How much does a personal trainer cost in Mallorca? Prices in Sa Pobla

In a personal training session the trainer is with you alone. A single session costs €65 with me and €50 with one of the centre's trainers. If you prefer a pack, you choose 4, 8 or 12 sessions, which correspond to 1, 2 or 3 days a week.

With me, the 4-session pack costs €250 (€62.50 per session), the 8-session pack €425 (€53.13) and the 12-session pack €575 (€47.92). With one of the centre's trainers, the 4-session pack costs €200 (€50 per session, the same as a single one), the 8-session pack €335 (€41.88) and the 12-session pack €485 (€40.42).

In the small group there are 3 of you at most, with the trainer watching everyone's technique throughout the session. You pay a monthly fee based on the days per week: with one of the centre's trainers, €140 (1 day), €180 (2 days) or €240 (3 days); with me, €170, €220 or €290.

For the same number of days, the group costs quite a bit less than 1-to-1. With 3 days a week and one of the centre's trainers, it is €240 a month in the group, while the 1-to-1 pack that matches those 3 days, the 12-session one, costs €485. In return, you share the trainer's attention with 2 other people at most.

If you can't come to Sa Pobla, online training costs €150 for one month. Paying for several months at once brings the fee down: €520 for 4 months (€130 a month), €720 for 6 (€120 a month) or €1,320 for 12 (€110 a month). It includes the programming and each month's plan, follow-up, exercise correction and contact by WhatsApp. It doesn't include in-person sessions or gym access.

Nutrition is separate from any training plan: €80 a month, with the plan and its follow-up.

If you only want to train on your own, the gym is open 24 hours a day, every day of the year. Access is paid separately, €80 a month or €20 a day, and doesn't include training. Doing the maths, 4 single days a month cost the same as the monthly fee, and from the fifth day on the monthly fee is cheaper. If you are torn between the gym on its own and training with someone, just the gym or a personal trainer sets out what each option gives you.

That sum only works if you really go on those days. In a study published in 2006 of 7,752 members of 3 gyms in the United States, those paying a fee of over $70 a month went on average 4.3 times a month: that came to more than $17 per visit, when a 10-visit pass would have cost them $10 each^[1]. The authors put it down mainly to people believing they will go more often than they then do^[1]. To choose between the monthly fee and single days, count the days you can really go, not the ones you would like to.

Compared with the gym fee, with a trainer you pay for supervision and a plan made for you. In 2 small studies of people who already trained, 18 men in one^[2] and 36 young men and women in the other^[3], those who did the programme with a trainer beside them ended up with a stronger squat than those who did the same programme on their own. I go into more detail in personal trainer or on your own.

You don't need to pay for a trainer every day either. The WHO recommends that adults do strength exercises working the major muscle groups on 2 or more days a week^[4]. With 1 session a week, group or pack, you can train on your own on the other day with what you are learning in the sessions. Bear in mind that gym access outside the sessions is paid separately: €80 a month or €20 a day. And if you are wondering when you start to notice it, I explain it in how long it takes to see results.

If you're not sure which option suits you, tell me your goal in the initial assessment, which is free and with no obligation, and I'll tell you which plan I recommend. You leave me your name and phone number, I message you to arrange it and, if you decide to start, sign-up comes afterwards.