I know a few people make a little side money from it but can you support yourself doing it full time?
What are the going rates and how many clients do you need?
I know a few people make a little side money from it but can you support yourself doing it full time?
What are the going rates and how many clients do you need?
I don't make a lot of money, but I get to smash some hot milf housewives so it all evens out
personal trainer in nyc wrote:
I don't make a lot of money, but I get to smash some hot milf housewives so it all evens out
My step-sister screwed her personal trainer. She is a mother of two kids, but that is about it as far as being a hot milf.
Who actually pays for a personal trainer? Must just be people who make over 200k or so. Who the heck would pay money to work out. Maybe like 2 sessions just to get your squat/deadlift form perfect. But even then, a lot of personal trainers are just guys who played football in HS and don't actually know that that much.
Jah boi wrote:
Who actually pays for a personal trainer? Must just be people who make over 200k or so. Who the heck would pay money to work out. Maybe like 2 sessions just to get your squat/deadlift form perfect. But even then, a lot of personal trainers are just guys who played football in HS and don't actually know that that much.
Also there are a lot of certifications trainers claim to have but let’s get real, anyone can make that stuff up and say they’re certified. Can you even check that?
what pisses me off is having a section of my gym roped off for "Personal training". It's an area about the size of a raquetball court and has a lot of good equipment in there. Only people paying for the personal training can go in there and use the stuff.
What's that all about. I pay dues. Seems like a real cheap-skate move to me.
As with any profession, some make a living, but it takes a lot of hard work. If you are not willing to put in the hours on the floor getting paid minimum wage and talk to tons of people every day.
You also need to make a pitch to each person about how you can help them.
You need to be at a place where the clientele has disposable income as well.
I worked for a large YMCA (several branches) and the income of the personal trainers varied a lot. The ones who worked at the Y in the poorer section of town made way less than the ones in the better off section of town.
As for someone asking why anyone would pay for a personal trainer, well it varies. Some people do not know what they are doing and what direction. I had one client when I was in grad school who had never really exercised. She was in her early 30s and had not exercised since taking PE her freshman year of high school. Some need to have someone hold them accountable; I had another client who I had trained for 10 sessions and based on her goals I really had little else to offer, but she signed up for 10 more sessions because she needed the accountability. She needed to have it in her calendar that she had a session that she had paid for. Others want variety so that they do not do the same thing every time they come and get bored and stop.
Extra Scratch wrote:
I know a few people make a little side money from it but can you support yourself doing it full time?
What are the going rates and how many clients do you need?
PS, keep in mind that the rate the client is paying the gym does not all go to the trainer. At one place the session might cost $50 and the trainer would get between $18 and $28 depending on experience, degrees and certification. A lot of places charge a lot more. Also some big box gyms will charge more for a "higher level" trainer.
I know one guy who makes about $70K per year as a personal trainer. He has one high level client (a MMA fighter), but it took him 10 years of busting his butt to get the clientele he has . He spent many early mornings at the gym and late evenings. Not many people work out at 10am so the hours are "odd".
Certainly not an easy path. Most of the trainers that worked under me were wives/moms who wanted something part-time so they could be with their kids after school.
Find a rich lady at the gym and you will make extra money, they love to do this will the family is at work and school, extra time is extra money,
person 10
I live in NYC so I have a few friends who get paid quite well. One starts at 5:30 in the morning and doesn't finish working some days until after 7 PM. Needless to say his clients have disposal income. He meets his clients at the buildings which they live, these buildings have nice gyms. Another friend scrapes by and hustles his butt off. Word of mouth, groupon, etc... help him survive. One of my friends charges 75 an hour I suspect the other one charges more. I just started doing this as a second career after teaching and coaching. I just want a bit of cash and work with older clients helping them with mobility, strength, balance, and "endurance" I prefer to call it work capacity. I worked with a teacher who started as a trainer in a popular sports club and left to become a PE teacher because he couldn't stand hustling and the uncertainty of how much he would make.
Good luck, network, train anyone you can, understand you might spend most of your time with middle aged out of shape clients . Your ability and connect to people is so much more important than the certification or the knowledge you have.
I have a friend who is a personal trainer. He is making about $200k which is pretty decent money (even here in Silicon Valley).
know someone wrote:
I have a friend who is a personal trainer. He is making about $200k which is pretty decent money (even here in Silicon Valley).
Wow!...who does he train? Celebrities? Pro athletes? Big Shots?
Nope. One PR at our gym did a one day kettlebell course. He’s now kettlebell certified. It took me a year to learn the most basic kettlebell lifts. It’s an embarrassing trade.
Utter Moran’s wrote:
Nope. One PR at our gym did a one day kettlebell course. He’s now kettlebell certified. It took me a year to learn the most basic kettlebell lifts. It’s an embarrassing trade.
Are there any collage degree programs for kettlebell instruction?
Low-Income Runner wrote:
Utter Moran’s wrote:
Nope. One PR at our gym did a one day kettlebell course. He’s now kettlebell certified. It took me a year to learn the most basic kettlebell lifts. It’s an embarrassing trade.
Are there any collage degree programs for kettlebell instruction?
Masters-level course, yes.
Low-Income Runner wrote:
Are there any collage degree programs for kettlebell instruction?
This is the closest image I could find for you
https://www.vectorstock.com/royalty-free-vector/weight-collage-of-binary-digits-vector-21141807You need to get some real high end clients, and if you're real lucky, you get someone in the entertainment industry. Next thing you know you're doing a successful video series.
I want to be like those guys wrote:
know someone wrote:
I have a friend who is a personal trainer. He is making about $200k which is pretty decent money (even here in Silicon Valley).
Wow!...who does he train? Celebrities? Pro athletes? Big Shots?
He trains a bunch of rich people in Silicon Valley. Several CEOs, etc. No celebrities or pro athletes. I think he has had the owner of the Sac Kings work out with him a few times but I don't think that he is a regular (plus it's the Sac Kings so I'm not sure that the owner counts as being a big shot :-)
He has busted his butt to get to this level. Lost of days start at 6:30 am and end at 8:00 pm. But it only took him about 2 years to go from zero to where he is now.
know someone wrote:
I want to be like those guys wrote:
Wow!...who does he train? Celebrities? Pro athletes? Big Shots?
He trains a bunch of rich people in Silicon Valley. Several CEOs, etc. No celebrities or pro athletes. I think he has had the owner of the Sac Kings work out with him a few times but I don't think that he is a regular (plus it's the Sac Kings so I'm not sure that the owner counts as being a big shot :-)
He has busted his butt to get to this level. Lots of days start at 6:30 am and end at 8:00 pm. But it only took him about 2 years to go from zero to where he is now.
Sorry - Correction: Lots of days