Would a UFC fighter make insane amount of money as a personal trainer?

Man the guys and girls that are personal trainers at my gym dont even look like they workout
 
T20o6 said:
I was a personal trainer, you get 25-30 dollars per client, you have to find your own clients, the gyms don't help with that, it's basically a commission job. there better off staying away from it, crap job. They would need to do their own thing and stay far far away from gyms.
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Most of those guys use it to get to know girls.
 
I wanna know kamaru Usman's workout regimen.
 
blewgums said:
He'd make insane money running a hedge fund.

Which, oddly enough, most of them never do.
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As someone who used to work in the hedge fund industry, I'm not sure you have a very good idea of the qualifications needed to successfully run a hedge fund.
 
Ogata said:
One thing I noticed is that even to this day people feel intimidated by the MMA culture. Like they hear about conor or Jones on the news and think that if they do join MMA they will become punching bags.

Sadly anytime thete is s news about MMA it's about a guy like war machine or some local MMA fighter who is engaging in crime.

I feel that people love MMA but they are worried about running in to the wrong people. A business minded fighter can market himself in a way that is public friendly.





Maybe you should stick your head out your ass before saying dumb shit like that.

Clearly by your post I can tell your too stupid to understand the concept of clout and social status.
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That is true, a lot are intimidated to go into mma gyms especially if they have zero martial art/combat sports training/experience. People hate on the cardio boxing/kickboxing style classes, but those are needed for beginners or the people that don't want to get hit. Some people only want it for fitness or self defense and have regular jobs and not trying to fight or compete, so the harder/physical style training with sparring isn't going to suit their training style/schedule. They may choose to those style classes a few times here and there, but it won't be the bulk of their training. They can't be injured or going to work with visible injuries/bruises/cuts.

It's good to have something for people at all levels and different types of training for everyone. Separate the casual training from the serious training, so the people don't end up in the same classes with each other while their goals and training mentality is going to be completely different.

Old school mentality at gyms scared a lot of people off. I've seen people ask to join sparring sessions and just get beat on purposely on their first day. Bloody nose and everything, their mentality is if they come back they can keep doing the training. Most never came back and I never saw most of those people at the gym again. Not all gyms are like this but many probably are. I always figured you work your way up to that type of training and pain tolerance, not everyone starting to train will be able to handle that and have the pain tolerance to handle that. That's why those people never come back, they broke them too early. Build the skills and toughness first before seeing how much they can handle and what their limits are.
 
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FIghtxIQ said:
That is true, a lot are intimidated to go into mma gyms especially if they have zero martial art/combat sports training/experience. People hate on the cardio boxing/kickboxing style classes, but those are needed for beginners or the people that don't want to get hit. Some people only want it for fitness or self defense and have regular jobs and not trying to fight or compete, so the harder/physical style training with sparring isn't going to suit their training style/schedule. They may choose to those style classes a few times here and there, but it won't be the bulk of their training. They can't be injured or going to work with visible injuries/bruises/cuts.

It's good to have something for people at all levels and different types of training for everyone. Separate the casual training from the serious training, so the people don't end up in the same classes with each other while their goals and training mentality is going to be completely different.

Old school mentality at gyms scared a lot of people off. I've seen people ask to join sparring sessions and just get beat on purposely on their first day. Bloody nose and everything, their mentality is if they come back they can keep doing the training. Most never came back and I never saw most of those people at the gym again. Not all gyms are like this but many probably are. I always figured you work your way up to that type of training and pain tolerance, not everyone starting to train will be able to handle that and have the pain tolerance to handle that. That's why those people never come back, they broke them too early. Build the skills and toughness first before seeing how much they can handle and what their limits are.
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This was the case for me and it was an idiotic way to train because the coach is just being a cherry picker. They are pretty much looking for a tough guy to teach. A great coach makes sure you do not take damage, you learn footwork first thing first and then they teach you about close range-mid-range and long range fighting as well as timing and distance awareness.

Fitness boxing can sometimes be good for self-defense as long as they train footwork properly because they are still hitting bags and pads with decent foot stability. If they get attacked by a mugger, they can throw a combo and then escape. Chances are, the mugger wont know they know few boxing techniques and so they will catch them by surprise even though may not be ready for a ring fight or may not be good against a real trained fighter. Still they are learning to not take damage and they are building their bodies up which is a great thing.
 
The words trainer and insane money don’t mix well.

