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What is the Average Cost of a Personal Trainer?

What is the Average Cost of a Personal Trainer?

What is the average cost of a Personal Trainer? Female Trainers & Male Trainers

 

If you are wondering what is the average cost of a personal trainer, you probably want to make sure you get the most bang for your buck!  When selecting a personal trainer, find out if they have the experience, positive customer reviews, and offerings that match up to your needs. Many trainers offer extra incentives for signing up for their program such as nutrition products or fitness books, nutritional coaching on the side, free Personal Training sessions for referring friends, or even rewards for being a good client. Most trainers offer a free consultation or discounted Personal Training session for new clients. Instead of committing up front to a big gym who tries to sell you on $75/session for a trainer that you barely know, I recommend that you find a trainer who will take the time to get to know you and show you a thing or two before you make a big commitment. Finding a Personal Trainer who can customize a fitness program to your individual needs is really important. You don’t want to get stuck with someone that gives the same workouts to all of their clients, or someone who doesn’t understand your fitness level. I have had so many people come to me and say that their last trainer was too hard on them and they got hurt. Be careful with who you choose and try before you buy a long-term package.

What should I charge for Personal Training? Rates can range from $20-150/hour! As a prospective client, it is valuable to understand why Personal Trainers may have a high hourly rate. Much of a Personal Trainer’s income goes toward paying rent for the studio they work at, covering gas expenses (for mobile trainers), and purchasing necessary equipment for clients to use. For trainers employed by a gym, they are getting paid a very small fraction of what clients pay the gym – which in turn gives gym trainers very little motivation to go above and beyond for you. For independent trainers, building a positive reputation that brings in referrals is what makes or breaks them, so they are more likely to provide high quality service and go above and beyond for you. Also, a 40 hour work week doesn’t necessarily equate to getting paid for all 40 hours of work. Personal Trainers need to spend extra time outside of each training hour designing the workout, writing articles for marketing and advertising, building our websites, developing new nutrition or fitness lessons, staying up to date on fitness trends and learning new exercises, keeping ourselves in physically good shape with daily workouts and meal plans, taking mandatory continuing education credits to keep our certification up to date, answering business-related emails and phone calls, setting up and putting away equipment, and much more. Once you have a good sense of what you’d like to spend on a Personal Trainer, it might be important to take a look at what the average local Personal Trainer costs and decide what is most important to you — cost, quality, results, or personality match.

Here are some of the average costs that I found: The National Strength and Conditioning Association conducted a recent survey of prices and found an average of $50 per hour with a range of $15 to $100 per hour. I’ve seen celebrity trainers charge $150+/hour. Prices do vary depending on region, according to Hagerman, and naturally, they will be higher in urban areas than in rural ones (1). According to the president of NBFE, the average hourly rate for a trainer is $65 per session. However, trainers can charge as low as $25 per hour, depending on geographical location and their experience (2). From calling and asking for prices from local trainers in Chandler & Tempe, independent trainers charge between $45-65/hour and gym trainers typically charge $60-80/hour. Personally I don’t recommend price shopping unless you are truly on a tight budget. Price doesn’t tell you whether or not you’ll LIKE your trainer. If you do like a trainer but can’t afford their one-on-one prices, ask about small group training which is typically 2-3X cheaper. I truly believe that if you find a trainer who you can connect with and enjoy being around, you will be more successful because you will look forward to seeing your Personal Trainer every day and will stick around long enough to get long-term results. If you choose a cheap trainer based on price alone, you are more likely to quit before you see results and go back to your old habits.

My prices are as high as $65 for 60-minute 1-on-1 personal training or as low as $10 for 30-minute group training in a long-term program. I offer a range of prices so I can help people regardless of their budget. I would like to help people who cannot afford the average cost of a Personal Trainer in Arizona. I have 2 years of experience with dozens of positive customer reviews, and I want to stay flexible within client budgets to be an affordable Personal Trainer for women in the Phoenix area.

If you find new information regarding personal training rates or pricing of programs that I can add to this article, feel free to share with me here.

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Get Fit For The Holidays

Get Fit For The Holidays!

Making Better Choices to Get Fit for our Health

The first step to eating better is shopping smarter. It starts from the grocery store to your kitchen. Take a look at what you have in your kitchen and re-evaluate your grocery habits. Foods that are easily accessible are the foods you will most likely eat, so get rid of the junk food now and start filling your cabinets with food you know is good for your body. Below are some tips for making small adjustments that will help you get fit and lose weight.

1. Always make a shopping list. If you don’t plan what to eat, you plan to cheat! The extra effort it takes to plan ahead is well worth your time. Take a few minutes once a week to find healthy recipes that you want to make, and write down the ingredients that you need to buy. Don’t forget to include on-the-go snacks such as nutrition bars and trail mix, plus healthy recipes that are quick to prepare. This will prevent you from going to fast-food restaurants for a quick fix. Instead, save yourself the calories. 2. Look at the ingredients. If you are unsure what an ingredient is, don’t buy it. A lot of the long-winded words in processed foods are chemicals, preservatives, or genetically modified ingredients. Examples include hydrogenated oils, sodium benzoate, and maltodextrin. If your body does not recognize a substance in the body, your immune system will treat it like a toxin and try to fight it off. These added stresses on the body may negatively affect your metabolism, which may lead to weight gain. 3. If you really are craving sweets, eat a piece of fruit. Chances are, your craving will be satisfied. However, if you still can’t get over your craving then limit yourself to an individually packaged item that is one serving size. Don’t buy the whole cake, a dozen cookies, or a liter of soda. It is not worth the discount on bulk items if they will cause you to gain weight. Having these items sitting around in your house will tempt you to consume it! 4. Limit attending events based around eating food. Most events like birthday parties, potlucks, and banquets have an abundance of desserts, burgers, pizza, and/or soda. Those are all the foods you should be avoiding in order to lose weight. If you do attend events, however, bring a healthy dish or eat a meal right before leaving your house. That way, you will not be hungry and are less likely to indulge in junk food.

Tis the season to be slimming! Don’t use the holidays as an excuse to eat junk. You can still mingle with family and friends without making poor eating decisions. When the holidays roll around, try new healthy recipes and change up the tradition a little. The choices you make will influence those around you – give the gift of positive change this season! Eating healthy doesn’t mean giving up your favorite foods, but changing how you prepare them to get fit. Happy Holidays!

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    Kelly Gibson has certifications from NASM, Precision Nutrition, eCornell, over 3 years experience as a Coach and Trainer, a lifelong athlete, and has earned a Biological Engineering degree from Penn State University.  If you need to calculate your calories, macros, and other weight loss goals, Kelly is your go-to trainer for Plant-Based Nutrition.