With level 4 you coach individual clients towards their goals. This is the level at which most trainers start working independently and set their own rates.
Fitness instructors who want to coach individual clients and build their own business.
EREPS level 4 · Personal trainer
Based on 20 PT sessions per week, about 4.33 weeks per month
Amounts from 1 January 2026, based on the NL Actief salary scales and the study Personal Training in Nederland by Peter Wolfhagen and Ronald Wouters (Dutch market).
5 courses
At level 3 you coach members on the gym floor and in groups. At level 4 you work one-to-one: you run intakes, test and measure, and build individual programmes, which is what clients pay a personal trainer for.
Yes. Most personal trainers at level 4 work self-employed or in their own studio and set their own rates.
About 4 to 6 months.
In the Netherlands a self-employed trainer at this level usually charges €50 to €65 per session. With 20 sessions a week that is €4,335 to €5,635 revenue per month, of which 30 to 40% goes on costs.
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