Any personal trainers in here? How hard is it to do this self employed?
I'm currently studying online to qualify as one in the UK (ontop of my regular job)
What are your experiences?
Thinking of starting a couch to 5k running group locally or some shit to get a few cheap clients and ease in to the lifestyle
just about to take an online exam bros brb
I haven't met many who could earn a decent living (£40k) a year on this type of work.
If you are happy with £20k tops then it is the job for you.
t. Gym Owner
if it's like Australia, don't even bother
>have to pay gym to train clients
>up to $400 p/w at some gyms
Waste of fucking time.
Everyone and their dog is a PT these days, unless you get lucky be prepared to work crap hours making mediocre money.
currently on minimum wage (17/18k tops if I do extra hours)
picked it up initially to do part time as something I enjoy I can make money from but seriously considering doing it full time now since I'll soon be qualified to train people on my own
what qualification are you going for
Level 2 Certificate in Fitness Instructing
Level 3 Diploma in Personal Training
Level 3 Award in Nutrition for Physical Activity
all came as a package
What does a a PT even do?
If you’re ripped, hot, and outgoing - and good at social media, and marketing yourself, etc... it can be lucrative and fun. If you don’t look like you can be on the cover of a magazine though then you’re wasting your time.
in a nutshell: advise noobs on how to make gains and lose weight effectively without killing theirselves
basically Jow Forums for normies
Take money from retards
Im studying for my ACE cert now that im done with finals, gunna do it as a part time thing. Would kms if i had to do it full time
nice!
that's what I figure, if I can make it work part time and earn a bit more an hour than I earn anyway then why not
I can't be any worse than a lot of the personal trainers out there
Basically, repeating what you learnt from fit to normies that can't even do research by themselves?
LMAO
it's a 3 finger plan for success
Depends where you live pal 40k a year up North on a single income is far, far into "decent living" zone
anyone who thinks they're an expert because they browse this board is a clown, it's an echo chamber for people who can't bench 3 plates
You think a normie will ever bench 3 plates? Lol.
it was better about 5/6 years ago
Our gym has a few. The only one who seems to be booked up regularly is the fit tiny qt. She has a expensive car while the others have old bangers/bikes.
Take from that what you like.
I still got the fit repository on my hard disk, based oldfags.
I did PT when I was young and found it was more hassle than it's worth.
>fuck loads of PTs advertising their services mean you have to cut sessions to peanuts
> End up bending to the will of the client meaning you may have one session at 8 in the morning and then 9 at night
> after all that shit earn barely more than minimum wage when your gym have taken their cut
Outside of very specialised Pts and strength and conditioning coaches you're not going to make a decent living.
I fucked it off and became a physio in the end and earn £40k and can do private physio and earn anything upto £80 an hour instead of the £12 that I got from PT.
You're smart to do it on top of your regular job