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That sounds cheap to me
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80/hr for personal trainer holy!! I’m getting another part time job
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I use to be a 1:1 personal trainer (actually still but it’s a couple of private clients). It’s sales first. Then client management - if they are not seeing results (most of the time they just won’t follow your plan) it will churn and you have to hunt again.
I did while I was a professional as a side gig. You have to consider your time and your client’s time. It will be either super early in the morning or after work and weekends.
I also didn’t mention the certs and insurance you need if you are an independent.
If you still want to pursue this as a side gig - teach classes (I still do). Think of it as classes as B2B and 1:1 training is B2C. Teaching classes is harder to break into (you have to audition) but if you get it, it can be sticky and consistent. Whereas, 1:1 training has a higher churn rate - granted if you find the right one it can be clients for life. I still have a couple I train who I been training for over 10 years.
You can make $40-50 per class and then do a side class for small group training (I would charge 20 per person for a group of 6).
I also get my vacations (resorts will pay me) paid because I also teach classes at resorts for 7 days at a time and teach one class a day while I’m on vacation. I contacted high end resorts and built relationships with them and this has been pretty good.
To answer: $80 is very reasonable but look into packages (20 sessions for example - pay up front) and your per session rate can be cheaper.
Thats cheap. Usually is $100+
Cheap. I charged around that much in ~2007.
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You and I were trainers around the same time!
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Pretty reasonable nowadays. I pay like $60 per session because got it through a package deal and before they increased prices across the board.