Personal Trainer - Lafayette

About the role

As a YMCA staff member, you'll provide excellent service to members in a positive environment that promotes wellness and engagement. You will help support clients' safety and training goals while leading them in appropriate activities.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and instruct a variety of personal training and small group training sessions for members.
• Provide encouragement and expertise to clients in support of their health and well-being goals.
• Administer, track, and evaluate health history questionnaires, fitness assessments, and other pre-participation documentation with regard to individual exercise programs.
• Adhere to all guidelines and expectations, including providing safe sessions and responding to and reporting any accidents or incidents.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Nationally Accredited Personal Training Certification such as:
  • American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)
  • American Council on Exercise (ACE)
  • National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA)
  • National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM)
  • or other approved and accredited certifications.
• Certifications required within 30 days of hire: CPR/PR, First Aid, AED, and Oxygen.
• Demonstrated customer service skills and verbal communication skills.

Physical Demands

• Medium work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
• Physical activities include:
  • Climbing: Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles, and the like.
  • Balancing: Maintaining body equilibrium on narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces.
  • Stooping: Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at the waist.
  • Kneeling: Bending legs at knee to come to a rest on knee or knees.
  • Crouching: Bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine.
  • Crawling: Moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet.
  • Reaching: Extending hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction.
  • Standing: Particularly for sustained periods of time.
  • Walking: Moving about on foot to accomplish tasks.
  • Pushing/Pulling: Using upper extremities to exert force.
  • Lifting: Raising objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally.
  • Talking and Hearing: Conveying and perceiving detailed information through oral communication.
  • Repetitive Motions: Substantial movements of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers.
  • Visual Acuity: Operating machines and performing skilled trades tasks.
• Working Conditions: Subject to noise sufficient to cause the worker to shout in order to be heard above the ambient noise level.

Benefits

• Free Family Membership (10+ hours/week)
• Program discounts
• Generous retirement benefits - 12% after eligibility is met
• Employee Assistance Program
• Paid Sick Time
• Childcare benefits of more than $5000 (considered taxable income)

Limitations and restrictions apply to some programs.

Pay

USD $22.00 - USD $35.00 per hour based on experience and availability. We have 3 levels of qualifications with ascending pay ranges.