Personal Fitness Trainer

Higher Level Fitness; St. Charles (IL); On-site; USD 27,552 - 48,216; Part time

Job summary

Higher Level Fitness in St. Charles, Illinois, is looking for a passionate personal trainer to assist clients in achieving their fitness goals. Responsibilities include conducting fitness assessments, creating personalized training programs, and ensuring safe equipment use. The ideal candidate has strong customer service skills, organizational abilities, and a current personal training certification.

If you are motivated to empower individuals and inspire clients to lead healthier lives, we invite you to apply!

Qualifications

• Completion of high school or equivalent certification is necessary.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills are essential.
• Customer-service experience with a guest-focused mentality is required.
• Current certification as a fitness instructor or personal trainer is necessary.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills are important.

Responsibilities

• Perform personal fitness assessments for clients.
• Ensure client safety during workouts and exercise routines.
• Customize training routines to help clients achieve their goals.
• Track client progress and adjust fitness plans as needed.
• Inspire and empower clients to improve their health.

Skills

Customer service experience

Time management

Communication skills

Ability to inspire and motivate

Education

High school diploma or GED

Current personal training certification

Job description

Do you have a strong desire to assist others in achieving their personal fitness goals? Then you're just the person we're searching for as our next personal trainer at our busy fitness studio! You'll be assessing our clients' fitness levels, developing individualized training programs, and ensuring they're using equipment safely. Our ideal applicant has expertise as a fitness instructor or trainer, as well as great customer service abilities. Apply now if you're eager to help our clients get healthy and fit!

Responsibilities

• Perform personal fitness assessments to ensure that all exercise routines are appropriate for each client.
• Hold yourself and your clients to the highest standards of conduct and safety.
• Decrease the chance of injury by teaching clients appropriate techniques for all exercises, especially for specialized equipment.
• Customize training routines to assist clients in achieving their fitness goals while staying within their current physical capabilities.
• Track and adjust client progress and make changes to fitness plans accordingly.

Desired Qualities

• People person, outgoing, upbeat, positive, motivating, and passionate about helping people, looking for a long‑term position.
• Superior technical coaching abilities with the capacity to train privately and in groups, and the skill to get to know clients, their motivations, and the deeper reasons behind why they train.
• Lifelong learner, continually learning new industry developments to stay ahead of the pack.
• Consistent and steady team player committed to the mission, inspiring and empowering individuals to become a better version of themselves.
• Coachable and willing to take feedback and constructive criticism.
• Willing to practice what you preach and dedicate time and effort to development.

Qualifications

• High school completion or equivalent certification (GED).
• Strong organizational and time‑management skills.
• Proven customer‑service experience with a guest‑focused mentality.
• Current certification as a fitness instructor or personal trainer.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for working with clients and other team members.
• Current personal training certification from an accredited organization (preferably NASM, CPR, First Aid, and AED).
• Experience with frequent fitness evaluations.
• Ability to demonstrate proper detailed exercise instruction and experience working with all types of individuals to ensure all workout movements are appropriate for each client’s physical capabilities and can be revised based on progress toward goals, reducing risk of injury.
• Ability to maintain all gym policies, standards, and safety requirements.
• High standard of honesty, ethics, integrity, positive attitude, excellent communication, and high energy.
• Willingness to start in a part‑time position, with potential to transition to full‑time if a good fit.

Bonus Qualifications

• Previous personal training experience (fitness studio, health club, in‑home trainer, etc.).
• Basic nutrition knowledge or a nutrition coaching certificate.
• Kinesiology or Exercise Science degree.

Compensation: $20 - $35 hourly DOE.