Survey (Fitness Trainers)

Introduction

It was a trying time for many fitness professionals who worked at the gym during the Covid 19 epidemic especially when the gyms were shut due to social distancing efforts by the local government.

This survey is to gather information to better understand how we can build a sustainable gym concept that can allow trainers to continue with their work in the new normal. This concept aims to be operational even if there would be another outbreak of epidemic similar in nature with the Covid-19.

As we live in a time where globalisation and human movements is at its highest. Any virus outbreak could create havoc to the entire world as we have just witnessed with the case of Covid-19. Will this pandemic ever be over and is everything going to be back to normal? No one can tell.

Hi. My name is Troy. I am a freelance trainer, and my work is tied closely to the gym. The epidemic has impacted my work as much as other fitness trainers. I began to think about new ways we could do our work sustainably.

Therefore, I would appreciate your kind participation in the following survey if you are a personal trainer like myself.

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* 1. How many of your clients are you able to train outside of the gym?

None

1-5 of them

6-10 of them

11-15 of them

All of them

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* 2. Select 3 gym equipment that you find most useful for training your clients at the gym.

Squat Rack

Bench Press

Smith Machine

Cable Machine

Resistance Machines

Dumbbells

Kettlebells

Other (please specify)

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* 3. Name any other training equipments that you find it essential for your clients. You use them to train your clients at your current gym.

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* 4. Name any other training equipments that you would need for your clients but they are not available at your current gym.

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* 5. How did you overcome the absence of this equipment in Q4?

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* 6. Do you prefer to collect payments directly from your client, and pay your gym a fee for usuage, or do you prefer not to deal with your clients directly regards to payment so that you could maintain a greater professional distance.

Collect payment directly from clients. I could get my income as soon as possible.

Prefer a gym, or someone else to collect the fees and maintain a professional distance. I find it useful for instance in cases such as charging the client for "no show" or last minute cancelation because of company's policies in place.

No preference

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* 7. How much are you paying your gym for each client that you train?

Eg 1. I do not get a basic pay. I get approx 50% of the training package which the gym sells. The gym sells to my clients from $70-$80 per session in different package offerings. In other words, I pay the gym about $35-$40 for each client that I train.

Eg 2. I get a basic pay package of $1500. I get approx 20% of the training package which the gym sells. The gym sells to my clients from $70-$80 per session in different package offerings. Base on this, I get paid about $14-$16 per session. I have an average of 100 training sessions per month. Dividing my basic pay of $1500 with 100 sessions, I am paid $15 more for each of the 100 sessions on top of $14-$16. In total, I get paid approx. $29-$31 for each training session. Therefore, I pay the gym between $41 ($70 - $29) - $49 ($80 - $31) for each session I conduct with a client in this scenario.

$1 - $10

$11 - $20

$21 - $30

$31 - $40

$41 - $50

$51 and above

It depends. Not Sure how to calculate that.

I own the gym I train.

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* 8. Do you think your work and income would be affected again when the country moves into the endemic phase?

The gym would very likely to stay open. My work and income should be as usual.

There is a chance for the gym to be closed again if there is a cluster formed during the endemic phase. I somehow feel a little insecure about it.

Even if the gym is opened and running as usual, if there is a cluster formed in the gym I would be concerned about it and avoid working in the gym for a period of time.

I think some of my clients are risk adverse, and would not continue to train with me in the gym and I am looking for alternatives.

I think my company has put in place measures to ensure that our work and income would not be shortchanged even when there is a gym closure, or if there is a cluster formed in the gym and affected my clients show up rate.

It is not possible for my gym to transmit Covid-19 because... (e.g. everyone here wears a mask even while exercising.)

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* 9. Are you keen to know more about Aspire Concept and how it could benefit your work in future? If your answer yes, please fill up your contact details at the next question to keep in touch.

Yes

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* 10. We are currently looking for interested parties to join us in building this new concept together. Are you keen to explore possible involvement?

If you are keen to both Q9 and Q10, please leave your contact details below.
If you are only keen in Q9, or Q10, please indicate after your name. For example, Name: Rayne Tan (Q9), or Name: Jessie Lim (Q10)

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Thank you for participating in our survey. To watch our video presentation again, please visit troy.sg/aspire-concept

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