Is this a good price - personal trainer?

I'm not sure what rates for a personal trainer are where you are, I'm guessing the USA! But here PTs cost anything from £15-£200 per hour. The offer you mention may be a good deal, but it really depends on the level of knowledge the trainer had and what you are hoping to achieve. Half an hour is not very long for a session. My sessions last anything from 50-90 mins depending on the clients needs.

My gut would be shop around before signing up specially as its sounds like you'll be tied in for 12 months.

I'm currently training to be a trainer and so someone like me would be cheaper than a trainer who has been qualified for a while.

Hope that helps a little.

Hello Michelle,

I know at my gym they charge $50 per hour for one hour sessions and you must choose 24 or 48 sessions, otherwise it is $60/hour. For group training (you''d be sharing the trainer with about 3 others) it would be $30 per hour). I did shop around and a small fitness center offered 3 hour sessions for $99, for personal training, but their prices were then $60 per hour and you had to purchase a lot more sessions than the gym I decided to use.

Given my findings, I would conclude that if it is for individual training, that would be a good deal for you, but not if you are sharing the training sessions with others. Also, you need to make sure you are happy with half-hour sessions. I know for me, personally, I felt that I needed the hour sessions, and I also needed individual training. My trainer had explained to me that group training would be more ideal for those that have had individual training sessions first. Of course, any training is better than none.

I also wanted to add that while my sessions don't start until next week, I did have the trainer show me how to personalize my workout on a treadmill yesterday, and I had a more productive workout in 20 minutes than I had doing it myself for 45 minutes, so training is really worth the price.

I hope this gives you some more insight and good luck in your decision.

Daphne

Hi Michelle

Thats actually a good deal. Here they charge around $45 for half hour. Rip off if you ask me. Cant get much done in half an hour. Im studying Personal Training and my sessions will go for a hour(45 min work out, 15 min cooldown and stretch) and they will be around the same price as a half hour sesh.

i used to pay my trainer $20 per hour and she was well worth it. I donno the rates in your area but it sounds like your trainer is charging you 105$ for 2 hours of workout per month...thats like 50$+ per hour. But it all depends on the area and stuff. if money is of concern, try finding independant trainers rather than via gyms

Um OK- well I have a different suggestion for you or anyone else who might be interested and on a budget. I live in Nicaragua, go to a great gym, have a fantastic semi-personal trainer (the gym has the best equipped weight room I have seen - admittedly my experience is limited- and it is equipped with one trainer in the morning M-S and two in the afternoon M-F, for whoever is there but I always get PLENTY of attention). And sit down first what I pay is $30 per MONTH for everything. So why don't you look for a place to take a two week vacation and work with the trainers there LOL - then you'd have your routine set... Just a thought.

It's also very important you feel you are getting what you need from your trainer. If you feel like you're not, speak up, you are paying so you have every right to get what you're paying for.

I paid $2400(including taxes) for 36 1hr sessions at my gym. so thats $66/session(incl tax). holy crap, i paid that much?! lol. BUT if your gym offers group classes and youve never tried them before, id say give that a whilr b4 u shell out the dough for a trainer!

I'm working on personal trainer certification right now, so this is a pretty interesting thread for me.

the price itself seems ok but price is not the main consideration with a trainer, most of the trainers at the big box gyms like 24 hour fitness and la fitness are just random kids off the street that went through some "course" that the gym manages rather than true personal fitness training. I just lookd and LA fitness doesn't list ANY certification being required for their trainers, and I know 24 hour fitness just has them go through some sort of session which 24 hour fitness calls a certification but it just means they're certified by 24 hour fitness.

I have seen the trainers at my 24 hour fitness and its really a crap shoot - there's one "master" trainer that ACTUALLY has a real certification like an ACE or something, and the rest are random people - I've seen a couple who obviously had some knowledge on their own (its not like you can't learn yourself) and others who walk their client over to the elliptical and then have them workout with some little handweights and then do some crunches. You don't need a trainer to do that - total waste of money.

