately 10 to 20 hours per week during the internship.

Qualifications

• Candidates currently enrolled in college should be approaching graduation and preparing to enter the workforce in the near term
• Comfortable building relationships and communicating professionally with an adult clientele
• Receptive to coaching, feedback, accountability, and continuous learning

Skills

• Professional experience in another field, such as coaching, teaching, healthcare, hospitality, customer service, leadership, or another people-focused role
• Strong interpersonal skills, emotional maturity, dependability, and professional judgment
• Genuine interest in helping people create sustainable changes in their health, fitness, and daily habits

Benefits

• Structured mentorship from experienced Fitness Together personal trainers
• Hands-on experience in private one-on-one personal training
• Real-world education in assessment, program design, exercise modification, behavior change, communication, and client retention
• Development of interpersonal and coaching skills that are difficult to learn through certification coursework alone
• Access to a significantly discounted NASM Certified Personal Trainer certification pathway for interns pursuing certification
• Structured feedback and final career readiness evaluation

Pay

This is an unpaid internship designed as a bridge into the fitness profession, not simply an opportunity to fulfill college internship hours.

Schedule

Interns are expected to commit approximately 10 to 20 hours per week during the internship.

Qualifications

• Candidates currently enrolled in college should be approaching graduation and preparing to enter the workforce in the near term
• Comfortable building relationships and communicating professionally with an adult clientele
• Receptive to coaching, feedback, accountability, and continuous learning

Skills

• Professional experience in another field, such as coaching, teaching, healthcare, hospitality, customer service, leadership, or another people-focused role
• Strong interpersonal skills, emotional maturity, dependability, and professional judgment
• Genuine interest in helping people create sustainable changes in their health, fitness, and daily habits

Benefits

• Structured mentorship from experienced Fitness Together personal trainers
• Hands-on experience in private one-on-one personal training
• Real-world education in assessment, program design, exercise modification, behavior change, communication, and client retention
• Development of interpersonal and coaching skills that are difficult to learn through certification coursework alone
• Access to a significantly discounted NASM Certified Personal Trainer certification pathway for interns pursuing certification
• Structured feedback and final career readiness evaluation

Pay

This is an unpaid internship designed as a bridge into the fitness profession, not simply an opportunity to fulfill college internship hours.

Schedule

Interns are expected to commit approximately 10 to 20 hours per week during the internship.

Qualifications

• Candidates currently enrolled in college should be approaching graduation and preparing to enter the workforce in the near term
• Comfortable building relationships and communicating professionally with an adult clientele
• Receptive to coaching, feedback, accountability, and continuous learning

Skills

• Professional experience in another field, such as coaching, teaching, healthcare, hospitality, customer service, leadership, or another people-focused role
• Strong interpersonal skills, emotional maturity, dependability, and professional judgment
• Genuine interest in helping people create sustainable changes in their health, fitness, and daily habits

Benefits

• Structured mentorship from experienced Fitness Together personal trainers
• Hands-on experience in private one-on-one personal training
• Real-world education in assessment, program design, exercise modification, behavior change, communication, and client retention
• Development of interpersonal and coaching skills that are difficult to learn through certification coursework alone
• Access to a significantly discounted NASM Certified Personal Trainer certification pathway for interns pursuing certification
• Structured feedback and final career readiness evaluation

Pay

This is an unpaid internship designed as a bridge into the fitness profession, not simply an opportunity to fulfill college internship hours.

Schedule

Interns are expected to commit approximately 10 to 20 hours per week during the internship.

Qualifications

• Candidates currently enrolled in college should be approaching graduation and preparing to enter the workforce in the near term
• Comfortable building relationships and communicating professionally with an adult clientele
• Receptive to coaching, feedback, accountability, and continuous learning

Skills

• Professional experience in another field, such as coaching, teaching, healthcare, hospitality, customer service, leadership, or another people-focused role
• Strong interpersonal skills, emotional maturity, dependability, and professional judgment
• Genuine interest in helping people create sustainable changes in their health, fitness, and daily habits

Benefits

• Structured mentorship from experienced Fitness Together personal trainers
• Hands-on experience in private one-on-one personal training
• Real-world education in assessment, program design, exercise modification, behavior change, communication, and client retention
• Development of interpersonal and coaching skills that are difficult to learn through certification coursework alone