Become A Personal Trainer In Folkestone
Get your Level 2 & 3 personal training qualifications from Folkestone, with a dedicated 1-to-1 mentor, weekly live support and flexible study that fits around your life. Study online, or join one of the in-person courses we bring to Folkestone. No experience needed.
How to become a personal trainer in Folkestone
If you live in Folkestone or anywhere in Kent, you can qualify as a personal trainer without travelling to a classroom every week. Our Level 2 & 3 Combined Diploma in Personal Training is taught through a fully video-based learning platform, so you study from home at your own pace.
You get a dedicated 1-to-1 mentor, weekly live support calls and monthly workshops. Theory exams are taken online, and you can film your practical assessment and upload it, so there's no need to travel for that either.
Most students qualify in 10–12 weeks studying around 3 hours a week. Once qualified, you can work in gyms across Folkestone and Kent, or start your own personal training business.
Prefer to learn face to face? We bring our in-person courses to Folkestone and across Kent. Book a chat with us to find out about upcoming dates.
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Folkestone has a fitness scene that punches above its size. Alongside the big-name gyms there is a strong independent community, from 24-hour strength gyms on Sandgate Road to CrossFit boxes and small training studios, which gives a newly qualified trainer plenty of places to find work and clients.
Price guides put personal training in Kent at roughly £40–£55 a session, higher than in many parts of the country. Being on the coast also opens up options many trainers don’t get: outdoor sessions and small-group bootcamps along the seafront or on The Leas are a popular way to build a client base without paying for gym space.
Hythe and Sandgate are on the doorstep, and Dover and Ashford are both a short drive away, so you could build a client base across this stretch of east Kent, or add online coaching alongside your local sessions.
Examples of where a qualified PT could work in and around Folkestone. Pro-Fitness Academy is not affiliated with these gyms.
Choose how you want to learn
Every route leads to the same Level 2 & 3 Combined Diploma in Personal Training.
Online
Study fully online from Folkestone at your own pace, with a mentor and live support whenever you need it.
- Fully video-based learning
- Your own 1-to-1 mentor
- Weekly group support calls
- Theory exams from home
Hybrid
Everything in Online, plus live event days where you learn and network in person.
- Everything in Online
- Two live event days at iconic venues
- Live speakers and practical workshops
- Network with students and coaches
In-person
Prefer a classroom? We bring our in-person courses to Folkestone and across Kent. Contact us for more info.
- Taught in person by our tutors
- Develop hands-on practical coaching skills
- Courses running in Folkestone
Everything you need to qualify
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