Earn Your Stripes (EYS) is a boutique group fitness studio built around coach-led strength and conditioning in a group setting. Our Baldwin Park studio is opening in early October, and we are hiring coaches to be on the floor from day one. The name is the promise. Progress here is earned, not handed out. At EYS every session is scalable enough for a first-timer and demanding enough for an athlete, and the coach on the floor is what makes that work. EYS is a brand built on showing up, putting in the work, and getting credit for it.
This is a ground-floor opportunity. Earn Your Stripes is an expanding Florida-based brand and Baldwin Park is one of our newest studios. You will help shape how members are welcomed and coached in a brand-new studio serving Baldwin Park and the greater Orlando area.
About the Opportunity
Our coaches lead group fitness classes and deliver an outstanding member experience. This is a floor-focused role: your job is to run great classes and take care of the people in them. We are looking for someone who coaches with energy and precision, and who members remember by name.
What You'll Do
Lead classes
- Deliver engaging, challenging group fitness classes for participants at all levels.
- Demonstrate correct form, technique, and safety standards in every session.
- Scale and modify movements for participants with different fitness levels, injuries, or limitations.
- Deliver classes according to EYS programming and class format standards.
Build the member experience
- Learn members' names, goals, and limitations and coach to them.
- Provide individual attention, corrections, and encouragement during class.
- Create an inclusive floor culture where first-timers and veterans both feel at home.
- Follow up on member questions and feedback promptly and professionally.
Keep it safe
- Monitor form, technique, and exertion throughout every session.
- Coach proper warm-up, cool-down, and mobility work to reduce injury risk.
- Maintain a clean, organized, sanitized floor and equipment setup.
- Be prepared to respond to an emergency and administer first aid or AED support if needed.
Additional duties
- Assist with equipment maintenance and studio upkeep.
- Maintain studio cleanliness standards.
- Give studio tours to prospective members and help drive membership sales.
- Assist trial participants and new members with account setup, personal heart rate device pairing, and studio or membership questions.
- Help execute studio events and workshops.
What You Bring
- Current certification in personal training or group fitness (NASM, ACSM, NSCA-CSCS, ACE, ISSA, or equivalent).
- Current CPR, AED, and First Aid certification.
- Experience leading group fitness, small-group training, or bootcamp-style classes.
- Working knowledge of exercise physiology, programming principles, and progression.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills — you can command a room and connect one-on-one.
- Ability to adapt exercises for varied fitness levels, injuries, and limitations.
- Reliable availability for early morning, evening, and weekend class blocks.
- A genuine passion for helping people get stronger and stay consistent.
Nice to Have
- Experience in a boutique studio, HIIT, circuit, or small-group training environment.
- Specialty certifications (kettlebell, CrossFit, mobility, pre/postnatal, corrective exercise).
- Nutrition coaching credential.
- Experience opening a new studio or fitness location.
How Compensation Works
Coaching is paid on a per-class basis. Non-coaching work is compensated separately.
- Coaching: Starting at $32.00 – $35.00 per class coached, based on experience and class format. The per-class rate covers setup, class delivery, and breakdown.
- Additional Duties: Compensated separately from the per-class coaching rate. Scope and rate are confirmed at offer.
Benefits
- Flexible schedule
- Free fitness classes
Pay: $32.00 - $35.00 per hour
Expected hours: 6.0 – 20.0 per week
Benefits:
- Flexible schedule
- Free fitness classes
Work Location: In person
