Personal Training At LA Fitness | What's It Like Being A Trainer At LA Fitness? | Pay, Sales, Etc.
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- Опубліковано 4 бер 2024
- Do you work at a major commercial gym? Would you be willing to appear in a video and talk about your experience?
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What’s up guys! Jeff from Sorta Healthy here! In today’s video we’ll be discussing what it’s like being a personal trainer at LA Fitness. In order to learn as much about LA fitness as possible, I interviewed three trainers (1 wanted to stay anonymous) and did a good amount of my own research as well.
I interviewed Dennis and Sammy and you can find there websites and social media down below. Show them some love!
Dennis' Stuff:
youtube: healthpodsimp
instagram: healthpodsimp
Sammy's Stuff:
sheikydeeky.com/
Anyways, some of the stuff I asked these LA fitness guys were:
How much money do LA Fitness personal trainers make?
How does pay work for LA Fitness personal trainers?
Is LA Fitness a good place to be a personal trainer?
Is LA Fitness a good place to work in general?
These are the sorts of questions that we’ll be answering in this video. Of course, we’ll cover a bunch of other things along the way too!
Thanks for the love and support guys! We appreciate it!
You can download the forms we use in our personal training business by going to this link:
www.sortahealthytrainered.com...
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Thanks for the chat Jeff! Hope anyone considering working for LAF has a better understanding of what they're getting into. Want to make a quick note on the Certified Trainer vs Master Trainer pay as its a little complicated. As a certified trainer you do not make 25% percent, you make a fixed ~$10 per session. When you are promoted to Master, you can get 25% of the cheaper session rate and 30% of the higher session rate. So if you are new it's possible that you could be stuck making $10 per session for several months(someone in the comments below said it took 8 months for their promotion).
Best way to minimize the time in the Certified Trainer phase and start making money is ask your district VP for a clear time frame and criteria for promotion and hold them to their word. I've worked with some great trainers that got the run around for months when they clearly deserved the promotion, so not every LAF district is going to be easy when it comes to this.
Thanks for everything Dennis! Is it possible that payment for certified and master trainers is slightly different gym to gym?
I had a lot of people say that certified trainers get 25% and master trainers get 30%. It seems like the ranges listed in the video would still be pretty close, but I want people to be as informed as they can be.
Thanks again!
I've worked at L.A Fitness as a Personal Training Director, I didn't have the best experience, but it made me realize I should be a trainer because I only enjoyed giving the physical assessment part of the sale gig. I quit the job and got my personal training certification and started my own business.
Glad that it led you down a path to something you enjoy!
What kind of money were you making per month as a PTD? Considering working at a moderately busy club
@@kartikthakkar622 I honestly was not making much in the beginning because the gym I worked at was in a low income area. But when I got transferred to a busier gym it only became a little better. I'd say less than $300 (I wasn't good at selling) if you're good at sales go for it!
Best way to go. LAF is just a place for youth cut your teeth because of the volume of people you'll train, but their sales tactics are piss poor.
Thank you Jeff for doing this and allowing me to be apart of this. I did want to clarify regarding the potential to make $42 an hour. The trainers at my location with the most clients, they all reported it took them 9 - 12 months to get as busy as they are, including working both the 5am and 5pm shift, and they still have days that are not busy. The potential for $42 per hour is possible, but don't expect $42 an hour every hour you are willing to work, rare for anyone to get 16 sessions a day 5 days a week or more, at least without some nonpaid downtime.
Thanks man! I appreciate everything! I’ll make sure this comment stays near the top of the video!
The thing with master trainer is that you have to do x amount sessions a month. The clients you have are staying with you .then you have no room for new clients as a master trainer. I would work 5-7 hours non-stop. Very good learning experience.
