Equinox Trainers?

[CM82682]

Anyone work for an equinox club or know much about them? Good, bad and everything inbetween. Just trying to round up some info about them. Thanks all!

[ny58]

Anyone work for an equinox club or know much about them? Good, bad and everything inbetween. Just trying to round up some info about them. Thanks all!

i never worked there but in NY they are looked as a prestigious gym and a good place to work. . def cant go wrong with equinox

[CM82682]

i never worked there but in NY they are looked as a prestigious gym and a good place to work. . def cant go wrong with equinox

Thanks for that bro. Anyone else have any input?

[kserajuddin]

I've heard it's terrible - here's what I heard from one guy five years ago -
That trainers charged about $90 per session, but took home about $27 of that -
most of the day was spent giving orientations - you would spend 60 hours a week in the gym to earn a good income - he told me he was one of the best sellers there, but the job was terrible -

I'm yet to hear a positive story from any trainer in any major gym - this includes equinox, sports club LA, anywhere - These gyms look at PT as a revenue earner, and exploit their trainers to earn it -

These places are just good for a little experience - after that you've got it go solo - clients are getting hip to the fact that big gyms are just sales factories and are going elsewhere too for their fitness and their training -

But one positive I heard about Equinox is a lot of hot chicks ...

[jdmalm123]

equinox here in NY charges 50, 60 or 70 per session depending on the trainer's experience, but like most gyms, they rob the trainer and keep the bulk. I worked p/t at XSPORT and they charged $50/session and I got only $15 of that.

Now I am independent and charge $50-80 and keep it all.

[MVP]

Equinox is just like the rest of the commercial gyms. They are all the same. SALES SALES SALES.....forget the client. Club takes 90% of your pay!

[kserajuddin]

But one positive I heard about Equinox is a lot of hot chicks ...

Although if you're a scrubby trainer here, I don't know who'd go for you -

[CM82682]

[QUOTE=kserajuddin;166617281]I've heard it's terrible - here's what I heard from one guy five years ago -
That trainers charged about $90 per session, but took home about $27 of that -
QUOTE]

Interesting. From what I can gather they have different levels of trainers ranging from level 1 to level 4 or teir 1 - teir 4 as they call it. There must be some type of pay scale and decent money if you are a high level trainer. Anyone know anything about their pay scale or the teir system?

[Jimmy29LI]

Interesting. From what I can gather they have different levels of trainers ranging from level 1 to level 4 or teir 1 - teir 4 as they call it. There must be some type of pay scale and decent money if you are a high level trainer. Anyone know anything about their pay scale or the teir system?

The pay scale is terrible and each club has way too many inexperienced trainers that flood the floor...speaking from experience. They also try to influence the way you train.

[michaelmark12]

Anyone work for an equinox club or know much about them? Good, bad and everything inbetween. Just trying to round up some info about them. Thanks all!

I've been working at Equinox here in the Los Angeles area for about 5 months. They are very difficult to work for. It's like working for "Big Brother". They are always watching what you do. They make it so you do not have outside clients. What they do is make you have "Floor Shifts" This means you walk around the floor for 4 hours a day up to 5 days a week until you get in 21 sessions per week. This makes it difficult to train outside clients. They pay is better then most clubs and you can make good money if you only work there. As do most clubs they do charge the client up to $100 per hour and you make anywhere between $24 - $44 per hour, depending on your tier. If this is your only training job, then it's a good job if you can deal with some of the BS. If you have outside clients like I do, it's impossible to get in all of your sessions.

[ThaiFighter_83]

I had an interview with Woodland Hills Equinox 2 days ago. Regardless of what any of you say, it's a whole lot better than my current position at LA McFitness! They pay me 8 dollars per 1/2 session. Ever since I got my CSCS a couple weeks ago, I've been sending my applications EVERYWHERE, including Equinox.

But about the floor shifts...When are they exactly? Can I choose when they are?

[mydamnself]

It always depends on the Gym. The ones here in the Bay Area in CA are pretty good. I used to work for the PA one and it was a good place to start. I still work with them training the trainers with kettlebells. In my opinion if you aren't ready to go independent it's a good place to make your bones and pick up higher finance clientelle. It's all what you make of it.

[HitItHard]

I had an interview with Woodland Hills Equinox 2 days ago. Regardless of what any of you say, it's a whole lot better than my current position at LA McFitness! They pay me 8 dollars per 1/2 session. Ever since I got my CSCS a couple weeks ago, I've been sending my applications EVERYWHERE, including Equinox.

But about the floor shifts...When are they exactly? Can I choose when they are?

8 dollars per half session is actually fairly good, around here (CSCS myself) I was making 9.50 and 10 an hour at my universities. Only good thing is we dont have to worry about getting clients.

