Personal Trainer Cost in London: What the Price Gap Actually Reflects
Sessions with a personal trainer in London range from £50 to £150 or more per session. If you have been researching, you have seen that range and wondered what explains it.
Here is an honest breakdown.
At the lower end: a session in a commercial gym, supervision and motivation, a programme that may or may not have been built specifically for you, and a trainer whose qualification is a Level 3 certificate completed in a few weeks.
At the higher end: a private studio, a practitioner with clinical qualifications, a programme built from an individual assessment, and the capability to manage injuries within the training programme rather than stopping and referring out.
At A Fitness, sessions are delivered by Alexander Khang. He holds an ISRM Level 5 Diploma in Soft Tissue Therapy, one of the highest clinical manual therapy qualifications available in the UK, and is completing a Physical Therapy degree at Regent's University London. The studio is private. Every programme starts with an assessment. Injuries are managed in session.
The relevant question is not whether £100 per session is expensive. It is whether a cheaper option actually solves your problem.
If your problem is motivation and accountability, a commercial gym PT may work. If your problem is chronic pain, recurring injury, a plateau that has not moved in two years, or a return to training after significant injury, the qualification depth of the practitioner matters.
A Fitness is in Angel, Islington. Book a consultation to discuss what you need and whether we are the right fit.
