So you want to be a personal trainer, Wear shorts and sneakers to work, have girls hanging from your arms, and roll around it piles of cash?
Before you get inflicted with a sales teams words like “Super Star” and “Fitness Professional” I think you need to look at the below numbers:
A PT qualification from a popular training company cost ~$6000
The average client rate per session is $50 this means you need to do 120 PT sessions to pay off initial outlay (best case scenario).
Gyms never hire trainers; you lease the rights to floor space. Therefore; 120 x $10 per client to lease a gym floor = $1200 (best case scenario again)
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This makes a total outlay of $7200 divide this by $50 per client = 144 sessions
If you AVERAGE 10 sessions a week 144/10 = 14.4 weeks before you have returned one cent of profit.
Furthermore; this does not incorporate the cost of industry body membership and liability insurance.
The training companies will also refrain from telling you the vast majority of PT’s only last 18 months in the industry before going back to selling fruit.
Just think about it.
"Gyms never hire trainers"
ReplyDeleteNot true, as I describe here. If you are a clueless idiot, then you'll only be able to be "employed" by a commercial gym, since they make money from you even if you never have any clients at all. If you are at least somewhat competent. you can be hired by a community gym - council-run or YMCA.
"The training companies will also refrain from telling you the vast majority of PT’s only last 18 months in the industry before going back to selling fruit."
Yes, because the vast majority of PTs straight out of PT school literally cannot even coach a pushup. This naturally limits their chances of career success. Faced with the choice between (a) working hard, learning and getting better and (2) giving up... they choose to give up. Good riddance.