Personal Trainer - Salem YMCA - Salem YMCA

As a Personal Trainer at the Salem YMCA, you will help deliver high-quality member and program participant experiences through hands-on instruction while customizing workouts to meet individual clients' needs. Day to day you will engage members on the fitness floor by performing exercise demonstrations and machine overviews, suggesting workouts to new and current members, offering complimentary workouts, and responding quickly to members who exhibit signs of need. In addition to meeting regularly with clients, you recommend adaptations and modifications to ensure suitable progression based on abilities. It will be your responsibility to assist members as needed, act as a greeter to everyone entering the fitness center, respond to inquiries, and work to maintain the cleanliness and functioning of all equipment.

To thrive in the position, you must have proven personal training or exercise training experience and the ability to work with people from a diverse population with varying abilities. You must have extensive knowledge of health and fitness principles and components, exercise prescription, and strength training machines. The incumbent for this role values assessment and evaluation of individual client health and understands the development of individualized personal training plans.

In addition to quality work environment our YMCA offers competitive salaries, benefits and professional development opportunities including;

• Free YMCA membership and employee discounts on programs.
  
• Paid training and development.
  
• Advancement and growth opportunities within our seven YMCA locations.
  
• Retirement fund with 12% company contribution (once vested/no match required)
  
• Sick time accrual
  

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in physical education or related field preferred
• Certification from a nationally recognized agency such as ACE, AFFA, ASCM, NSCA, and NSPA preferred

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Sufficient strength, agility, and mobility to perform all physical aspects of the position, including leading classes and activities, walking, standing, bending, reaching, and lifting
• Must be able to lift 45-pound weight plates
• Must be able to stand for long periods of time
• Ability to listen, hear, and discern members & program participants' wants, needs, and interests
• Ability to respond to safety and emergency situations
• Ability to demonstrate equipment used for exercise training

The YMCA is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination and equal opportunity for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religious creed, protected genetic information, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, or veteran's status.