Group Instructor and Coach

Group Instructor and Coach – Life Time Inc.

Join our team as a certified fitness professional to deliver Life Time’s premier Signature Group Training format(s). If your expertise lies in sprint coaching, Olympic lifting, bootcamp conditioning, Reformer-based training, or mind‑body performance, this role empowers you to lead an exceptional member experience.

As a Signature Format Coach, you’ll inspire and empower members through high‑energy, results‑driven programming while cultivating a strong sense of community and belonging. You’ll lead with presence, purpose, and a deep understanding of your chosen format’s unique identity.

• Deliver safe, effective, and inspiring workouts specific to your Signature format.
• Provide coaching cues, progressions, and modifications to support all fitness levels.
• Create a motivating, inclusive, and high‑energy group environment.
• Maintain a clean, organized, and professional training space.
• Promote Life Time’s Signature programming and brand culture.
• Participate in brand trainings, teach‑backs, and ongoing coaching development.

• Best Fit For: Performance coaches or track specialists.
• Key Focus: High‑intensity treadmill intervals, explosive movement, and all areas that improve sprint performance—including agility, balance, power, and mobility.
• Required: Background in sprint coaching and sprinting biomechanics.
• Preferred: Experience leading group‑based athletic conditioning classes.

• Best Fit For: Strength coaches and certified personal trainers.
• Key Focus: Olympic barbell lifts, progressive strength cycles, and small‑group performance training.
• Required: Olympic lifting certification (USAW L1, CF‑L1, or equivalent).
• Preferred: Experience with goal‑oriented athlete development and periodized programming.

• Best Fit For: Energetic group fitness instructors and performance‑minded coaches.
• Key Focus: Functional strength, metabolic conditioning, and team‑based workouts.
• Required: Strong leadership presence and ability to coach across all fitness levels.
• Preferred: Experience in bootcamp‑style formats and heart rate‑based training.

• Best Fit For: Pilates professionals and fitness instructors who enjoy working with music.
• Key Focus: Full‑body athletic movement on the Reformer, core integration, mobility, and rhythmic flow.
• Required: Reformer Pilates experience or certification.
• Preferred: Background in Barre, Yoga Sculpt, Warrior Sculpt, Pilates Mat Fusion, or rhythm‑based fitness formats.

• Best Fit For: Yoga and fitness instructors, mobility specialists, and holistic coaches.
• Key Focus: Strength, flexibility, mindfulness, mobility, meditation, and functional movement.
• Required: Background in yoga, mobility, and/or strength training.
• Preferred: Strong motivational presence; ideal for yoga teachers, yoga sculpt, barre, or fitness instructors looking to create meaningful, impactful class experiences that go beyond exercise.

• High School Diploma or GED.
• CPR/AED Certification.
• At least one nationally recognized certification related to your chosen format.
• 1+ year teaching or coaching experience in your area of expertise.
• Ability to physically demonstrate and effectively teach your format.
• Excellent communication skills and a collaborative, team‑oriented mindset.

• Bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science, Kinesiology, or a related field.
• Experience teaching across multiple fitness modalities.
• Familiarity with heart rate training tools and performance data coaching.
• Proven ability to build strong member relationships and community engagement.

Life Time is a place for everyone. We are committed to an inclusive, diverse and equitable workplace that respects and celebrates the unique contributions of each individual while ensuring we remain an equal opportunity employer that recruits, hires, trains and promotes based on merit and qualifications.

Equal Opportunity Employer – Life Time provides employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability or other protected status.