15 years ago I held an RKC (and SFG-I after the split), then life happened and I let my certs expire. It's been a while since I've been heavily in this world. The entire time I've been a professional geek (software engineer), and now I'm reconsidering sitting at a desk, staring at a piece of glass, and pushing buttons all day as a career. (That said, the thought work with programming can be absolutely fascinating and as hard as anything I've done with a kettlebell.)
One of the things I'm contemplating is if I want to switch to personal fitness. I'd like to discuss the practicalities of taking on the mantle of Kettlebell Trainer
as a profession. Given what I currently do and the not-insignificant salary I can demand, I'm pretty interested in the renumeration aspects of training. If you're not comfortable sharing, I completely understand. But if anyone is up for sharing what being a trainer looks like from a compensation perspective, that would be great.
I also know there are a lot of ways to do this work. I could find a gym to work at, I could do contract work at a gym, I could go solo. Discussion of those and other schemes I've missed would be great.
I'm also curious about less tangible things, like how to find (and keep) clients. Setting rates. Working with other trainers. Equipment. (I have 13 kettlebells from 10 lbs to 32 kg.) Anything about the market itself would be helpful, too. (I live in Washington, DC, and there are 7 SFG within 10 miles of me and only 3 RKCs.)
Of note, I do have some experience training from back when I got certified originally, both in groups and solo, and I've done a few lessons for friends in the not-too-distant past. So I'm not a complete newb to training people. If I were to jump on this bandwagon, I'd probably shoot for a recert in NYC in December and go from there. I'm not in cert form right now, but I'm pretty confident I could get in shape in time for that.
