Personal Trainer: Be Your Own Boss

Tired of the daily grind with your boss breathing down your neck? Stuck in a dead-end job with hope of advancing? Deadlines, meetings, memos…all your hard work and nothing to show? It’s time you took control. Be your own boss. Set your own hours. Even choose your own pay. What is this dream job you ask? Become a certified personal trainer. Start helping people and making a difference.

Even with all the health buzz going on as the nation jumps from diet to diet and pill to pill, people are still getting fatter not fitter because something is just not working. There’s never been a better time to get into the fitness industry. Certified personal trainers are in high demand like never before. The wages are lucrative and the job security is astounding. Think about it, as long as there are unhealthy people who want to be healthy, you will have a job. People will spend countless dollars to achieve youth and beauty. You are the answer to their problems.

As a personal trainer, you have limitless options of where you can work. You can work at large and franchised gyms, small and locally owned gyms, work for a corporation and train only the corporate employees during regular business hours, work for a private studio, or even work out of your home or a rented space. The smaller and more private you go, the more flexibility you have as far as pay and hours. Some gyms, especially larger gyms make you work a shift that is set from day to day. You may or may not have a base salary; you may work solely on commission. If this is the case, you won’t really see the money start rolling in until you have established a firm and consistent client base. Privately owned gyms usually offer more flexibility, but again, you have to put forth the effort to recruit clients. The great part is, you can work as often or as little as you want to. The more you advertise, the more clients you will have and the more money you can make.

Networking and getting your name out there can help drastically. Offer a free consultation or a free initial training session. Put together package deals for your clients so that if they purchase more training sessions with you, they pay less per session. Allow clients to work out and train with their buddies for a discounted rate. Offer seasonal specials. Donate a percentage of your earnings to a specified charity; many clients will feel better about spending more money on themselves if they know that part of it is going toward a good cause.

As you market yourself as a fitness expert, be patient, the clients will come. Word of mouth and personal referrals are the best way to attract more people. So be enthusiastic, get your clients excited about fitness and what they’re accomplishing. They’ll tell their friends and voila, more clients for you. It’s important to be flexible and make each client feel like they have all of your attention during their session. Keep up to date with current fitness trends and pass on your knowledge to your clients.

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