Personal Trainer jobs in Elyria, OH

Job Title: Personal Trainer

Reports To: Club Manager

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Summary: Responsible for meeting, greeting, and assisting members on a daily basis, conducting orientation sessions with members, personal-trains clients, performing facility and equipment cleaning and maintenance; and spotting weight lifters by performing the following duties. Responsible for training clients and helping them progress towards their fitness goals, delivering Team Training workouts to groups of 2-12 clients, and picking up, organizing, and cleaning facility and equipment.

Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

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  Assists with questions from members, non-members on the workout floor.*
• Tracks attendance, participation, and performance data related to personal and team training sessions.*
• Follows up with clients on a regular basis.*
• Schedules progress check ins/weigh ins with clients on regular basis.*
• Demonstrates proper operation of fitness equipment, such as resistance machines, cardio machines, free weights, or fitness assessment devices.*
• Teaches fitness training sessions to improve strength, flexibility, cardiovascular conditioning, or general fitness of participants.*
• Provides individual support or counseling in general wellness or nutrition.*

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Language Ability:

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.

Math Ability:

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Reasoning Ability:

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Computer Skills:

To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Internet Explorer, Chrome, and Google.

Education/Experience:

High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or one to two years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Specialized Training:

• Personal Training Certification
• CPR Certification
• AED Certification
• First Aid Certification

Certificates and Licenses:

• Personal Training Certification
• CPR Certification
• AED Certification
• First Aid Certification

Equipment:

• Evolt Body Scanner
• Basic exercise equipment

Knowledge, Skills, and Other Abilities:

• Strong interpersonal skills
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to solve problems
• Ability to work with little supervision
• Good time management
• Ability to persuade and negotiate

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use hands, reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl, and taste or smell. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, ability to adjust focus, ability to see color, and depth perception.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to work near moving mechanical parts and human perspiration. The employee is occasionally exposed to fumes or airborne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, outdoor weather conditions, and risk of electrical shock.

The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.