Thread: personal trainers...

Become a physical therapist......5x the money of a personal trainer..

Depends on where you live

Originally Posted by ForemanRules

Become a physical therapist......5x the money of a personal trainer..

Originally Posted by Tough Old Man

Depends on where you live

Not really.....1 out of 1000 personal trainers make great cash...100,000 a year

Originally Posted by ForemanRules

Become a physical therapist......5x the money of a personal trainer..

Can you do that with an ACE certification?

Originally Posted by Witmaster

Can you do that with an ACE certification?

No!

Fuck all these asshole who think we are gay twins. I disagree. I have found no phyical therapist here in Baja. So I think trainers would make more. So sit on it DR E. See you here in AUG Brother.

Originally Posted by ForemanRules

Not really.....1 out of 1000 personal trainers make great cash...100,000 a year

Originally Posted by Tough Old Man

Fuck all these asshole who think we are gay twins. I disagree. I have found no phyical therapist here in Baja. So I think trainers would make more. So sit on it DR E. See you here in AUG Brother.

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

What do you mean by BOO. In Aug you and I are playing CHEMIST. Because of our chemistry you will improve that chest fron 84.25 to 88" Now who do you think is going to boo an 88" chest sucker?

Originally Posted by ForemanRules

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Originally Posted by ForemanRules

Become a physical therapist......5x the money of a personal trainer..

Not true at all. A freind of mine owns a few out patient PT places in the city (so he makes good money). A PT sessions costs anywhere from $75-100. After the pay out for the overhead, PTs are only making about $40/hr. I can charge up to $120 cash for my sessions. I make way more money doing this than being a PT. That is the one reason I wont go and do PT.

At the beginning you will not make a lot because you will likely have to work for a gym and they will rape you. Normally they give the trainer about 25-40% of what the gym charges, which is garbage, but that's how it works. Therefore they charge $60-75 a session and you might see $20-30. The advantage of working in a gym is that clients will come faster than if you are recruiting them on your own. It's part time income. It can take over a year for you to build enough clientele to make decent money. Going on your own means more up front but you keep what you make - it's just more work advertising, networking, getting the name out and building a referral base (your best friend as a trainer).

My own career started working for a crappy chain gym for $20 an hour and now I charge anywhere from $60-90 and keep it all. I can work 20 hours a week (4 hours a day) and make $60-75K a year. And my tax rate being self employed and writing everything off is WAY lower than most. However, it has taken years for me to get to this position, and I have spent most of that time in courses and programs so that I can learn things to make me an expert in many areas. I'm going back to university in September part time just to get some good physiology courses under my belt.

Originally Posted by P-funk

Not true at all. A freind of mine owns a few out patient PT places in the city (so he makes good money). A PT sessions costs anywhere from $75-100. After the pay out for the overhead, PTs are only making about $40/hr. I can charge up to $120 cash for my sessions. I make way more money doing this than being a PT. That is the one reason I wont go and do PT.

Hey If you and your buddy are making over $83,200 a year and have: great job security, medical benefits paid for and the ability to relocate any where in the country at the drop of a hat then God bless you , thats awesome. Most trainers don't even come close to half that much money in a year + have to pay for there own health care and are stuck where their client base is.