I don’t care who you are, no trainer makes insane money, maybe good money, and by good, I mean far from excellent money.
 
Imagine paying some washed up Ken Shamrock insane amounts of money to abuse you every day like some Pancrase young boy.
 
It would be someone like Paige or Tate or Rousey. Basically a few incels who would pay jsut to be close to them.
 
Ogata said:
This was the case for me and it was an idiotic way to train because the coach is just being a cherry picker. They are pretty much looking for a tough guy to teach. A great coach makes sure you do not take damage, you learn footwork first thing first and then they teach you about close range-mid-range and long range fighting as well as timing and distance awareness.

Fitness boxing can sometimes be good for self-defense as long as they train footwork properly because they are still hitting bags and pads with decent foot stability. If they get attacked by a mugger, they can throw a combo and then escape. Chances are, the mugger wont know they know few boxing techniques and so they will catch them by surprise even though may not be ready for a ring fight or may not be good against a real trained fighter. Still they are learning to not take damage and they are building their bodies up which is a great thing.
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Yes I agree. But I do think there are other ways to gauge toughness, it shouldn't always be their pain tolerance first. You develop pain tolerance especially when it comes to fighting. People with no training experience won't have that so you can't really gauge how tough they could be. Build the pain/impact slowly and let their body/mind get used to it. I focus on technique and conditioning/cardio first then I work on pain tolerance for new people. It also allows them to build the mental strength for before shocking their body/mind too early.

I also agree with fitness boxing/kickboxing classes, they can be very useful for self defense vs most people. Obviously a better trained fighter/attacker you would require more skills but it should be very helpful vs most people with zero training.
 
Ogata said:
If a UFC fighter decided to become a personal trainer at a regular gym, would he be making bank left and right because he has the title of being a UFC fighter?

Like I am legit curios to know if their name makes them on demand?

Or would a guy with decent looks and a bodybuilding/fitness physique make more money because of the look they portraying?
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Bank is far from guranteed. 99% of fitness gyms don't give a crap about athletic achievements. They care about certifications, previous trainer experience, having a bachlors (especially at highend gyms and private country clubs), and ability to sell either packages or memberships.

Being a UFC fighter even at most MMA gyms isn't worth shit. 80% of the money in most MMA gyms is kids programs and cardio kickboxing. A local YMCA instructor who has previous childcare experience is going to be 5x more qualified then some random UFC fighter.......

I love MMA but it's borderline useless in the real world workforce
 
campbecc said:
If they opened their own gym teaching martial arts they very likely would make good money, now if they were very famous like GSP and they happened to be a good businessman or had a smart partner he might be able to make a fortune by starting a gym and expanding into a chain of gyms.
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Matt Brown opened a gym and does okay.
 
560ti said:
Bank is far from guranteed. 99% of fitness gyms don't give a crap about athletic achievements. They care about certifications, previous trainer experience, having a bachlors (especially at highend gyms and private country clubs), and ability to sell either packages or memberships.

Being a UFC fighter even at most MMA gyms isn't worth shit. 80% of the money in most MMA gyms is kids programs and cardio kickboxing. A local YMCA instructor who has previous childcare experience is going to be 5x more qualified then some random UFC fighter.......

I love MMA but it's borderline useless in the real world workforce
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That is scary because it makes sense. There is this old hippy dude who makes tons of money who runs a kickboxing circuit. The class is simple, there are different exercises in different stations. You rotate to different stations after each round. Its that simple. No need to work on footwork, explain how to develop a proper guard or teach timing, distance, rotation and anchoring.

Yet its more money teaching the watered down stuff that is for fitness only.
 
Ogata said:
If a UFC fighter decided to become a personal trainer at a regular gym, would he be making bank left and right because he has the title of being a UFC fighter?

Like I am legit curios to know if their name makes them on demand?

Or would a guy with decent looks and a bodybuilding/fitness physique make more money because of the look they portraying?

Question pertains to looks vs status.
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im sure a lot of them do it as well as coach classes at the gym they train at.
 
Sir Punchalot said:
As someone who used to work in the hedge fund industry, I'm not sure you have a very good idea of the qualifications needed to successfully run a hedge fund.
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Yes I do.

That's exactly the point.

It's called "sarcasm."

You see, to be successful in that field, you have to be knowledgeable about the stock market.

Whereas most guys who fight in the UFC and other MMA orgs don't have vast financial training or knowledge.
 
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