MY GUY, TODAY 4/12/2024 I OFFICIALLY PASSED MY NASM CPT EXAM, COULDN'T HAVE MADE IT AS WELL WITHOUT YOUR CONTENT MY BROTHER. THANK YOU SO MUCH, YOU AND YOUR CHANNEL ARE PURE GOLD IN THIS PLATFORM! BLESSINGS
That’s awesome! Congrats and welcome to the field!
Started watching your channel a year ago around this time to prep for my NASM exam the following month, this week I got my LLC approved for my online coaching and clothing business
Thank you for the help and the motivation, Jeff! 💪🏼
Congrats! Best of luck to you!
bro i just want to say. i have been watching your videos trying to become a better trainer. and its been a goldmine of knowledge. And it’s so fitting. I came across this video because I have my first day as a trainer at LA fitness next week. They are starting me off as master trainer.
Hope it went well for you!
Geat video! Thanks for the info!
You’re very welcome!
Finally became a master trainer with session rate of 16 per hour and the 25-30% of client's payments. Trying to shoot for more because most of my old client's did not move up with me. Need to work harder, without the burnout rate
Congrats! Keep pushing forwards! You can do it!
I have been working at LA Fitness for a month now, thankfully they start all new trainers at master level pay (otherwise they don't last long), and I must confirm this is a very accurate video, we have a master trainer that has been there for 11 years, and one that has been there 4 years, they have solid schedules built up, and have 1 or 2 days of split shifts. I think the flexibility, full focus on clients instead of sales, and regular clientele is what has kept them with LA for so long. I will have to talk to the 11-year trainer more about her experience, but she is very busy haha. Great video, it's nice to see other people's perspective on LA Fitness, thanks Jeff.
At my LAF there is one person whose been there for 10 years, works part time, and only has 16 clients, ~50 sessions per month , and probably takes home $900 month, coming in 4 days a week here and there.
another has been there for about 4 years, and as the only female trainer she takes the lion's share of clients that sign up for training, at about ~80 sessions/ WEEK. unfortunately for the rest of us, Most older women ages 35-70 just prefer to work with her rather than anyone else.
If you ever want to chat about your experience let me know! Interested to here others' experience with LAF
Thanks for the support and feedback! I know people are appreciating having a bunch of perspectives
Great breakdown! I started working for LA Fitness after the lockdowns (in June of 2021) and became a Master Trainer after about eight months. Now I am starting my own in-home training business and plan to quit by June of this year. It was convenient for me these last few years because I had to work another job and didn't have to worry about sales. I'm looking forward to taking things up to the next level! 😁💪🏿🏋🏿♂️🥊
Bet! Lets make a trainer trust on Zoom
Best of luck to you on your new endeavor!
@@DeanBair Bet!
@@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation thank you!
It's minimum wage + commission unless you have been working there with a good retention rate. It's more experience and not productive when it comes to promoting training. So like 16-30 unless you don't talk to management. Some of the sales people don't know how to sell and use emotions to help their case. All in all, the gym is just like others.
Thanks for sharing! I really appreciate it! It seems like some locations handle things a little differently
Been a member of LA Fitness since 06 . Very satisfied with the clubs in Georgia. No experience with training staff though
They’re solid gyms! Thanks for sharing!
Lmaooo i just had an interview with them so this is crazy
Hi Jeff, I’ve been in corporate wellness field for 2 years now as a Performance Coach. I work at Google under the company, Exos. If you’re ever considering a video on that side of training/coaching, let me know! Just a little thanks for helping me prepare for my own certification tests and bettering my personal training knowledge before I took that role 2 years ago.
Sorry I didn’t see this comment sooner! Thanks for the support! If you’d be open for an interview, I’d definitely be interested! Let me know!
Definitely! I would love to share my experiences thus far.
@@MisterTreyC if you’re up for it email us at sortahealthyjeff@gmail.com! Let us know a few days/times that work for you!
