The Perfect Workout reviews

-The pay is not great and unpredictable. I came in with an empty schedule so I had to build it up myself. You get paid very little if you don't have clients so I was barely making enough to survive for a bit. Clients cancelled often, which meant I only got paid the low base rate for those empty slots. If you don't have clients you don't get money. Even with a full schedule, I was just making enough to cover my expenses. -Clients can be very spread apart on your schedule, especially in the beginning. I would sometimes have two clients at 3pm for example, and then another three starting at 6. This left a three-hour gap where I wasn't getting paid and had to find a way to fill my time. -Very repetitive. You basically count to 10 over and over all day. There is some room for personalizing each client's session, but overall you're leading clients through the same workout all day. This got to be draining for me. -A full client load is a lot at around 13 clients. That's a lot of people to see each day, at least in my opinion. -Fellow employees called in sick to work often, so I often felt cornered into working doubles to cover the shifts...26 clients in a day. That's a lot of counting to 10. -Turnover rate is very high. It's like a revolving door. -The low-motion strength training certification is not recognized by other gyms. If you want to work in regular gyms, or even on your own, go for NASM. -Some of the studios were in old-looking buildings in random locations. I would have never known these places were gyms and they didn't look very upscale. I assume the owner chooses this buildings because they're lower cost. -Opportunities for upward mobility are few and far between.

- On the job listing this company markets that the average hourly they pay is $19 because that’s the average of all the trainers within their company (72 studios in the nation). That is only reflective of trainers with FULL daily schedules, lots of traffic/clients and they fail to explain that when you have no clients you only make $9.50-10 an hour - in the beginning, especially when taking over a new studio or empty schedule, pay is very low. It can be as little as $300 a week which is barely enough to survive off of if you are a person with high rent, expenses, have kids, etc. I am lucky that I live rent free and am using this job to give me some income while I prepare for my next step/career in life - it is frustrating to encounter people who don’t sign up or quit when science based evidence is right in front of their faces. You have to learn to not take it so personal when people give up - but for someone who genuinely cares about the health and well being of others it’s hard - Often times it is draining to count to 10 so many times in one day for so many clients. It’s hard to fight the repetitive/bored mindset. When I have a packed schedule and see 16 clients in one day it is draining....more so than you would imagine because you have no time for breaks to eat, drink water, rest your voice, etc. - the 20 minute workout is time efficient but it makes it hard to truly connect with clients and give them a “personal experience” - very small team so you rarely have other trainers to cover your shifts if you get sick, need vacation time, etc. and people often come and go from this company so you see new faces a lot - no paid time off or sick leave, so if you wake up feeling sick one morning you can’t just call off work. You have to show up or cancel on all your clients and result in giving them a free workout next time. - the certification process takes 2 MONTHS...do NOT quit your job in hopes that this will immediately be a new lucrative career. It takes time. The certification process is brutal and long. And it’s only part time (2-3 days a week at $10 an hour) so the pay is VERY low