Personal Trainer Jobs at 3d Leisure Health Clubs Across England
Personal trainer jobs at 3d Leisure health clubs are self-employed placements where you keep 100% of your earnings and start with 1.5 months rent-free. YOUR Personal Training, the UK's largest self-employed personal training career platform, places and supports the self-employed personal trainers working in these clubs, in towns across England including Manchester, Southampton and Middlesbrough.
We have found 7 jobs with this operator
Personal Trainer Job at Juvenate Health & Leisure, Middlesbrough
Personal Trainer Job Manchester | Rena Health & Leisure
Personal Trainer Job at Revival Health & Leisure Club, Buckingham
Personal Trainer Job at Palms Leisure Club, Bridlington
Personal Trainer Job at Rena Health & Leisure Club, Southampton
Personal Trainer Job at Move Health & Fitness, Mercure Birmingham West Hotel, Birmingham
Personal Trainer Job at Motion Health Club, Slough
What's included in a personal training placement?
Every placement comes with the full YOUR Personal Training support package at no extra cost, built to get you to your first paying clients quickly and give you room to grow from there.
- 1.5 months rent-free at launch, one of the longest launch periods in the UK
- 100% of your earnings, with no commission taken
- Instructor 2 Icon soft-skills training developed with Ben Shephard
- Forward by YOUR PT, a 24-week structured business development programme
- The Advanced Business Course, CIMSPA-accredited with 10 CPD points
- A Castore PT uniform and a £100 marketing voucher at launch
- Health Hero lifetime wellness access
- Access to YOUR PT Hub, the online resource centre
- Unlimited one-to-one mentoring from an experienced Regional PT Manager
- Capped trainer numbers at each club, so client demand isn't stretched thin
Where the clubs are
Personal training placements are based in health and fitness clubs across England, currently in Manchester, Southampton, Middlesbrough, Bridlington, Buckingham, Slough and West Bromwich. The clubs run under their own names, including Rena, Juvenate, Palms, Revival, Move and Motion. Each club is advertised as its own role, so you can choose the club and the town that suit how you want to work.
About YOUR Personal Training
YOUR Personal Training is the UK's largest self-employed personal training career platform, with more than 420 gym and leisure centre partnerships across the country and over 5,000 personal trainers placed since 2008. Personal trainer roles at these health clubs are managed by YOUR Personal Training rather than by the clubs themselves.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much do personal trainers earn?
Self-employed personal trainers across the YOUR Personal Training network typically earn £2,500 to £4,500 or more a month by month six, based on the network's own data. What you actually earn depends on your session rate, how many clients you hold and how quickly you fill your diary, because you are paid by your clients rather than on a wage. Those figures are typical rather than guaranteed, and they are quoted gross, before your own business costs. On a placement at one of these health clubs you keep 100% of what your clients pay, with no commission taken, and your first 1.5 months are rent-free so you can build before any fees start.
Are personal trainers employed or self-employed?
Most personal trainers working in UK gyms and health clubs are self-employed, running their own business from inside the club rather than drawing a wage from it. That means you set your own rates, choose your own hours and keep what your clients pay you, and you are responsible for your own tax, National Insurance and insurance. Some gyms also advertise hybrid roles, which combine employed hours on the gym floor with a self-employed client book. The personal trainer roles at these health clubs are self-employed placements, and the support that comes with them is built for trainers running a business rather than staff working a rota.
What qualifications do you need to work as a personal trainer?
You need a Level 3 Personal Trainer qualification that is CIMSPA-recognised to work as a personal trainer in a UK gym or health club, plus your own personal trainer insurance. CIMSPA is the professional body for sport and physical activity, and its recognition is the standard clubs check a certificate against. Most trainers reach Level 3 after completing Level 2 Gym Instructor first, and plenty keep working instructor hours while they study. Nothing beyond Level 3 is required to start taking clients, though specialisms in areas such as strength, rehabilitation or nutrition widen who you can work with. YOUR Academy's PT Career Accelerator qualifies you and guarantees a personal trainer role at the end of it.
Are there personal trainer jobs in Manchester?
Yes, there are self-employed personal trainer jobs in Manchester, including inside city centre health clubs as well as the larger chain gyms most job searches turn up first. In a city that size the number of potential clients is high and so is the number of trainers, so where you base yourself decides how much of that market is realistically yours to work with. A club that limits how many trainers work its floor leaves you a larger share of the membership than an open floor does. YOUR Personal Training places self-employed trainers into a Manchester health club with trainer numbers capped, 1.5 months rent-free at the start, and 100% of your client income kept.
Are there personal trainer jobs in Southampton?
Yes, there are self-employed personal trainer jobs in Southampton, including in health clubs attached to hotels as well as the standalone gyms that dominate the job boards. A health club inside a hotel gives you two sources of clients rather than one, because you are working with a local membership and with guests staying on site. Southampton is a smaller market than a major city, so the total pool of potential clients is lower and holding on to the clients you win matters more than a constant flow of new faces. YOUR Personal Training places self-employed trainers into a Southampton health club with capped trainer numbers, 1.5 months rent-free and 100% of your earnings kept.
Are there personal trainer jobs in Middlesbrough?
Yes, there are self-employed personal trainer jobs in Middlesbrough, including in town centre health clubs as well as the larger gym chains. A town centre base means your clients come from people who work nearby as well as people who live locally, so early mornings, lunchtimes and evenings can all carry demand rather than one narrow peak. As a self-employed trainer you set your hours around that yourself instead of being given a rota, which is what makes it possible to work part time or build up gradually. YOUR Personal Training places self-employed trainers into a Middlesbrough health club with trainer numbers capped, 1.5 months rent-free, and 100% of what your clients pay kept.
How does the rent-free period work?
A rent-free period means you pay nothing to operate from the club for your first 1.5 months, so you can build a client base before any fees begin. It is one of the longest launch runways in the UK, and it exists because the hardest part of going self-employed is the gap between starting and having enough clients to cover your costs. Throughout it you keep 100% of everything your clients pay you, exactly as you do afterwards, and you get your uniform, a marketing voucher and mentoring from a Regional PT Manager to help you fill the diary quickly. A monthly fee applies once the rent-free period ends.
What is the difference between a gym instructor job and a personal trainer job?
A gym instructor job is usually employed and paid a wage for rostered hours on the gym floor, while a personal trainer job is usually self-employed and paid by your own clients. The qualification separates them, Level 2 for gym instructor and Level 3 for personal trainer, but the difference that shows up on payday is that an instructor's income is fixed by their contract while a trainer's is set by their own rates and client numbers. Plenty of people do both for a period, keeping instructor hours for stability while building a client book. The personal trainer roles at these health clubs are self-employed, with 1.5 months rent-free to bridge that transition.