5 Personal Fitness Trainer Success Stories [2024]

Updated: November 1st, 2023
Become A Personal Fitness Trainer

A personal trainer demonstrates exercises and routines to clients. A professional trainer takes a holistic approach to fitness and helps the clients attain a healthy lifestyle and attitude.

Personal trainers enjoy unlimited earning potential because they can work for several clients. Besides, they enjoy flexible working hours, become their own boss, and enjoy maximum job satisfaction.

Here are some real life success stories of starting a personal fitness trainer:

1. Fierce & Fit ($60K/year)

How much they make: $60K/year
Current team size:

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How to Go from 0 to $5,000/Month with Online Training

Latina business owner Michelle Riley-Snyder took her online platform, Fierce & Fit, from $0 to $5K/month through social media and leveraging client relationships, helping modern professional women to achieve their best physical and mental health with personalized workout routines, customized meal plans, and motivation.

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They started Fierce & Fit over 9 years ago
Revenue
They grew the business to $5K/month
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2. Winning Mentality Fitness ($120K/year)

How much they make: $120K/year
Current team size:

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How Brandon jumped from in-person training to earning $10K/month in 3 months

Winning Mentality Fitness, led by Brandon Woo of the Bay area, grew his fitness coaching company from in-person to online training, expanding his company's monthly revenue to $10,000 with the help of Everit software and creating a new source of income that allowed him to be selective about his personal clients.

About
They started Winning Mentality Fitness over 10 years ago
Revenue
They grew the business to $10K/month
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Learn more about starting a personal fitness trainer:

Where to start?

-> How much does it cost to start a personal fitness trainer?
-> Pros and cons of a personal fitness trainer

Need inspiration?

-> Examples of established personal fitness trainer
-> Marketing ideas for a personal fitness trainer

Other resources

3. F45 Training ($31.8M/year)

How much they make: $31.8M/year
Current team size: 4107

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ABOUT TIME YOU MET: ROB DEUTSCH, FOUNDER AND CEO OF F45

F45 Training is a global fitness community that generated $134 million in revenue in 2021, with over 1,750 studios in 45 countries worldwide and opens 40-50 franchises across the globe, as their innovative team training focuses on high-intensity group workouts.

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Adam started F45 Training over 11 years ago
Revenue
Adam grew the business to $2.65M/month
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