What does a good pers. trainer make?

[biomax]

I would say a bodybuilding based PT would earn a lot more than the $50 bracket in answer to your question.

[teamfatboy]

Why waste your money on a gym membership when you can run around the carpark for free???

That's the old argument about any skilled trade... you're paying for the fact they've already made all the mistakes and are teaching you honestly.

I pay $40 for my PT and I reckon it's absolute value for money. Every piece of advice on how to lift to maximum effect saves me time and effort.

If I want to develop traps, for arguments sake, I get $40 in value from learning how to take delts or lats out of the equation. When I take into account the PT's investment in non-contact time (answering emails, doing nutrition revisions, etc) I reckon it's cheap at the price.

[diamond]

no im not a car park runner. ive seen trainers themselves making clients run around the car park by placing a few cones and making them do circuits. i find nothing wrong with that

If a pt told me to run around cones in the car park i would be starting to think he played to much pac man as a kid.

[frogie2001]

some good points. I was in the army and some of the best cardio / resistance training sessions I ever had consisted of circuits out in a field. I think it all depends on what the clients targets are. As for the common mind set of people who don't want to build muscle. it almost seems that they think this will happen over night. I have said it sooooo oo many times if someone knows how to accidentally build muscle without trying, to tell me their secret, and I'll pay them loads of cash. Muscle building is hard work, and a PT (some) know that and can provide guidance. the ones that have been there know this best and can provide the best guidance. Somone said it before, find a pt with the body you want, and work wiith them.

Oh yeah and a PT over here in the gyms earns around £40 a session

[SamWelly]

I've worked out that it costs me around $1000 per extra KG of muscle I put on. That includes Supplements, Personal Trainers, and additional food above what an average person would spend. Makes the personal training expense seem a little smaller in comparison.

[2guns]

I've worked out that it costs me around $1000 per extra KG of muscle I put on.

lol thats pretty expensive

[2guns]

i think some of u people need to get into your small brains that personal training is not about bodybuilding and making yr client as huge as possible

[Small]

and as for the people on here bagging the training institues from your experiences with one or two or the graduates from which ever institute it was, i dont think thats really fair on the training facility.

its like saying that all people who go to les mills are posers or wat have u.

just sounds like u have come across a tosser, and ther are tossers everywhere, not just in gym and on this site

Too many tossers everywhere if you ask me

like in prison ? :pfft:

[SamWelly]

I've worked out that it costs me around $1000 per extra KG of muscle I put on.

lol thats pretty expensive

Pretty average I thought. 8-10kg muscle gain a year = 800grams a month (approx). And my weekly food, training, supplement cost is about $200 more than the average person.

It is not a cheap sport :cry: :evil:

[ngapuhi strong]

and as for the people on here bagging the training institues from your experiences with one or two or the graduates from which ever institute it was, i dont think thats really fair on the training facility.

its like saying that all people who go to les mills are posers or wat have u.

just sounds like u have come across a tosser, and ther are tossers everywhere, not just in gym and on this site

Too many tossers everywhere if you ask me

like in prison ? :pfft:

i was going to say that but parole board likes to let the dangerous ones out early :pfft: never know were they might send him

[al-ex]

I charge a 100 an hour , I don't do half hours. I thought I wuldnt be that busy which was my intention, however, I'm way busy. some guys charge up to 150 an hour. some of my clients frown at my price others don't even flinch, so its not the cost its the wealth of the client imo.

later dudes n dudettes

[2guns]

some of my clients frown at my price

ever thought that they are probably frowning at u? not your prices. :pfft:

[Matrix]

The rates per hour vary considerably. In the suburbs of Auckland you would generally expect to pay less than the inner city, as everything gets more expensive the closer you get to town, including the rental fees the trainers pay to work at gyms.

Rates are charged based on many factors, e.g your experience, qualifications, the results you get. But most of the best paid trainers usually get a large proportion of their clients based on the personal referrals of their current clients. Rates of 100-150$ per hour are not unheard of in Auckland and wealthy corporate clients will readily pay that based on the status/prestige of the trainer.

For example, you can guarentee Lee-Ann Wan from "Down Size Me" doesn't work for 40$ an hour, as she is an indemand, famous trainer who probably has a long waiting list of clients(and is also a bodybuilder!).

I've heard from the Personal Training Manager of Fitness First in Australia that the the top trainers on the Gold Coast make between 250 and 450$!!!! per hour and only deal with "A" list clients(wealthy Business people,Judges, Doctors ,Lawyers,TV/Actors etc).

Alot of it is in peoples percepton of you e.g When Arnie and Franco first came to America in the late 60's they did block laying in Beverly Hills to subsidize their income from Weider and charged the least thinking they would get all the work. Instead they got very little work. So they doubled their prices to become the most expensive block layers in Beverly Hills and got all the work.

Their work standards didn't change but because they charged more than everyone else people perceived them to be the best and used them more.

[2guns]

e.g When Arnie and Franco first came to America in the late 60's they did block laying in Beverly Hills to subsidize their income from Weider and charged the least thinking they would get all the work. Instead they got very little work. So they doubled their prices to become the most expensive block layers in Beverly Hills and got all the work.

Their work standards didn't change but because they charged more than everyone else people perceived them to be the best and used them more

thats some crazy physcological shit right there!

[2guns]

I've heard from the Personal Training Manager of Fitness First in Australia that the the top trainers on the Gold Coast make between 250 and 450$!!!

mint! :nod:

[SamWelly]

Theres gym in the UK that you can not work out in unless you are with a trainer my mate felt pretty shit palking her honda next to the Astons and Porches :pfft:

[rotangs on]

Alot of it is in peoples percepton of you e.g When Arnie and Franco first came to America in the late 60's they did block laying in Beverly Hills to subsidize their income from Weider and charged the least thinking they would get all the work. Instead they got very little work. So they doubled their prices to become the most expensive block layers in Beverly Hills and got all the work.

Their work standards didn't change but because they charged more than everyone else people perceived them to be the best and used them more.

No matter what Arnie does, he still becomes the best

[Matrix]

No matter what Arnie does, he still becomes the best

Yep, Arnie is such an astute, charismatic,intelligent and driven person that he seems to overwhelmingly succeed at anything he does!

[tallulahangie]

I paid $70 per hour for my trainer in Brisbane but that was only because I signed up for 10 sessions. She had 7 years PT experience and had competed ONCE in NZ.

I usually judge a PT on what they look like. I'm not going to trust someone who doesn't practice what they preach. Personal experience counts for a lot more than a Cert III in Personal Training!

[al-ex]

back in the uk i was charging £80 an hour = approx $210 nz an hour and worked mainly out of a private gym club.

Alex

[Luigi]

back in the uk i was charging £80 an hour = approx $210 nz an hour and worked mainly out of a private gym club.

Alex

dude, you charge too much :pfft:

[al-ex]

£80 in the uk is quite cheap for what i offer. An example was my uncle whom i lived some 200 miles from who hired a trainer near him for £140 an hour 4 times a week and didn't think twice about it.

[Luigi]

£80 in the uk is quite cheap for what i offer. An example was my uncle whom i lived some 200 miles from who hired a trainer near him for £140 an hour 4 times a week and didn't think twice about it.

wtf lol, does he get gear.supps and protein with that price ?

[al-ex]

to be honest I was pist at it too considering that he only got some circuit training and told to eat flat breads!

[The Legend Killer]

Just because a pound is worth $3 here, it doesn't mean the pound has the buying power of $3 there.