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BritLad · 01-07-2008, 01:30 PM

Hi all, I'm looking to get certified and become a personal trainer here in the UK. It would be quite a career change for me (spent last 20 years in an office job) so I'm trying to work out some of the financials and get an idea of what my income 'could' be. The plan initially would be to work for one of the big fitness chains in the UK like ‘Fitness First’ as they only charge you an annual license (£200) and a weekly 'rent' (ranges from £25 per week in the early stages to a maximum of £80-£150 per week, depending on the location and demographics of the week) and after you pay those fees, you keep the rest.

Now I have a fair idea of what gym based PT's typically charge here in London (and therefore what I might charge) but I have no idea of how many clients or hours of client training is the norm? Obviously to work out the financials, I need to assume I will train clients for a certain number of hours each week. So my question is this, what a typical number of hours to do each week? 10, 15, 20hrs? Is say anything over 20 hrs doing exceptional well? .. and if I'm starting off, hour many hours should I expect during the first few weeks?

01-07-2008, 01:30 PM	#1 (permalink)
BritLad Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 5 My Profile	Number of hours I should expect to train a week? Hi all, I'm looking to get certified and become a personal trainer here in the UK. It would be quite a career change for me (spent last 20 years in an office job) so I'm trying to work out some of the financials and get an idea of what my income 'could' be. The plan initially would be to work for one of the big fitness chains in the UK like ‘Fitness First’ as they only charge you an annual license (£200) and a weekly 'rent' (ranges from £25 per week in the early stages to a maximum of £80-£150 per week, depending on the location and demographics of the week) and after you pay those fees, you keep the rest. Now I have a fair idea of what gym based PT's typically charge here in London (and therefore what I might charge) but I have no idea of how many clients or hours of client training is the norm? Obviously to work out the financials, I need to assume I will train clients for a certain number of hours each week. So my question is this, what a typical number of hours to do each week? 10, 15, 20hrs? Is say anything over 20 hrs doing exceptional well? .. and if I'm starting off, hour many hours should I expect during the first few weeks?