Out of interest virus do you do any boxing or do you just like the sport? And what are your PT certifications? It's something I'd probably be interested in doing, any thoughts?
I do kickboxing and done kung-fu for 3 years prior to that. Are you in the UK? I just went to college and done this course http://www.ymcafit.org.uk/courses/advanced-diploma-personal-training For the course above I had to have the level 2 (fitness instructor) but I don't know how that works on other courses or other countries. The hardest part is building a client base which will most likely require you working in a gym for a while to get to know the regulars. It's a tough business, but can be rewarding if you get the clients.
Before, sadly. Usually 12-16 hours a week. A guy I used to work with charges £30 an hour and has 5-7 clients 5-6 days a week. He's making a nice bit of money.
So technically you could double your working hours and double the income? 12-16 hours p/w for 1500 quid isn't at all bad. If I went full time with the people I with right now, I'd get about 1700, and thats 40 hours 9-5. How did you get started with your clients? Is there much demand?
Yeah. But it's getting the clients. This is the hardest part. Unless you have a hell of a lot of money to waste to begin with and have no problem paying rent each month (which is usually at least £400 depending which gym) you'll have to work in the gym as an instructor to get to know the regulars or go and train A LOT, giving help to random people with crap form or doing silly ****. The guy I was referring to above worked in the gym for 2-3 years before he could go freelance and have the client base to support him financially. It ain't easy, mate. Forogt to say, when you work in a gym as an instructor you're allowed to work as a PT on top of that, that's another way to make a name for yourself while getting paid.
Back in 2000 I trained to be a Personal Trainer and then got a job at a very prestigious uni's sports dept. It was very difficult to make a successful business even at this place with loads of wealthy people (even had a client who was a member of Middle Eastern Royalty, I rubbed shoulders with Olympic gold medal winners thinking it would look good in the marketing dept etc). Despite all this I still struggled to make meaningful dosh. Afterwards I started working for the Personal Training company itself so probably saw a few hundred people pass through the course. I reckon less than 5 % of people went on to be successful PT's, and the people who did were the sort of people who'd make it in any walk of life, for example, disciplined ex-military sorts. It was an interesting couple of years in my life but I'm glad my mortgage payments aren't dependent on my PT clients these days lol. Sorry if I sound a miserable, negative ****er but I didn't see too many success stories (even the famous ex-footie players often struggled with building up their client base despite being legitimately famous sportsmen), although there were undoubtedly a few driven individuals who are probably still going well to this day.
Actually, hey, I might be able to do something already, I have trained a few people with success. I'll make a post in the lounge! Surely no harm in that.