Head Coach, Pods at Fit This
Hackney E8 | £42,000 to £45,000 | Start autumn 2026
Fit This is an independent gym on Reading Lane, Hackney. This winter we launch Pods: small group personal training, 6 members per pod, every member on a bespoke programme, one coach running the floor.
This is a builder’s job, and we’ll be honest about the stakes because they’re also the sell: this model stands or falls on its head coach. You’ll write the programming system, design the member assessment,compose the pods, and train and sign off a team of three pod coaches. The standard is yours to set: you are not inheriting someone else’s method, you’ll build the one this club runs on, for launch in December and a second site to follow.
What we care about, in order:
You’ve coached small groups to individually written programmes. Six people training together on six different plans is not a class, and you know the difference from experience, not theory and what gets results.
You write programming in advance, per person. Every member’s session exists on paper before they walk in.
You’ve made other coaches better. You’ll have three reporting to you from day one, and the club’s quality is whatever you can teach. We’re looking for a builder at heart: a coach whose best work ends up on paper and in other coaches, not just in their own sessions.
Years in the industry matter less to us than those three things. What does matter is evidence. We want a coach whose members demonstrably get stronger and stay: real progressions, real retention, numbers you tracked yourself. Every member here trains to a written programme and logs their results, so a head coach who measures by habit will feel at home.
The practical bit, please read it before applying: the timetable runs 06:30 to 20:30 on weekdays plus Saturday mornings, and the head coach covers both ends of the day. You need to be living within easy reach of Hackney. We will ask about this in the first conversation.
The company opens a second studio on the Kent coast in 2027. This role is where its coaching culture gets built.
To apply, send [email protected] a CV, one programme you’ve written for a real client together with the results it produced, and a short note on how you’d run six people at once.
Pay: £40,000.00-£42,500.00 per month
Benefits:
- Gym membership
- Profit sharing
Application question(s):
Level 3 Personal Training, essential. Current insurance and first aid at work. Desirable: Level 4, CIMSPA registration, UKSCA, or a degree in sports science, strength and conditioning, sports rehabilitation or physiotherapy.
Skills
Small group personal training. Individual programme design. Strength and conditioning. Movement screening and assessment. Programme periodisation. Barbell and dumbbell coaching. Coach development and mentoring. Leading a coaching team. Client progress tracking. Member retention. Injury awareness and referral judgement. Coaching software.
Experience
Coaching small groups where every member follows their own written programme. Writing programming in advance, per person. Developing and signing off other coaches. Evidence of real client results: progressions and retention you tracked yourself. Launching a new site or product is a plus.
Work Location: In person
