About This Role
Working with groups and participants of different ages and abilities, the Group Fitness Instructor leads safe, engaging, and welcoming fitness experiences. This role suits a certified instructor who loves helping people move better and wants flexible opportunities to bring their expertise into the community.
Responsibilities
- Lead safe, engaging, professionally structured specialty fitness classes
- Deliver programming appropriate to your area of certification and expertise
- Modify movements and exercises for different fitness, mobility, and experience levels
- Create an encouraging, inclusive, and motivating environment
- Work with individuals, groups, active-aging populations, residential communities, corporate wellness programs, and community organizations
- Arrive prepared, professional, and on time for scheduled programs
- Communicate effectively with participants, facility partners, and GYMGUYZ management
- Follow appropriate safety and emergency procedures
- Help participants improve movement, confidence, strength, mobility, balance, and overall wellness
- Represent GYMGUYZ’s core values — Determination, Respect, Integrity, Versatility, Excellence (DRIVE) — in every class and interaction
Requirements
- Current certification appropriate to your specialty or discipline
- CPR/AED certification or willingness to obtain prior to assignment
- Previous group fitness, coaching, or instructional experience preferred
- Strong communication and participant-engagement skills
- Ability to safely modify programming for participants with different abilities and fitness levels
- Reliable transportation and willingness to travel to assigned locations throughout Northern Virginia
- Professionalism, dependability, punctuality, and positive energy
- Comfort working independently while being part of a larger GYMGUYZ team
Nice to have:
- Multiple specialty certifications are highly valued
- Experience working with older adults, beginners, adaptive populations, individuals with mobility limitations, or participants requiring exercise modifications is especially valuable
Benefits
- Employee discounts
- Flexible scheduling
- Free uniforms
- Opportunity for advancement
- Competitive instructor compensation
- Opportunities to teach at multiple partner locations
- Paid onboarding and ongoing professional development
- Opportunities to expand into additional GYMGUYZ programs
- Potential career growth within GYMGUYZ Northern Virginia
- Support from our local management and training team
- The opportunity to make a meaningful impact in the communities we serve
Important Details
- Schedule: Flexible, part-time opportunities with potential for expanded hours
About the Company
At GYMGUYZ Northern Virginia, they bring fitness directly to individuals, residential communities, organizations, workplaces, and community partners. As a leader in mobile fitness, GYMGUYZ brings professional fitness services directly to the people and organizations that need them.