A Strength Trainer is the perfect combination of a personal trainer and a strength coach. Strength Trainers take the psychology, accountability, and relationship building of a personal trainer and weave that together with the programming, form coaching, and technical knowledge of a strength coach.

Our clients are primarily beginners to strength training. These are people who have decided strength training is the best mode of exercise to reach their individual goals. We do not work with anyone under 18 years old, and we do not provide physical therapy. Most clients are between the ages of 30-50 and are relatively able-bodied. We screen each client before selling them personal training to ensure a good fit and refer out when appropriate.

The Director at each gym is responsible for generating new clients for Strength Trainers. Your job is to keep clients happy by helping them knock their goals out of the park. Because you do not need to worry about marketing yourself or selling to clients on the floor you will be able to focus all of your energy and efforts on becoming the best trainer you can be.

We only offer one-hour, one-on-one personal training sessions at a frequency of 2-5 times per week. There is also a limit on the number of clients you can be assigned. This limit ensures that you do not get overwhelmed and that your clients receive the best possible service you can provide.

On your first day with us you will be assigned a mentor. Your mentor is a senior trainer with years of full-time personal training experience as a member of our team. Your mentor will meet with you weekly to review your clients' progress, their struggles, and provide insights on how you can help clients succeed. Each month you will meet with the Head Trainer and Director to discuss your personal goals and to offer their support on how you can continue to grow. In addition to these meetings, you will partake weekly in a one-hour discussion with your team on a predetermined topic designed to spur thought & expand your skillset.

As an intern your day will consist of actively shadowing training sessions with your mentor, a daily debrief and discussion about those sessions, lifting with the team, and then studying for your personal trainer certification with the help of your mentor.

In addition to gaining an education in personal training and strength coaching, you will have access to our educational materials for further learning, our study systems for passing your nationally accredited certification, and our facility to work out. After the successful completion of your internship you will be able to successfully train beginners better than most personal trainers that have years of experience.

You will be working with clients from all walks of life. Most of our clients are beginners in fitness and these are the clients that are the most rewarding to train. In addition, you’ll be able to work with clients with injuries and limitations, giving you the opportunity to see how much strength training can improve their lives.

The Strength Trainer internship is centered around providing hands-on experience. You will be actively coaching and learning in each client’s training session. In addition the internship is paired with an online course created specifically for personal training in a 1-on-1 setting. In addition our internship only brings on one intern per semester to ensure that the entire team can provide the intern with knowledge.

The Gym’s Head Trainer is directly responsible for teaching you everything you need to know. You will be actively shadowing with the Head Trainer and participating in daily meetings and weekly in-services. The Head Trainer is someone who has over 2,000 hours of personal training at Seriously Strong Training with the knowledge and expertise to guide you to success. The Gym’s Director of Operations oversees your internship process and ensures that our standards of education are always improving.

Our internship is unpaid due to the educational value that you receive. This internship is equivalent to taking a college class on becoming a premier trainer. If you are offered a Strength Trainer position with us you will be reimbursed for your certification expenses.

The Strength Trainer internship lasts 1-3 months depending upon the skills you start with and your progress along the way. At the end of each month your skills, knowledge, and technical ability will be assessed to decide whether you are ready to complete the final strength trainer exam or if you need to continue learning.