Is a Career in Personal Training Actually Worth It?

<p>Apply for The Personal Trainers Business Incubator:</p> <p>https://zakkcolburn.typeform.com/to/UDoxri</p> <p>Instagram:</p> <p>https://www.instagram.com/zakkcolburn/</p> <p>Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ZakkColburn/videos</p> <p>The Journey Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/6T4hYvQB8CAVzpXn6tLzVm</p> <p>My Book Cutting Strings on Amazon: &nbsp;&nbsp;https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0933MQRCZ?pf_rd_r=AKKS5XHRQV63Z1FVP9A7&amp;pf_rd_p=5ae2c7f8-e0c6-4f35-9071-dc3240e894a8&amp;pd_rd_r=972d9327-8a84-44ca-9bb1-a1fa78ec2cf2&amp;pd_rd_w=oYdeY&amp;pd_rd_wg=RZ2Xw&amp;ref_=pd_gw_unk</p> <p><br></p> <p>Is A Career in Personal Training Worth it?</p> <p>First let's look at the two options, in-person and online coaching.</p> <p>Let’s start with in-person training.</p> <p>When you first get started you will probably be working for someone else.</p> <p>There are pros and cons to working in a commercial gym.</p> <p>The pros of working at a big commercial box gym are you get a steady income (which isn’t necessarily a good thing, we will talk about that more later) and almost anyone can get a job there with the right certifications.</p> <p>You get paid hourly at the commercial gyms with a commission of each package sold.</p> <p>But this type of job won’t really be your bread and butter.</p> <p>Another pro is you will have a steady client roster since these commercial gyms also have their own dedicated sales teams most of the time.</p> <p>The final pro is you will get a bunch of in person experience to where if you’d like to open up your own gym or eventually move to renting out a studio space and selling your own packages the commercial gym could be a very nice stepping stone to that.</p> <p>Now let us talk about the cons.</p> <p>The burnout is EXTREMELY high when working at these commercial gyms.</p> <p>The trainer’s main job is to sell packages at these gyms with a small commission from each sale.</p> <p>Other than that the trainers are basically paid minimum wage and need to work long hours on their feet to make a l