Les Mills, or ETM? Let the gym decide.

Book the cert that matches what they told you. What the coordinators said the gyms actually need.

The lesson

1. Book the cert that matches what they told you.

   What the coordinators said the gyms actually need.

2. Route one: Les Mills / Body Training Systems.

   ~£200, faster to qualify, pre-choreographed routines.

3. Easier for non-dancers.

   Widely available at chain gyms.

4. Route two: ETM — Exercise to Music.

   ~£400–800, slower, you build your own routines.

5. Deeper training.

   More long-term flexibility.

6. Spinning and Body Pump are coordination-light.

   Honest routing for PTs who aren’t natural dancers.

7. Annual recert runs ~£50–100.

   A small standing cost.

8. Six to eight paid classes pays it back.

   Then it keeps paying, indefinitely.

9. Match the format to the demographic.

   Not to an abstract ‘best class’.

10. No other ~£200 move pays back in six weeks.

    And then keeps paying for years.

The playbook is free. When you’re ready to put it to work, GainPT runs the business side — bookings, clients and fitness tests in one place.