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freerider223 Posts: 4 Joined: 2006/09/21	2006/09/21, 02:33 PM I am considering an opportunity to work at 24 Hour Fitness on a part time basis as a personal trainer. Any PT's on this board that can comment about the working environment and the pay please respond. thanks, KD

	2006/09/21, 03:18 PM How can someone comment on the working environment if they do not know the specific location you are talking about???
freerider223 Posts: 4 Joined: 2006/09/21	2006/09/21, 05:25 PM just looking for general info on 24 hour fitness, being they are a corp chain and not a franchise, I thought they all run close to the same. Have you ever worked for 24 Hour? The location is near the loyd center, do you know Portland? ============ Quoting from ka: How can someone comment on the working environment if they do not know the specific location you are talking about??? =============
Carivan Posts: 8,542 Joined: 2002/01/20	2006/09/21, 09:57 PM Like KA said, it's hard to say. Some pay only commision, some give a base salary & commission, it all depends. If you are a PT why not work for yourself? -------------- Thinking of a new signature line. Ivan Montreal Canada (City of Festivals)
7707mutt Posts: 7,686 Joined: 2002/06/18	2006/09/22, 07:49 AM I worked front desk for a local "chain" gym and I can say this....most if not all chain gyms do not want trainers, they want sales people/show the masses how to use the machine trainers. Meaning first and foremost you had to sell the memberships, secondly all the "trainers" there did was explain to people how to not get killed getting onto a treadmill. -------------- Less Talk, More Chalk! The Men and Boys are Separated by one thing: The Squat Cage! 7707mutt@freetrainers.com
freerider223 Posts: 4 Joined: 2006/09/21	2006/09/22, 01:07 PM Thanks ya'll, I see your points. I kinda suspected what you said mutt. I am not a personal trainer yet. I was a coach before I began a sales career and I am looking at 24 as a stepping stone. I need to start somewhere. Any sugestions or tips ya'll can give would be greatly appreciated. =============
bb1fit Posts: 11,105 Joined: 2001/06/30	2006/09/22, 02:50 PM I belong to 24 hr. fitness, have for a few years...they do vary in their quality, etc. Not sure about pay. It is odd, since I moved to Colorado, I see a different 'look' in trainers. I had to smile the other day, a guy was taking a client around who wanted to bulk up/gain muscle mass, and the trainer had JJ arms. And at the same time there was a woman trainer who was training a girl who wanted to drop some weight, and she was already smaller than the female trainer! I know it is not how you look, many know alot of stuff but don't 'walk the walk', but it is a very visual world. My thoughts run this way, I would be thinking if I was a client that if this guy or girl is telling me this, why doesn't it work for them? -------------- Maximus from Gladiator....Strength and Honor!
msmogreen Posts: 717 Joined: 2006/04/22	2006/09/23, 10:45 PM I belong to 24 Hour fitness (at $16/month for me it is a deal I can't beat) and my boss bought me 10 personal training sessions recently. My trainer did have experience personal training outside 24 Hour Fitness, and he was okay (although he hesitated to show me how to do deadlifts sying they are for developing overall bulk). He didn't give me any nutrition advice. I just filled out a questionnaire and once the trainer entered my responses into a computer program it spit out a diet plan (which I didn't follow because it was inferior the plan I was already following on FT). When I questioned some of the information he expressed frustration that he had to follow the 24 Hour Fitness template and couldn't really modify anything. I'm thinking though if you are just wanting to see if personal training is for you, it might be a place to start. Work there while you educate yourself outside the 24 Hour Fitness environment and move on from there. I agree with bb1 though...I wouldn't want to train with someone who isn't in obviously better shape than me!
freerider223 Posts: 4 Joined: 2006/09/21	2006/09/25, 05:56 PM Thanks again for all of your responses. Some good points and if you think of anything else then post it here. Thanks again, KD