Establishing and running a fitness side hustle can help you strike a healthier work-life balance. If you are health-minded, freelance work may actually be more fruitful for achieving your fitness goals than traditional employment options.
As the gig economy evolves, opportunities exist for you to monetize your fitness expertise online. Examples may include:
1. Personal Training
Personal training can be one of the best fitness side hustles if you possess all of the required credentials or certifications. You could work for an established gym or fitness center or start your own private business and find clients independently.
If your clients require postpartum fitness or muscle building for 40-year olds, or you want to create remote personal training options using an app-based service, you could also make money as a remote personal trainer. In this gig, clients would interact with you remotely using training apps.
If you enjoy hiking, running, and walking as hobbies, why not turn them into a side hustle by leading fitness tours? Create group walks/runs/hikes in your locality and charge participants. Successful event marketing and communication strategies will be key factors to the success of this side gig venture.
2. Nutrition Coaching
If fitness is your passion but personal training doesn't excite you, becoming a nutrition coach could be an ideal path. You could earn a solid living helping clients meet their health and fitness goals--such as weight loss or managing food intake to meet specific nutritional requirements--on a freelance basis.
Writing articles or websites in the health and wellness space is another great way for freelancers to make money as health professionals. Work can be found by searching 'fitness writer' on freelance marketplaces or by pitching directly to local health brands; specializing in certain aspects such as running, yoga or muscle building can make this especially lucrative.
3. Fitness Writing
Becoming a fitness writer can be one of the most lucrative side hustles for health and wellness enthusiasts. Freelance or content agencies alike, you could earn big by covering recent workout trends, wellness apps, or inspiring stories from fitness influencers.
As well as writing fitness e-books and selling them online, another great way to make a decent living by creating and selling fitness e-books is through royalties from sales. Doing this allows you to establish yourself as an authority in the field while earning royalties on sales royalties.
Another option for freelance fitness writers is writing for local fitness brands and publications. Search job postings on large freelance marketplaces for job listings related to running, Pilates or nutrition and pitch your content based on this experience. Having actual credentials such as personal training certificates may allow you to command higher rates for articles.
4. Fitness Photography
Fitness photography can be an excellent way to capitalize on your passion for health and wellness. By taking photographs or videos before and after workouts of fitness models, creating promotional videos for fitness brands or shooting video of special events like bodybuilding competitions and marathons, fitness photography provides a fantastic avenue for making money with health. Building up a portfolio may take some time - it will certainly pay off!
Fitness influencers and bloggers are always searching for talented photographers to bring their stories to life. If you want to become a fitness photographer, try to specialize in one form of photography over another.
Hosting community workshops is another effective way of capitalizing on your knowledge of fitness and nutrition. You could organize sessions centered on meal prep methods, recipe guides or grocery shopping checklists.
5. Yoga Teaching
Becoming a yoga instructor could be an exhilarating and fulfilling fitness side hustle, yet it requires hard work: early weekend mornings and evenings spent substituting for students who cancel or quit; carrying mats and straps around town and spending long days in gyms/office spaces without much financial reward are just some of the challenges you'll encounter as an instructor.
Yoga teaching can be lucrative if done well and focused towards serving a specific market such as working with those living with disabilities, and finding your niche market. Some instructors have even earned six-figure incomes from online courses they sold themselves! By creating your own website you have complete control of pricing and reach for fitness content you publish - you could even sell courses to multiple markets simultaneously!
