Again, thanks very much for your interest,

Jeff & Vern Gauthier
Fit For You Health Club

P.S. This is not the type of job where just showing up is enough.  Performance is everything to us. If you perform, you will be rewarded. We want nothing more than to find a person who takes real interest in doing good work and taking care of our clients. If that's you, we promise that $12/hour is only the starting point. We recognize and reward performance!

With all that said, as we mentioned in the headline on this page, enthusiasm and a positive attitude go a long way in our book. We're a very positive, upbeat business owner and appreciate those qualities in others.  As long as you have the basic skills we mentioned, and a great attitude, you're definitely a candidate! So submit your information today!

Dear Prospective Fitness Trainer,

 First of all, thanks for taking the time to visit this site. It's our hope that you have precisely what we need in a fitness trainer so we can take this page down immediately and put you to work in the fun and rewarding coaching position we have available.

 You should have arrived here because you saw our employment ad in the local paper that reads like this:


 So let us tell you about ourselves, our company and the coaching position.

Our names are Jeff & Vern Gauthier and we run a health club called Fit For You Health Club in Traverse City, MI.

Our business is dedicated to helping women and men achieve their health and fitness goals through customized nutrition and fitness programs. 

 And business is booming!

 We're looking for an enthusiastic, motivated, and energetic person to start training some of our current clients.

 Our Health Club is located at 1226 S. Garfield Ave right here in Traverse City.

 If you are hired for this coaching position, you'll begin coaching clients in the health club right away.

 Our health club offers a casual, fun environment, nice training equipment and the opportunity to learn the inner-workings of a successful personal training department within our health club.

 Oh yeah, we're also very fair, respectful and appreciative. We like having fun and making money providing highly valuable fitness services and products.

 You will be compensated fairly, treated fairly and we will certainly look for ways to pay you more for your efforts if they warrant it. We want someone who enjoys working with people and making a difference in the lives of others - because that's what we do in our health club.

• Develop Comprehensive Health & Fitness Programs For Clients: You'll receive coaching and training on our fitness system and programs, but you'll have flexibility to incorporate your training style and knowledge.

• Tracking Client Progress: In order to ensure a client's success in our programs, you'll need to track weekly progress, current successes and challenges, review client nutrition and exercise log worksheets and more on a weekly basis.  It will be your job to hold a client accountable to his/her health and fitness program to ensure the best results possible.

• Perform Fitness Evaluations:  Ideally, you'll have some fitness assessment skills and can test for: body composition, bodyweight, girth measurements, blood pressure, heart rate and various strength and flexibility tests. You do not need previous experience, but if you do, that's a bonus.

• Coach clients through 16-week program: You'll be responsible for weekly exercise sessions and keeping detailed weekly progress reports on the clients your working with. If a client is having challenges throughout his/her program, you'll coach and motivate client and make appropriate changes to ensure consistent progress.

• Demonstrate Proper Exercise Instruction: This is a big one. We need you to be able to provide proper coaching, instruction, and motivation during a client training session. You should have a working knowledge of the human body (i.e. muscles, movements, functions, etc) and be able to provide appropriate exercises for client's goals.
  

• Provide Ongoing Health and Fitness Education: Our clients rely on us to service all of their health and fitness needs. It is your job as a fitness coach to provide your clients with health and fitness education on various topics that will empower them to lead healthy lives forever. You'll be provided with educational tools and resources, will be expected to study them and speak about them with your clients. We also spend time covering this in our weekly staff meetings. 

 These are the skills you must already have in order to qualify for this position:

• Good Communication Skills - you will be talking with our clients, who are VERY important to us. You must be comfortable conversing in-person and on the phone and know how to conduct yourself professionally, and deliver clear instructions to the clients. We'll teach you everything you need to do during a training session, but we can't teach you manners and professionalism.

• People skills and personality - must LOVE working with people! As mentioned above you must be very comfortable working with people.  This is an exciting Health Club and you must be able to show your clients energy and excitement while working with them.

• Health and Fitness Education - You do not need personal training experience, but you should have a working knowledge of health and fitness 

 If you have these additional skills, your resume will go right to the top of the stack (but if you don't have these skills, you should still apply because these are not mandatory).

• Previous personal training experience (fitness studio, health club, in-home trainer, etc.)

• Basic nutrition knowledge

• National Certification

• Kinesiology Degree

• CPR Certified

 I'm looking to hire the right person relatively quickly. So if this job sounds good to you, then complete the web form below and we'll contact you by phone: