Personal Trainer Jobs

New York Sports Club and our family of brands is a long-standing, dynamic fitness club brand with locations in the Northeast, Florida and Switzerland. We consider ourselves your local neighborhood gym! It is our goal to provide our members with fitness results, positive change and personal connections through innovative programming and knowledgeable staff. Our mission is to “Improve Lives Through Fitness”. We work with passion and integrity, and we always treat others with appreciation and respect.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The Personal Trainer focuses on providing a positive fitness experience relevant to our member's specific goals (S.M.A.R.T. goals) through scientifically based, personally tailored fitness programs. The Personal Trainer creates value in our fitness programs and member experience through one-on-one personal training, small group training and member engagement activities including, but not limited to, fitness floor member engagement, relevant fitness special events, external fitness education and outreach. The Personal Trainer drives retention through motivation, accountability, consistency and knowledge-based fitness programs where growth and results are a main focus. This applies to both the member experience and their personal training business.

• Hitting and exceeding all revenue, session and sales targets reflecting a consistent month over month growth.
• Maintaining PT certifications and necessary continuing education credits.
• Quickly addressing any member issues, questions or concerns regarding their fitness programs, including cancel requests, suspensions and transfers and escalate issues to management appropriately.
• Completing all administrative tasks including, but not limited to, scheduling PT sessions two weeks in advance, rescheduling all canceled appointments, updating availability monthly, and following session authorization policies.
• Working closely with clients, maintaining accountability by keeping in contact with clients outside of training appointments.
• Working with individual clients around their specific needs, goals and schedules to prescribe a tailored fitness program to gain the best result.
• Proficiency in the use of our POS and membership system, timekeeping any other computer programs required to meet the business needs of the customer and NYSC and our family of brands.
• Regularly partnering with Fitness Leader for direction, coaching and feedback.
• Being on time for all shifts.
• Successfully navigating through basic IT platforms.
• Engaging with members, clients and peers through internal and external prospecting activities.
• Properly utilizing all fitness tools provided.
• Additional duties as assigned.
• Delivering safe and effective fitness programs followed with documented mid-program fitness assessments.
• Partnering with Fitness Leaders, and the Operations/Sales team to meet new members and prospects, to evaluate their needs to provide fitness services at POS.
• Quickly addressing any maintenance or equipment issues that are visible to members.
• Providing a legendary member experience as a NYSC club ambassador by providing service and solutions to meet the needs of the member and the business.
• Must meet and maintain monthly and quarterly production minimums for specified PT professional job role.
• Reviewing and adhering to all NYSC and our family of brands documents including but not limited to policies and procedures, employee handbook, state supplements, codes of conduct, etc.
• Making sure that fitness equipment is maintained and fitness floor meets or exceeds safety and functional standards.
• Maintaining client programs and fitness assessment forms; proper storing in home facility.
• Creating smart goal action plans to meet individual goals for revenue, sales and retention.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• Good technical (fitness programming) skills and time management skills.
• Previous personal training experience not required, but if available corporate gym setting preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree helpful, but not required in Exercise Physiology, Kinesiology, Recreation or P.E. related field.
• Physical demands include ability to lift up to 45 pounds with or without reasonable accommodations, walk through all areas of clubs, climbing stairs (where applicable), repetitive squatting, bending and lifting, restacking of weights, moving of equipment as necessary and ability to demonstrate other exercise movements as part of a personal fitness workout. The company reserves the right to change them as business needs require and that jobs may require other tasks as assigned to the employee by the company.
• Active Child & Adult AED/CPR required.
• Must have and maintain active NYSC and our family of brands approved Certified Personal Trainer (CPT) from one of the following:
• H.S, Diploma or GED equivalent.
• Basic computer literacy.

APPROVED LIST OF PERSONAL TRAINING CERTIFICATIONS AT NYSC – REQUIRED FOR HIRE

• ACSM – American College of Sports Medicine
• NPTI – National Personal Training Institute
• Additional Personal Training certifications may be accepted with approval from the Regional Fitness Director
• NCEP - National College of Exercise Professionals
• AAPT – American Academy of Personal Training
• AFAA – Aerobics and Fitness Association of America
• IFPA – International Fitness Professionals Association
• NSCA – National Strength and Conditioning Association
• NCCPT
• The Swedish Institute
• NASM – National Academy of Sports Medicine
• ACE – American Council on Exercise
• WITS – World Instructor Training Schools
• ISSA – International Sports Sciences Association
• NCSF- National Council on Strength and Fitness
• NESTA – National Exercise & Sports Trainers Association
• The Cooper Institute
• AAPTE – Academy of Applied Personal Training Education
• ISCA-International Strength and Conditioning Association
• NFPT – National Federal of Professional Trainers
• Pro-PTA