I have a friend who is a personal trainer. He is making about $200k which is pretty decent money (even here in Silicon Valley).
Is this just based just on training people, or is he/she selling "supplements" on the side. There's no doping in Silicon Valley, just a ton of Biohackers.
The personal trainer at my gym makes a good living but he busts his ass. 3-4 hours of group classes starting at 6am, 5-6 hours of private clients, then another 3-4 hours of group classes starting at 5pm. He's there pretty much all day Mon-Friday and half day on Saturday.
He's a well-known competitive powerlifter so guys come from all over the area to work with him, and he does some damn good group classes - I sometimes take his Bodyweight Training Boot Camp group class on my rest days. Most of his clients range from guys looking to start weightlifting all the way to guys that do competitions and want more of a coach.
Definitely has a decent niche. Helps that he's legit a great guy as well.
The personal trainer at my gym makes a good living but he busts his ass. 3-4 hours of group classes starting at 6am, 5-6 hours of private clients, then another 3-4 hours of group classes starting at 5pm. He's there pretty much all day Mon-Friday and half day on Saturday.
He's a well-known competitive powerlifter so guys come from all over the area to work with him, and he does some damn good group classes - I sometimes take his Bodyweight Training Boot Camp group class on my rest days. Most of his clients range from guys looking to start weightlifting all the way to guys that do competitions and want more of a coach.
Definitely has a decent niche. Helps that he's legit a great guy as well.
Seriously, where does he find the energy for all that? Wouldn’t he be lifting weights or doing calisthenics for hours each and every day? How can anyone do that?
The personal trainer at my gym makes a good living but he busts his ass. 3-4 hours of group classes starting at 6am, 5-6 hours of private clients, then another 3-4 hours of group classes starting at 5pm. He's there pretty much all day Mon-Friday and half day on Saturday.
He's a well-known competitive powerlifter so guys come from all over the area to work with him, and he does some damn good group classes - I sometimes take his Bodyweight Training Boot Camp group class on my rest days. Most of his clients range from guys looking to start weightlifting all the way to guys that do competitions and want more of a coach.
Definitely has a decent niche. Helps that he's legit a great guy as well.
Seriously, where does he find the energy for all that? Wouldn’t he be lifting weights or doing calisthenics for hours each and every day? How can anyone do that?
When he does his classes, he stands in front and tells everyone what to do and runs the timer (i.e. "give me as many push ups as you can in 30 seconds"). He doesn't actually do the workouts unless it's to show someone proper form. When training lifters he also doesn't actually lift with them, unless he's showing form, and even then he seems to use pretty low weights to do so.
Seriously, where does he find the energy for all that? Wouldn’t he be lifting weights or doing calisthenics for hours each and every day? How can anyone do that?
When he does his classes, he stands in front and tells everyone what to do and runs the timer (i.e. "give me as many push ups as you can in 30 seconds"). He doesn't actually do the workouts unless it's to show someone proper form. When training lifters he also doesn't actually lift with them, unless he's showing form, and even then he seems to use pretty low weights to do so.
This is the type of job where you need to be married to someone that actually makes money or better yet, come from family money.
When you hear about people with jobs like actor, personal trainer.. (all the fun stuff!) When you dig a bit you usually find out that they are being bankrolled by a spouse or parents.