Lifetime Fitness - Personal Trainer Community - Forum

[mase5455]

Has anyone ever worked for lifetime fitness? I have an interview in Feb. and wanted to get an ideal of what its like to work there. Thanks

[muscletrainerdh-NSCA CPT]

Hey Mase,

I have never worked for LIfetime, but the trend in personal training inside commercial fitness centers is to have different levels of trainers.

Level 1 = Customer pays $50 an hour (trainer gets????)
Level 2 = Customer pays $75 an hour(trainer gets????)
Level 3 = Customer pays $100 an hour (trainer gets???)

So make sure to find out what level they will be startig you at and what your percentage of the hourly fee will be.

Also, ask if they provide leads/clients for you or if you will have to build your own client base by approaching members while they workout.

Since national fitness chains typically have a "training quota" in order for you to earn a bonus, make sure you find out how it is structured and whether or not you think it is fair.

Starting out at a National Chain is a good place to build your reputation, and you can learn a lot, but typically National Chains devalue the service of a personal trainer by making trainers "Cold Call" members and not providing leads for people intersted in personal training, and paying them less than half (50%) of the hourly PT Fee they are charging the member. That doesn't mean that's what Lifetime fitness does, but it is what I have experienced in my 10 years of training.

Good Luck!

Dave

[mase5455]

Thanks for the info Dave.