Personal Trainer Career Accelerator Internship

The Personal Trainer Career Accelerator Internship is a structured, mentorship-driven program designed for career changers, recent graduates, newly certified trainers, and individuals preparing to transition into professional personal training. Interns work alongside experienced personal trainers in a private, one-on-one training environment while developing practical skills in movement assessment, individualized program design, client communication, behavior change, and long-term client success.

What You Will Do

Interns will shadow experienced personal trainers, learn movement assessments and exercise selection, practice exercise progression and regression, develop skills in coaching and communication, and participate in coaching exercises focused on rapport, behavior change, and client accountability.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The right candidate will have a genuine interest in helping people create sustainable changes in their health, fitness, and daily habits, strong interpersonal skills, emotional maturity, dependability, and professional judgment, and a serious interest in transitioning into professional personal training following successful completion of the program.

Requirements

• Career changer, recent graduate, newly certified trainer, or individual actively preparing to enter the personal training profession
• College degree in Exercise Science, Kinesiology, Sports Medicine, Health Science, or a related field is welcomed but not required
• Professional experience in another field, coaching, teaching, healthcare, hospitality, customer service, leadership, or another people-focused role is strongly valued
• Comfortable building relationships and communicating professionally with an adult clientele
• Genuine interest in helping people create sustainable changes in their health, fitness, and daily habits
• Strong interpersonal skills, emotional maturity, dependability, and professional judgment
• Receptive to coaching, feedback, accountability, and continuous learning
• Able to commit approximately 10 to 20 hours per week during the internship

Benefits

• Structured mentorship from experienced Fitness Together personal trainers
• Hands-on experience in private one-on-one personal training
• Real-world education in assessment, program design, exercise modification, behavior change, communication, and client retention
• Experience working with an established adult clientele with diverse goals, abilities, and life experiences
• Development of interpersonal and coaching skills that are difficult to learn through certification coursework alone
• Access to a significantly discounted NASM Certified Personal Trainer certification pathway for interns pursuing certification
• Structured feedback and final career readiness evaluation
• Certificate of completion
• Letter of recommendation for qualified interns who successfully complete the program
• Potential consideration for future employment with Fitness Together based on performance, qualifications, availability, and business needs