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personal trainer

American  

noun

personal trainers plural
  1. a person who works one-on-one with a client to plan or implement an exercise or fitness regimen.


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Etymology

Origin of personal trainer

First recorded in 1990–95

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She started working as a personal trainer and taking beauty classes in the evening.

From BBC Jul. 29, 2026

She plays tennis a few times a week, goes to two Pilates classes, works out with a personal trainer and feels a decade younger.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 13, 2026

Daniel Rice is a personal trainer in Los Angeles, a job that gives him a front-row seat to the physique coveted by today’s American man.

From The Wall Street Journal May 16, 2026

Her passion was to become a personal trainer, but on her council estate, she says, people were "putting my mum down" telling her that her daughter would never amount to much.

From BBC Apr. 26, 2026

He was also given access to the Church’s personal trainer, Harry Sneider, a former weight-lifting champion who took a special interest in Bobby.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady

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