So I'd say -find out the experience and qualifications of the person you'd be working with. Talk to them and ask what they'd do with you in that session and if they'd give you a program to follow outside of their sessions. If it sounds good, then go for it, the price is in line with what gyms seem to charge.

A good personal trainer is absolutely an asset to your fitness goals. A worthless one is ....well. Not worth 50/hour.

The price is alright but it varies from place to place.

I agree with Tameko. Personality and training go a long way. I had personal trainer a few years back that I worked with for a few weeks but ended up severing our relationship because 1) she NEVER gave me a consistant schedule. I said I wanted Saturday Morning every week and I never got that. once she had a session with me at 8pm. WAY to late in my opinion to be working out and 2) she started nagging instead of pushing me. I think our personalities just started rubbing me the wrong way.

I am currently taking a bootcamp class with 2 trainers (one is a new one I found and love) and it actually works out to be cheaper in the long run for me to take the class instead. I pay $250 for a 6weeks 3xs a week for 45 minutes each. That works out to like $14 dollars a session.

SO try to see if you can't get into some smaller fitness classes.

Good luck.

That's a great deal price wise... but I would suggest you stay away from contracts... especially a year long one?!?!

I pay $100 for 4 half-hour sessions per month- and I think it's a great deal. (Used to pay $50 for 1 half hour session). Personally- I find the half hour to be plenty for me. Don't think I could handle 1 hour. I find working with a trainer is super beneficial because

1- they'll teach me to use the equipment I'm afraid of (and use it correctly)
2- expand my knowledge about fitness/my body
3- push me harder than I would EVER push myself.
4- incentive to GO to the gym (keeps me accountable)

I use a very hyper trainer who brings a lot of energy to our sessions- which is super helpful to me.

Good luck to you! It's well worth it in my opinion!

Wow! I must get a great deal according to some of you! I pay $35/session and my sessions last anywhere from 45 min to 1 hour and 45 minutes depending on what we're working on. My trainer is knowledgable and a former body builder and has competed in power lifting and strongman. He trains me for power lifting and strongman. The gym I go to is a local strongman gym that very well eqipped!

I'd be very leery of committing to a whole bunch of sessions before you meet the trainer and try out a few sessions. You might need to try out a few trainers before you find the one that's right for you!

the price itself seems ok but price is not the main consideration with a trainer, most of the trainers at the big box gyms like 24 hour fitness and la fitness are just random kids off the street that went through some "course" that the gym manages rather than true personal fitness training. I just lookd and LA fitness doesn't list ANY certification being required for their trainers, and I know 24 hour fitness just has them go through some sort of session which 24 hour fitness calls a certification but it just means they're certified by 24 hour fitness.

I have seen the trainers at my 24 hour fitness and its really a crap shoot - there's one "master" trainer that ACTUALLY has a real certification like an ACE or something, and the rest are random people - I've seen a couple who obviously had some knowledge on their own (its not like you can't learn yourself) and others who walk their client over to the elliptical and then have them workout with some little handweights and then do some crunches. You don't need a trainer to do that - total waste of money.

So I'd say -find out the experience and qualifications of the person you'd be working with. Talk to them and ask what they'd do with you in that session and if they'd give you a program to follow outside of their sessions. If it sounds good, then go for it, the price is in line with what gyms seem to charge.

A good personal trainer is absolutely an asset to your fitness goals. A worthless one is ....well. Not worth 50/hour.

I have to agree with this. My suggestion would be to watch how a trainer interacts with their clients before hiring. My gym has a horrible female trainer that does group sessions and pretty much doesn't watch a single move her clients do bc they do everything with crap form and doesn't challenge them. If I'm paying someone whether in a group setting or individual you better be concerned with me performing to my fullest.

In the end though, you can pay someone all you want, the effort still needs to come from you for the change.

There is no way I would sign a year long contract.