Personal Trainer

At Sozo Lifestyle Medicine we use evidence-based medical practices to promote lifestyle modification as the foundation for care. Our goal is to empower patients to take charge of their health, teaching them skills to prevent and reverse chronic disease and encouraging them to engage in our community of members seeking a healthy lifestyle.

We focus on medical care, nutrition (promoting plant rich eating pattern), fitness, mental wellness, community and service to others to help people work towards a healthy lifestyle. We are developing a team of health professionals who are on board with this mission.

Job Description

• Responsible for both personal training and group fitness activities
• Create and implement fitness plans for members
• Coach members in their health journeys
• Perform initial assessments and In-Body scans
• Work with our physical therapists to help implement their recommendations
• Communicate with members in person, online and by phone
• Plan a daily workout to post in the gym and online
• Keep the facility in order
• Be proactive in facilitating the daily workings of Sozo
• During slower times we will use whatever skillset you have outside of personal training. Possibilities include (but certainly not limited to- so feel free to tell us what skills you have!):

*Social Media

*Blog writing

*Networking

*Technology

*Assist with medical visits (check vital signs/blood sugar etc.)

*Facilitate workshops

*Business organization/calendar management

*Assist with daily patient care tasks

*What skills do you have?

Requirements

• Personal training experience and the ability to work with members of all ages and abilities
• Excited to learn about and promote lifestyle medicine
• Excellent communication skills – encouraging, positive attitude, ability to give constructive feedback
• Willingness to take an active role in Sozo’s development
• Proactive

Sozo Values

• Community: We encourage members to be involved in our community and are looking for a coach who is excited to get to know people and would like to be engaged in our community activities including classes, service projects, 5ks and other events outside of Sozo.
• Integrity: We are looking for a coach who works hard, shows up on time, is professional and strives to be a person of integrity.
• Growth: Personal - Everyone at Sozo is on their own personal growth journey. We expect that our trainers are too! We hope that you have a mindset that is moving and working towards your goals and we are excited to help you pursue those. Business - As a newer business we want to find a trainer who is willing to help us grow as a business - someone who will spread the word about Sozo and help our community grow.
• Wholeness: The word Sozo means to preserve, heal and make whole. Our hope is to work with members on all aspects of their wellbeing – physical, mental and spiritual. We hope to find a coach who is not just a trainer but someone who is willing to get to know people and be an encouragement to them in all areas of their health.
• Service: We believe that service is good for the soul and is a large part of overall wellness. We would love to find a coach who has a heart for service.

Pay

• Pay is hourly, based on experience
• The gym is available to you during off hours to train your own, non-member, clients (we charge 25% of your income for training services to use the space if you are training your own clients).

Hours

Current hours needed: Occasional hours needed for 6:30am-10am and 3pm-6pm M-Fri

*More hours available:

• If you have a skillset that we can use outside of training we may have more hours for you
• Personal training your own clients at our facility (we would charge 25% of your intake for facility use)
• Personal training our clients outside of business hours
• Teach Saturday morning classes

*Our current hours of operation are 6:30am-10am and 3pm-6pm, however we are a newer business and are constantly growing. Our goal will be to be open through the day and on Saturday mornings. So there is room for more hours to come as we grow!

Check us out

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Job Type: Part-time

Salary: $20.00 - $24.00 per hour

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Evening shift
• Monday to Friday
• On call