I am a passionate personal trainer with 11 years of experience; of which over 9 have been with CityFitness. I have worked with a diverse range of people through varying roles within the club. I am motivated by seeing development and growth in myself and the people I work with. I am a goal-orientated team player with experience in providing education and support to the team.
⦁ Provide quality service to my clients and assist them in reaching their goals.
⦁ Effective communication with clients.
⦁ Highly experienced in working with elderly, special populations and injuries.
⦁ Maintain High Conversion Rates and Client Retention.
⦁ Continue to maintain ongoing support and assistance to prior clients.
⦁ On-going self-directed learning and research.
⦁ Provide a positive attitude within the gym to fellow CityFitness staff, trainers and members.
⦁ Responsible for the development, sales and running of internal group fitness classes and increasing overall membership engagement.
⦁ Adapted classes to meet needs of participants with varying fitness levels.
⦁ Mentoring and training of junior trainers in personal training and group fitness.
⦁ Continued to run a successful personal training business.
⦁ Developed and implemented new selling strategies and training skills under mentorship as a new Personal Trainer at CityFitness.
⦁ Willingly and actively took on advice and knowledge given to me by my CityFitness mentors.
⦁ Group Fitness instructor for 'Kick' choreographed classes (2015)
⦁ Developed a series of group training classes with other personal trainers
⦁ First personal trainer from Napier CityFitness to take the opportunity to transition from employee to contractor model
⦁ Learned business requirements that come with being a contractor - invoicing, IRD filing, expense deductibility, ACC levies etc
⦁ Achieved high conversion rates and client retention.
⦁ Actively worked on the growth of my business and providing a service that added value to my clients.
⦁ As head coach (2015-2018) I provided personal trainers with ongoing training, motivation and support to develop their sales skills and training techniques.
⦁ On-boarding and sales of CityFitness programs to new trainers
⦁ Approached interviews with potential personal trainers fairly and objectively and assessed their current knowledge and experience as well as their ability to learn.
⦁ Scheduled regular group training sessions as well as one-on-one support in order to assist the personal trainers in specific areas of their business where they needed direction.
⦁ Upheld a high retention rate of personal trainers as well as my own clients
⦁ Worked with the team to achieve a high standard of knowledge and fitness training for CityFitness members.
⦁ Efficiently assisted the club manager with issues within the gym
⦁ After leaving the head coach position provide ongoing support for the new head coach
⦁ Maintain good relationships with the trainers, staff and members in order to uphold a positive environment and gym culture
⦁ Alongside my study at EIT I worked as a instructor at Fierce Fitness to gain experience in the fitness industry.
⦁ Developing and running of large group fitness classes with people of various abilities and ages.
⦁ Sports team training - focusing on general strength and conditioning.
⦁ Running of scheduled classes (boxing and kickboxing).
⦁ Personal training.
⦁ Leadership skills
⦁ Sales skills
⦁ Time Management
⦁ Team Management
⦁ Interviewing and Recruitment
⦁ Coaching and Mentoring
⦁ Goal Setting and Performance Metrics
⦁ Experienced with elderly and special population training
⦁ Group Fitness training (choreographed, boot camps, circuits)
⦁ Advanced knowledge in corrective exercise and neuromuscular stretching