Hiring: Personal Training Internship
Tom Wigginton • June 8, 2023
Vitruvian Fitness® Training Internship
The Opportunity
This Internship position is designed for students in an Exercise Science Program at the university level to help them complete their course requirements in their last year of undergraduate studies.
Required Hours
3-4 hours per shift, 9 hours per week, 120 hours by end of semester
Shifts typically begin at 5:45am.
Essential Duties
- Learn and achieve mastery of the primary training program components with the intent to teach, coach, and lead our members. As you begin to achieve mastery of each component, you’ll be given the opportunity to coach members through each of sections of the workout program.
- Lead members through their pre-written training programs according to your level of mastery.
- Keep members on track time-wise to make sure each are getting through the program in the time allotted to them.
- Direct traffic in high-use areas to make sure everyone has the room they need to perform specific movements while keeping everyone else at an appropriate distance.
- Encourage members to keep their work areas clean, tidy, and safe – assisting when necessary and appropriate.
- Assist members to accurately record the results of their workouts.
Other Duties
- Administrative, Customer Service, Operations, Marketing
- Learn and seek mastery of our Client Relationship Management software. You’ll use this system to perform these routine tasks:
- Client check-ins
- Scheduling
- Create memberships
- Ring up purchases of pro-shop goods
- Facilitate client communications in person, on the phone, and via text messages.
- Assist in light cleaning and tidying throughout the studio throughout your shift.
- Keep front desk and gym supplies well stocked.
- Assist in the collection of social media content.
Job Requirements/Compensation
- Previous employment in a customer service or hospitality role is required.
- You are naturally an energetic and enthusiastic person who connects and communicates well with people of different backgrounds and ages.
- This roll will require you to be able to move independently and lift up to 50 pounds while standing and moving for up to 3 hours at a time.
Additional character traits for successful personal trainers include
- You get great satisfaction from helping others achieve great things.
- You are clean and neat with a professional appearance and demeanor.
- You are eager to learn new methods and systems.
- You are open to receiving constructive coaching.
- You are an effective communicator who can verbalize simple or complex concepts and ideas in simple language that our clients can understand.
- You are flexible and accommodating with the willingness to adjust your approach as needed for different learning styles.
Required: CPR/AED certificate
Compensation: this is an unpaid internship
Benefits: Personal training and/or personal use of the facilities during regular hours of operation.
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