Jen Gillenwater (my sister and Co-Founder of the franchise company)
and I have just made an offer to acquire both Starting Strength Gyms
in the Denver area: Lakewood and Centennial with plans to take over
operations on or before April 1, 2026. This rounds out our growing
portfolio of gyms to four total, including both SS Gyms in Austin.
We
Are Hiring Coaches!
If you want to coach
small group training sessions in either Denver or Austin and you’re a
near-perfect match for our criteria (outlined below), I’d like to
talk to you. We plan on hiring four Coaches for Denver and at least
two for Austin.
Pay: $30/hour from day one with opportunities for growth once you get
your SSC (we’ll pay for your prep course and seminar
attendance/travel).
Training: Two months,
paid, at Starting Strength Austin under Coach of the Year Nominee,
Jeff Bernitz SSC, PhD. Denver applicants: this means you will live in
Austin for two months. You’ll be paid your full hourly rate and
flights/accommodation will be covered. Note: If you live in the
Houston area and are looking to relocate to Denver or Austin, our
friends at SS Houston may be able to host you for training in lieu of
an Austin stint.
Reporting structure:
You will report directly to Mark Diffley SSC, M.Eng, the Head Coach
and Head of Gym Operations for all four gyms. Our team strives to
perform at the highest level, and we do our best to enjoy ourselves
along the way. Mark does not prefer to “manage” people, but he
thrives on coaching professionals that are interested in becoming
experts in their craft. Mark and Jeff have produced more SSCs than
any other team in the franchise. They can get you ready to run group
training sessions within two months and SSC certified within your
first year of coaching, if you have the desire and capability.
Job responsibilities:
90% coaching, 10% operations. Your primary role is to masterfully apply the Starting Strength method to each of your
trainees to drastically improve their quality of life in terms of
their physical capability, overall health, and appearance. This is
more than coaching reps and making programming decisions. The job
requires a high level of discretionary effort to understand the goals
and motivations of your trainees to ensure compliance inside and
outside of the gym, along with the ability to adjust your approach to
align with their psychological idiosyncrasies.
You will be an engineer of human health and performance and that requires knowing how to expertly connect on a human level,
providing a member experience that justifies a $400+/month gym
membership. Our members are generally successful people that are
enjoyable to be around, and fostering a positive training environment
among your group of consistent trainees is one of the most important
aspects of the job.
Traits we are looking for:
1. Technical
Excellence: An experienced coach of human movement that is motivated
by helping others achieve their potential. Fitness-industry
experience is not required.
2. Concierge Service:
An experienced service professional that derives satisfaction from
anticipating and fulfilling the needs of others.
3. Intellectual
Capacity: Able to clearly demonstrate mastery of technical concepts
including understanding, communication, and implementation, with
humility and curiosity.
4. Emotional
Intelligence: The ability to empathize and connect with others in a
genuine, authentic way.
5. Desire: The Starting
Strength Gyms model sounds like a dream come true: Top-of-industry
pay, significant investment in your development, a focus on coaching,
every member makes measurable progress, and you’ll be surrounded by
high-quality people in a purpose-built environment.
Starting Strength Gyms
is the only strength-training focused fitness franchise in the
nation. We offer the most effective strength training program in
existence, and we employ and develop the most effective coaches in
the industry.
Since the Austin and Denver locations are owned by founders of the
franchise company, these are considered our flagship gyms that set
the standard for all others to aspire towards. We are looking for
exceptional people to represent us and the brand in these gyms.
If you are a lifelong
high performer with a background of helping others achieve their
goals via coaching human movement, and you have an extraordinary
ability to connect with others, apply for an open position in Denver or in Austin on Indeed.com.
See you at the gym.
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