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About the Role

As a Personal Trainer, you will build a robust client base by providing fitness guidance and establishing connections with individuals committed to achieving their health and wellness goals. You will also serve as a floor monitor, ensuring a safe and motivating workout environment, conducting equipment orientations, and fostering a sense of community.

Responsibilities

• Conduct personal training sessions with members as scheduled.
• Encourage members to learn and understand the benefits of exercise and weight training and provide information about other available programs offered through the YMCA.
• Lead individual or group activities as designated by the Health & Wellness Director.
• Understand and carry out the YMCA Fitness Program objectives.
• Ensure equipment is clean and ready to use for the next session.
• Promote the YMCA's character values, mission, wellness philosophy, and role in the community.
• Lead by example the Y's mission, vision, and values with program participants, members, staff, and guests.
• Become an Ambassador of the Y's work and culture by being the ultimate storyteller of who we are as an organization and brand.
• Complete other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High School graduate or GED equivalent.
• Minimum of 18 years of age.
• Personal Trainers must have a current certification from a nationally recognized and NCAA-accredited organization.
• You are a team player with a positive, service-oriented attitude and can work well with others.
• You are organized, able to prioritize tasks, and handle multiple assignments.
• You are a strong communicator; you listen for understanding and meaning, and speak and write effectively.
• You foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, leveraging people's differences as strengths.
• Regularly required to sit, stand, walk, bend, talk, and occasionally lift and/or move items, including equipment, furniture, and/or children.

Skills

• Athletics and Fitness Association of America Personal Fitness Trainer (AFAA)
• American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM)
• American Council on Exercise (ACE)
• Cooper Institute is grandfathered in/uses ACE
• International Fitness Professionals Association (IFPA)
• National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM)
• National Council on Strength & Fitness (NSCF)
• National Council for Certified Personal Trainers (NCCPT)
• National Exercise and Sports Trainer Association (NESTA)
• National Exercise Trainers Association (NETA)
• National Federation of Professional Trainers (NFPT)
• National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA)
• World Instructor Training Schools (WITS)

Work Type

• Full-time

Education Level

• High School graduate or GED equivalent

Salary/Compensations

• $15/hour when not actively engaged with clients

About the Company

• The YMCA is an organization that fosters a sense of community and promotes character values, mission, and wellness philosophy.