DescriptionAbout Asphalt Green
Asphalt Green is a nonprofit organization that transforms lives and builds community through sports, fitness, and play for all.
Each year, Asphalt Green serves thousands of New Yorkers through sports, aquatics, fitness, camps, and community programs that promote health, personal growth, and lifelong participation in physical activity. Across three campuses and numerous community partnerships, Asphalt Green is committed to providing high-quality programs that are inclusive, accessible, and rooted in excellence.
Asphalt Green believes that access to movement, sport, and wellness can change lives. Our work helps young people develop confidence, resilience, leadership skills, and healthy habits that extend far beyond the playing field.
About the Role
Asphalt Green is seeking motivated, knowledgeable, and service-driven Personal Trainers to join our Fitness team across our New York City locations.
The Personal Trainer works directly with members and clients to help them define, pursue, and achieve their fitness and wellness goals. This role provides one-on-one and small-group training, develops safe and effective workout plans, offers fitness education, and helps create a positive and welcoming member experience in the fitness center.
This is a strong opportunity for a certified trainer who enjoys working with people of different ages, abilities, and fitness levels. The right candidate will bring strong technical fitness knowledge, excellent communication skills, professionalism, creativity, and the ability to motivate clients while maintaining a safe and supportive training environment.
Asphalt Green’s fitness facilities offer a range of strength, cardiovascular, and functional training equipment designed to support members with varying fitness goals and levels of experience.
Why This Role Matters
Personal Trainers help members build strength, confidence, consistency, and healthier habits.
This role directly supports the member experience by providing personalized fitness guidance, safe instruction, and encouragement. Strong personal training helps clients feel supported, understand their bodies, use equipment safely, and make progress toward their goals.
Across Asphalt Green’s locations, Personal Trainers help create fitness environments where members feel welcomed, respected, motivated, and capable of improving their health and wellness.
What You’ll Do
Personal Training and Client Support
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Help clients define fitness, health, strength, mobility, endurance, and wellness goals.
Fitness Floor and Member Experience
Safety, Technique, and Training Quality
Administration and Scheduling
Team Collaboration and Professional Growth
Strategic Growth & Organizational Collaboration
What Success Looks Like
Success in this role means clients and members feel supported, safe, motivated, and confident in the fitness center.
A successful Personal Trainer will:
Who You’ll Work With
The Personal Trainer works closely with Fitness leadership, site leadership, personal training team members, fitness center staff, clients, members, and other Asphalt Green employees.
This role supports a broad range of fitness center users, including individuals with different goals, ages, abilities, fitness backgrounds, and comfort levels.
Depending on location, the role may also collaborate with Customer Experience, Membership, Operations, or other departments that support the overall member experience.
QualificationsRequired Qualifications
You’ll need:
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Current personal training certification through a nationally accredited industry association, such as NASM, ACSM, NSCA, ACE, or a similar recognized organization.
Preferred Qualifications
It would be helpful if you also have:
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Experience working in a commercial gym, community center, recreation center, nonprofit fitness program, wellness center, or similar environment.
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Additional fitness, strength and conditioning, corrective exercise, nutrition, youth fitness, senior fitness, or group exercise certifications.
Schedule and Work Environment
This is an in-person role based at Asphalt Green’s Battery Park City location.
Current staffing needs include availability during early mornings (5:30–9:00 AM), evenings (5:00–10:00 PM), and weekends, particularly Sundays.
Specific hours may vary based on client appointments, member demand, and department coverage.
