Hybrid Personal Training
Head Trainer - Small Group Personal Training Studio
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Location: Chancery Lane / Fleet Street area
Salary: £32,000 base salary + performance bonus, with total earnings of £35,000–£40,000
Employment Type: Full-time
Work Arrangement: Hybrid
About Hybrid Personal Training (HPT)
Hybrid Personal Training (HPT) is a Small Group Personal Training business that delivers highly personalized coaching to a maximum of six clients per session. Our service combines strength-focused training, personalized programming, nutrition support, regular assessments, and ongoing accountability to help busy professionals achieve significant improvements in body composition, strength, and long-term health.
Why Join HPT?
- £32,000 guaranteed base salary
- Performance-related bonus opportunities
- Paid holiday
- Workplace pension scheme
- No gym rent or self-employed fees
- No requirement to generate your own client leads
- No requirement to market yourself or build a personal brand
- Predictable working hours and income
- An established and growing client base
- Clear progression into senior coaching, studio management, and operational roles as HPT grows
Role Overview
We are looking for a Head Trainer to take ownership of the coaching and member experience within the studio.
Key Responsibilities:
- Deliver approximately 20–25 Small Group Personal Training sessions per week
- Set the coaching standard for the studio and lead by example on the gym floor
- Take ownership of the ongoing progress and accountability of studio members
- Monitor member attendance, engagement, and progress and proactively intervene where clients are falling off track
- Conduct onboarding assessments for new clients
- Conduct regular progress assessments for existing clients
- Support clients with training, nutrition, habits, and accountability throughout their membership
- Identify clients at risk of disengaging or canceling and work proactively to improve their experience
- Generate a consistent stream of strong client transformations, results, and success stories
- Develop strong relationships with members and help build a genuine studio community
- Maintain consistently high coaching and service standards across the training team
- Support and develop other trainers within the studio
- Ensure HPT programming is delivered accurately and consistently
- Maintain exceptional standards of cleanliness, organization, and presentation across the gym floor
- Take responsibility for day-to-day equipment and gym-floor maintenance
- Manage and maintain the studio coaching rota
- Work closely with the Studio Manager to improve the overall performance of the studio
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Requirements
Essential Requirements:
- Level 3 Personal Training qualification
- Genuine passion for training, coaching, and helping people achieve meaningful results
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to build excellent long-term relationships with clients
- High levels of energy and presence when coaching
- Absolute professionalism and reliability
- Strong punctuality and attendance record
- No ego and a strong team-first mentality
- High personal standards and attention to detail
- Eagerness to continuously learn and improve
- Ability to take ownership rather than waiting to be told what needs doing
- Comfortable giving clients accountability and having difficult conversations when required
- Clear understanding that client results and experience come before personal preference
- Ability to travel to the studio ahead of our 6am opening time where required
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Desirable but not essential:
- 3+ years' experience delivering one-to-one Personal Training, Small Group Personal Training, or group fitness
- Previous responsibility for client retention, accountability, or member experience
- Experience coaching body-composition, strength, or lifestyle transformation clients
- Previous leadership or mentoring experience within a fitness environment
Results
How you will know if you have done an exceptional job in the role:
- Clients consistently achieve strong and measurable results
- A regular pipeline of exceptional client transformations and success stories
- High levels of member retention and repeat purchasing
- Strong member attendance and engagement
- Clients receive regular assessments, accountability, and proactive support
- Coaching standards remain consistently high across every trainer
- The studio maintains an exceptional member experience and five-star reputation
- Other trainers improve as a result of your leadership and coaching
- The Studio Manager has confidence that the existing member base is being exceptionally well looked after
- The studio grows without coaching quality or client experience deteriorating
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