Personal Trainer Jobs

New York Sports Clubs 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. We are a diverse community committed to being better today than we were yesterday, and better tomorrow than we were today. The New York Sports Clubs and our family of brands community is bonded by a common vision with the objective of being the employer destination of choice and strongest fitness brand. Our purpose is to help others be their best. We achieve this through our Five Agreements: Be welcoming, Listen with care, Learn from failure, Celebrate success, and Make excellence a habit every day.

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.

• Completing all administrative tasks including, but not limited to, scheduling PT sessions two weeks in advance, rescheduling all canceled appointments and following session authorization policies.
• Required to progress to a Staff Trainer Level 2 personal trainer in accordance with NYSC and our family of brands’ production minimum policy within 90 days of hire.
• Maintaining PT certifications and necessary continuing education credits.
• Providing a legendary member experience by consistently executing the Five Agreements.
• Successfully navigating through basic IT platforms.
• Delivering safe and effective fitness programs followed with documented mid-program fitness assessments.
• Partnering with sales team to meet new members and prospects, to review Needs Analysis and to present fitness services at POS.
• Engaging with members, clients and peers through internal and external prospecting activities.
• Additional duties as assigned.
• Making sure that fitness equipment is maintained and fitness floor meets or exceeds safety and functional standards.
• Working closely with clients, maintaining accountability by keeping in contact with clients outside of training appointments.
• Properly utilizing all fitness tools provided.
• Quickly addressing any maintenance or equipment issues that are visible to members.
• Reviewing and adhering to all NYSC and our family of brands documents including but not limited to policies and procedures, employee handbook, state supplement, codes of conduct, etc.
• Hitting and exceeding all revenue, session and sales targets reflecting a consistent month over month growth.
• Creating smart goal action plans to meet individual goals for revenue, sales and retention.
• Continuously modeling and promoting the NYSC and our family of brands mission, mission statement, and values with pride and integrity.
• Quickly addressing any member issues, questions or concerns regarding their fitness programs, including cancel requests, suspensions and transfers and escalate issues to management appropriately.
• Working with individual clients around their specific needs, goals and schedules to prescribe a tailored fitness program to gain the best results.
• Maintaining client programs and fitness assessment forms; proper storing in home facility.
• Being on time for all shifts.
• Must meet and maintain monthly and quarterly production minimums for specified PT professional job role.
• Regularly partnering with Fitness Leader for direction, coaching and feedback.
• 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.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• Previous personal training experience not required, but if available corporate gym setting preferred.
• Active Child & Adult AED/CPR required.
• 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.
• H.S, Diploma or GED equivalent.
• Must have and maintain active NYSC and our family of brands approved Certified Personal Trainer (CPT) from one of the following:
• Basic computer literacy.
• Good technical (fitness programming) skills and time management skills.

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

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