What You Will Need To Get Started

• In order to be a personal trainer, you need to get certified by a nationally recognized organization. This website has a list of reputable organizations to help you get certified as a licensed personal trainer.
• You will need a basic home gym to train your clients or you can train at your clients’ home.
• You will need to speak with an attorney about forming a legal business entity such as an LLC.
• Your attorney may be able to help you with this, but if not, you should speak to an insurance agent to make sure that you have all of the insurance coverage you are required to have. If someone gets hurt you need to protect your business and home.
• You will need to put the word out about your services. You can also advertise locally, and start a website for your company. On the site, list your location, availability, rates and positive feedback from satisfied customers. You can also try going to a local nutritionist office and see if you can work out a deal to refer clients to one another.
• You can also get certified and work on a contract basis for a local gym. Gyms generally take about half of your fee for allowing you to work there, but it does save you a lot of start up costs. It is also beneficial to the gym because you can bring them new clients.
• Learn more about starting your own personal training business.