Senior Fitness Instructor

Senior Fitness Instructor

🧘‍♀️ Senior Fitness Instructor – Part-Time (1099 Contractor)
📍 Location: Local to you (classes within 15–20 minutes of your home)
💰 Compensation: $35–$60 per class (based on experience, tenure with Kev’s Gym, and class length — 45 vs. 60 minutes)
🕒 Job Type: Part-time | Flexible schedule | Independent contractor (no tax withholding)

🏢 About Kev’s Gym

Kev’s Gym is a national fitness agency that partners with retirement communities across the U.S. to deliver fun, engaging, and safe fitness classes for older adults. We support senior living communities by providing reliable, high-quality instructors—while taking care of everything behind the scenes.

🧩 Role Overview

We’re looking to onboard experienced fitness professionals to lead on-site senior fitness classes, including seated and standing formats such as:

🪑 Chair / Seated Yoga
💪 Seated & Standing Exercise
💃 Seated Cardio Dance / Zumba
☯️ Seated Tai Chi

You may teach at:

  • Retirement & Independent Living Communities
  • Assisted Living, Memory Care & Skilled Nursing Facilities
  • 55+ Communities, Senior Centers, Country Clubs & Social Clubs

Classes are typically seated, may include light standing work, require no equipment, and range from 5–30 participants.es include standing postures, bodyweight-only (no equipment), and range from 5 to 30 participants.

🌟 Why Instructors Choose Kev’s Gym

There is no cost to join—it’s a fantastic opportunity to be part of our national instructor network. When new class opportunities arise, you have full discretion to accept or decline each lead.

Kev’s Gym handles the sales, marketing, scheduling, customer service, and accounts receivable, so you can focus on what you do best: leading impactful fitness classes for seniors.

✅ Responsibilities

  • Instruct 45–60 minute senior fitness classes
  • Commit to approximately 5–10 hours per week, typically between 9:00 AM–12:00 PM and/or 1:00 PM–4:00 PM (Mon–Sun)
  • Travel to local class locations within a 15–20 minute radius; travel compensation may be available for assignments beyond this range 🚗
  • Deliver safe, compassionate, and engaging instruction tailored to older adults
  • Represent Kev’s Gym with professionalism, warmth, and enthusiasm ✨

💵 Compensation

  • Starting Rates:
    • $35 for 45-minute classes
    • $45 for 60-minute classes
  • Rate increases available based on:
    💼 Number of monthly classes taught
    🌟 Performance and client feedback
    ⏳ Time served with Kev’s Gym

Please see the charts below for compensation information:

🌱 Growth

Short-Term: We aim to schedule 1–3 introductory classes within your first three months to help you get your foot in the door with new clients.

Long-Term: Grow into 5–10 recurring hours per week over time.

Note: Availability of new class opportunities varies by region and market conditions and cannot be guaranteed.

🧠 Qualifications

  • Experience teaching yoga, Tai Chi, dance, or general fitness
  • 🧘 Certification in at least one:
    • Yoga
    • Tai Chi
    • Zumba
    • Personal Training
      Need one? Start here with a senior yoga cert
  • 🛡️ General liability insurance required (Need coverage? Click here!)
    • Many of the retirement communities we work with require instructors to carry general liability insurance, which not only protects you financially in case of injury during a class taught for Kev’s Gym, but can also cover other fitness-related work you do outside of our organization.
  • Comfortable working with seniors, including those with disabilities
  • Must have reliable transportation

👕 Professional Appearance & Hygiene Standards

As a representative of Kev’s Gym and a leader within senior communities, instructors are expected to maintain a clean, polished, and professional appearance at all times.

Instructors must:

  • 👚 Wear professional fitness attire that is appropriate for a senior living environment
  • 🚫 Avoid clothing that is overly tight, revealing, cropped, low-cut, or inappropriate for a multi-generational setting
  • 👟 Wear clean, safe, non-slip athletic footwear (if applicable to class format)
  • 🧼 Maintain strong personal hygiene, including clean clothing and overall neat presentation
  • 💄 Avoid excessive fragrances, as many seniors are sensitive to strong scents
  • 💇‍♀️ Keep hair secured and styled in a way that is safe and professional during movement

Kev’s Gym partners with retirement communities, assisted living facilities, and healthcare environments. Instructors must present themselves in a way that reflects professionalism, respect, and credibility within these settings.

Our seniors deserve instructors who not only lead safe and engaging classes—but who also model professionalism, confidence, and care in their appearance.

🎁 Perks

  • 🗓️ Flexible schedule
  • 💸 Direct deposit payments
  • 🚀 Growth opportunities and rate increases
  • 💖 Deeply meaningful work with the senior population
  • 🎯 Focus solely on teaching—Kev’s Gym takes care of all the administrative details.

🎤 Interview Process

  1. Review the job description
  2. Submit your application + short audition video 🎥
  3. Complete our on-boarding process

📣 Learn More

Explore our classes and community:
📺 YouTube Channel
📘 Facebook
📸 Instagram
🌐 Kev’s Gym Senior Fitness Page

👉 Video Highlights!

“As an employee, I would give Kev’s Gym 10/10 stars if I could. I’ve been a fitness/yoga teacher with them for over a year now: teaching clients both virtually and in-person for retirement, assisted living, and memory care facilities. I continue to be blown away by the quality, flexibility, and kindness of both Kevin and Julia, who are at the helm of the company. When I applied for the position online during the pandemic, I didn’t have a lot of information about Kev’s Gym because it was just in its early stages; but as I continued to progress through Kev’s Gym’s application, interview, and audition process, I knew that this was one of those rare work opportunities that combines morals, true community, generous pay, flexibility, and an unwavering mission-statement to improve lives through fitness. The last few months in particular, I am so grateful to Kev’s Gym for supporting me through a number of life events that have had to take me away from work for periods of time. I have been able to take a vacation, attend to a personal emergency, and take time off last-minute to do a professional play as an actress- all in the last 5 months. It might sound too good to be true, but I can’t believe how supported I am by my employers. The trust they have for me just makes me want to be a better team-member for them and teacher for my lovely clients. Kevin and Julia remember birthdays, send sympathy cards when times get tough, and ensure that pay is more than fair for all of their certified, highly qualified yoga/fitness instructors. I could go on and on, but the last thing I’ll say is that Kev’s Gym has its heart in the right place. We are committed to serving communities that are often overlooked when it comes to fitness. Kev’s Gym is committed to making seated yoga and exercise accessible and welcoming to all. It’s rewarding work to say the least. If you’re thinking about applying, please do.”

– Lea DiMarchi, Senior Fitness Instructor, NY, NY

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