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Personal Trainer resume example

Template: Cedar · Level: Mid-level

Education, health & fitness

Personal Trainer resume example

A personal trainer resume for a certified trainer with five years on the gym floor. The certifications are where a gym manager looks first, and the bullets show client retention and package sales, the two numbers a club watches most closely.

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Why this resume works

  1. Certifications up front

    NASM-CPT is in the headline and the CPR/AED course has a recent date, so the reader can tick off the requirements from the job ad at once.

  2. Retention and revenue

    Clients who keep training for a year and a rise in package sales show a trainer people pay to keep seeing, not only one who knows the exercises.

  3. Safe, and within the role

    Adapting training for back pain or after rehab, alongside a physiotherapist, shows judgment without claiming to treat anyone.

Example personal trainer bullet points

Use them as a starting point and replace the numbers with your own results. Never add a number you could not explain in an interview.

  • Trained 25–30 regular clients a week in one-to-one and small-group sessions, with 90% of clients still training after 12 months
  • Designed individual programs from a movement screen and a goal-setting session, reviewing progress every 6 weeks
  • Helped 40+ clients reach the goals they set at the start, from a first pull-up to a first 10K race
  • Grew personal training revenue at the club by 35% in a year by turning free induction sessions into paid packages
  • Ran 6 group classes a week (strength, HIIT and mobility) with an average of 18 members per class
  • Built a 12-week beginner strength program that 4 other trainers at the gym now use
  • Adapted training for clients with back pain, during pregnancy and after rehab, working alongside their physiotherapists
  • Carried out daily equipment safety checks and served as one of the club's first-aid and CPR responders
  • Coached 12 clients online with video check-ins and app-based programs while they moved or traveled

Skills worth considering

  • Program design
  • Strength and conditioning
  • Movement assessment
  • Group classes (HIIT, circuit)
  • General nutrition guidance
  • Training around injuries
  • Client retention
  • CPR and AED
  • Online coaching
  • Body composition testing
  • Selling training packages
  • Motivational coaching

Tips, section by section

Profile
Two or three sentences: who you are, what you are strongest at and what you are looking for. For example:
Certified personal trainer with 5 years of experience in one-to-one and small-group coaching. Builds programs from a proper assessment, keeps clients training for the long term and adapts sessions safely around injuries and other health needs.
Experience
Most recent job first. Two to four bullets per job, each starting with a verb and ending with a result where you can.
Skills
Match the keywords in the job ad with skills you actually use. Six to ten skills are usually enough.
Education
With experience, keep education short: degree, school and years.

Tips for personal trainer resumes

  • Give the date of your CPR/AED course and keep it current. Many gyms ask for it before your first session.
  • Name the groups you train (beginners, older adults, athletes, pre- and postnatal clients), so a gym can match you to its members.
  • Keep medical words out: write that you adapted training alongside a physiotherapist, not that you treated an injury.
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