[Al Shades]

8 dollars per half session is actually fairly good, around here (CSCS myself) I was making 9.50 and 10 an hour at my universities. Only good thing is we dont have to worry about getting clients.

I'm sorry, but $16/hr is absolutely pathetic. I wouldn't even think of getting anything less than $35.

So what's this? Equinox makes people pay $1000 for their in-house training program before they're eligible to work there?

http://www2.equinoxfitness.com/news/...eg_Form_08.pdf

[Al Shades]

I had an interview with Woodland Hills Equinox 2 days ago. Regardless of what any of you say, it's a whole lot better than my current position at LA McFitness! They pay me 8 dollars per 1/2 session. Ever since I got my CSCS a couple weeks ago, I've been sending my applications EVERYWHERE, including Equinox.

But about the floor shifts...When are they exactly? Can I choose when they are?

Tell me about Equinox and I'll tell you about floor shifts.

[HitItHard]

I'm sorry, but $16/hr is absolutely pathetic. I wouldn't even think of getting anything less than $35.

So what's this? Equinox makes people pay $1000 for their in-house training program before they're eligible to work there?

http://www2.equinoxfitness.com/news/...eg_Form_08.pdf

maybe in Mass but here $16 is pretty good

[MVP]

Equinox is a higher end commercial gym, that caters to people with cash flow. Memberships are $100ish a month. Anyone that can fork out $100 a month, can more than likely purchase the expensive PT that equinox provides, which makes sense

In all reality though, it's just like any other commercial gym. It's all about making money, hitting your monthly goals. Sales, Sales, Sales. They can care less about the clients. That's corporate for ya

[The Raw Body]

I worked there for 2 years and it was a great experience. I did anywhere from 30-40(plus or minus) sessions a week and made a lot of money. If you go all the way up to tier 4, you are making 60 something an hour plus bonus. If you're busy and single, tier 2 will more than pay all of your bills. Floor shifts are only for trainers doing less than 20 sessions a week and are a great way to get clients-you book assessments on your floors hifts and before long you won't be doing floorshifts any longer. EQ also has a great continual in house educational program which is much more in depth than any cert you'll likely take. There are a few too many rules for my taste but I imagine that this varies from club to club, depending on whether or not your manager cares to enforce them. I was never pressured even in the slightest to sell there. At least for me, it couldn't have been further from the sell sell sell approach at other gym-it's really not necessary at EQ because all the members have money and want to spend it. We didn't have enough trainers to accomodate the demand. I never had a monthly sales goal and I don't think anyone else did either. For those who are still ramping up, we did have monthly session goals but no one was ever under any pressure from management in regards to that unless they were really low-I don't actually know how low because I was never in this situation. Having said that, I went back and visited recently and they told me that they had to get rid of some people that were consistantly not full time-which is 20 per week...so I guess that answers that. But 20 per week, if it's your full time gig really shouldn't be hard at all at that club.

[Al Shades]

Rawlife,

Appreciate your input about Equinox. Very interesting. May I ask you a couple followup questions?

I see that you live in Sweden. I assume that you were working with Equinox in the States? Was it on the East Coast?

Also, you mention that they have 4 tiers of trainers with different pay scales. Would you mind posting the pay range from highest to lowest tier? And lastly, does everyone have to start at the first tier, or can people with prior experience and multiple certs start at a higher tier?

Thanks in advance

[The Raw Body]

Rawlife,

Appreciate your input about Equinox. Very interesting. May I ask you a couple followup questions?

I see that you live in Sweden. I assume that you were working with Equinox in the States? Was it on the East Coast?

Also, you mention that they have 4 tiers of trainers with different pay scales. Would you mind posting the pay range from highest to lowest tier? And lastly, does everyone have to start at the first tier, or can people with prior experience and multiple certs start at a higher tier?

Thanks in advance

NP. I don't remember the pay scales exactly but it starts in the 20s and ends, I believe, in the 60s. Everyone starts at Tier 1-multiple certs, degrees, and experience are the norm at EQ-that said, there are beginners as well. I worked in Chicago.

[phuture]

Any idea what it's like working as a Sales Advisor? I'm just wondering if there is a decent base pay before commission, and if they have paid training, etc.

[MikeCaulo]

I never have but have worked with trainers that have been at equinox and didn't have too much to say but did mention that pay was competitive and they do offer to pay for CE if you qualify.

[Ronin4help]

Anyone work for an equinox club or know much about them? Good, bad and everything inbetween. Just trying to round up some info about them. Thanks all!

Just go there and speak to some of the trainers there. Get some 'boots on the ground' intel.