I work at a large gym. But there's only 2 locations. It used to be a Golds Gym but they sold it to our gym. My gym charges 35$ for 30-minute sessions. After taxes, I get 12.50$ per session. I'm in my 7th month so I'm still new. I have 25 clients. My schedule is completely flexible but when I started I stayed all day until I built up my clients. Severing the evening clients is a task I'm trying to do. We have a sales team that does all the sales. So I don't have to look for clients. They just assign them to me, Lately I've felt burnt out. Not sure if I'm past the honeymoon phase but I think it's my scheduling and programming organization. I love helping people. But my whole day seems consumed with texts, programming, and fitness. I don't want it to feel like work. But it's starting to. The gym I'm at is a great place to start. A league of other trainers where it doesn't feel competitive but more supportive. I've learned so much from all of them
It sounds like you’ve been doing great so far! That gym sounds like a solid place to start out. That said, you’ll eventually have to find yourself a higher paying gym, or you’ll have to go off on your own.
Keep moving forward and keep killing it!
You mentioned you work two shifts 5am and 5pm. Im curious whats your eating schedule like? Also could other trainers that work this schedule chime in on their eating schedule
Me and Alexis personally, when we work splits, eat around 4/4:30 AM, lunch around 10, and dinner around 2:30 or 3 with a snack when we get home around 7 or 8. While it’s not ideal, it works for us and we’ve found eating earlier helps us from eating too many snacks in between sessions or worrying/thinking about eating during the day.
Jeff I have been certified a year and going well. Thanks for all your help! Im going to the IDEA conference in July for first time. Saw your You Tube video on attending IDEA last year. Are you going or speaking there this year?
Thanks for the support! It’s very appreciated! This year we’re going to gymcon instead just to mix it up!
So unfortunately, no IDEA world! You’ll have a great time though! It’s a really good conference!
How can I pay to get your 1000 questions, I am from India.
I work at Eos Fitness. I wonder how we pair up to other businesses.
I haven’t heard of Eos. How do you like it there?
@@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation There is a lot of potential. The first year that the club was open the KPI was very sales driven but they’ve hired some really well intrepreneurs that are driving the business in the right direction. The experience has been up and down but it’s pretty exceptional currently.
Do personal trainers clock in at LA Fitness? Or proof of overtime?
I’m pretty sure they clock in in most locations
I currently work at Gold’s gym as a trainer, in the past I have worked as a trainer at Crunch Fitness and Edge fitness, and I was the general manager at Club 24 Concept Gyms. I’d love to talk about anything in a video.
I also want to add that watching your video has really helped me become a successful trainer over the past couple of years.
How’s edge I was thinking about applying as a PT there I’m in Michigan ?
@@static2173 I’m sure it depends on the specific gym, but the pay is decent. 4 levels of trainers that have different pay. But the gym I was at they do nothing to help you get clients. It’s all on the trainer. But the managers do the selling. You don’t even do your own selling. And it’s all about numbers too. If you’re not getting clients, it becomes a problem.
Thank you for the support guys! If you’re willing to talk about crunch or golds let me know! I’d be very interested in that!
@@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation I would love to!
Hey Jeff, I love your content man, if you wouldn't mind, i have a business proposition for you. Do you have a email we could talk this over on? Again, your videos are very inspiring, in advance, thanks for your time and i look forward to hearing from you.
Thanks for the support! sortahealthyjeff@gmail.com is a good place to reach me
@@SortaHealthyTrainerEducation I just shot a email to you, sorry it took so long for my response.
They have incredible employee turnover so the employee experience couldn’t be to good.
I think that’s probably mostly true. Unfortunately, even in the best training spots turnover is pretty high. A lot of people get into personal training for the wrong reasons and learn that later on.
Reddit, especially that sub has so many people that clearly dunno their @$$ from a hole in the ground as a trainer/coach
Haha! To me it’s like any forum. There’s some good people on there, and some people who suck.
It’s all what you make of it.
La fitness is the worst fitness chain. It pays crap and no growth. Absolute garbage company