Personal Trainer Contract Templates UK

Personal Trainer
Contract Templates UK
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Ready-to-use UK personal trainer agreements. Client contracts, a health disclosure and liability waiver with PAR-Q screening, and online training terms — the paperwork that keeps you on the gym floor, not in court.

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Quick Answer

A personal trainer contract template protects you when clients cancel without notice, claim injury, or fail to pay. Our templates are drafted specifically for UK fitness professionals — covering client agreements, health screening, liability waivers, and online training terms that standard generic templates leave uncovered. Every document is filled in online and saved as PDF; Pro adds a Word (.docx) download.

Document Templates

Built for UK personal trainers.
Not generic service agreements.

Twelve ready-to-use documents — each addressing a specific protection gap that word-of-mouth or generic forms leave uncovered.

Health Disclosure & Liability Waiver

What it is: PAR-Q health screening, assumption of risk, and emergency contact. Essential before training.

Why you need it: One form gathers a new client's health answers and consent before session one, with the PAR-Q built in.

What's inside:
  • PAR-Q health screening as Section C, with a yes/no question list
  • Client details and an emergency contact
  • A medical clearance section for when the PAR-Q raises a concern
  • An assumption of risk section the client signs
  • GDPR consent for holding their health information
Included in all plans

Online / Remote Session Terms

What it is: Platform rules, safety for home training, recording policy, technical failure handling.

Why you need it: Online sessions raise points an in-person agreement does not cover, such as connections dropping and recording.

What's inside:
  • Platform and technology responsibilities for the client
  • Training space requirements and safety notes for remote sessions
  • A session recording policy with deletion on request
  • Who is charged what when a connection fails
  • Extra terms for under-18 clients
Included in all plans

Cancellation & No-Show Policy

What it is: Notice periods, late cancellation charges, block booking credit rules.

Why you need it: Puts your notice periods and charges in writing so clients know them before they book.

What's inside:
  • Three notice tiers, from full refund down to full charge
  • How to cancel and when a cancellation counts as received
  • Block booking credit and expiry rules
  • Repeated cancellation and trainer cancellation terms
  • Late arrival and emergency exception sections
Included in all plans

GDPR Privacy Notice

What it is: How you hold client health data — required under UK GDPR for fitness professionals.

Why you need it: Clients hand you health details, so this tells them what you keep, why and for how long.

What's inside:
  • Who the data controller is and how to contact them
  • A table of the data you collect and why, including health data
  • How you use and share client data
  • Retention periods and how records are kept secure
  • Client rights and how to complain to the ICO
Included in all plans

Invoice Template

What it is: Professional, tax-ready invoice. Auto-incrementing number. Download as PDF.

Why you need it: A clean invoice with payment details saves chasing clients for how to pay you.

What's inside:
  • Your business details and a Bill To block for the client
  • An invoice number that counts up each time you start a new one
  • Line items with date, description, session type, rate and amount
  • Bank transfer and alternative payment details
  • A VAT line and a notes area
Included in all plans

Client Progress Tracker

What it is: Session logs, measurements and monthly review — keep every client's journey documented.

Why you need it: One place to record each client's starting point, sessions and progress.

What's inside:
  • Client information and an initial assessment table
  • A session log with exercises, sets, reps and weight
  • Monthly review pages with body weight and waist and hip measurements
  • Goal progress, client feedback and trainer sign-off
Included in all plans

Nutrition Coaching Agreement

What it is: Scope, disclaimers (not a dietitian), client responsibilities, and health data consent.

Why you need it: Sets out what your nutrition coaching covers and where it stops before you start.

What's inside:
  • The coaching services included, such as meal planning templates and food diary review
  • A "What Is Not Included" list covering medical dietary management
  • Client responsibilities, including honest health and allergy disclosure
  • Health data and UK GDPR consent
  • Results, fees and termination sections
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Group Training Liability Waiver

What it is: Participant health confirmation, group risks, conduct rules, photo consent.

Why you need it: Each participant signs for themselves, so you have one form per person for bootcamps and classes.

What's inside:
  • Participant details and an emergency contact
  • Health confirmation questions
  • Group session risks, including less individual supervision than 1-to-1
  • A code of conduct and photography and social media consent
  • GDPR consent and a parent or guardian signature line for under-18s
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Package & Membership Agreement

What it is: Session packages, payment instalments, freeze policy and refund terms, all in one.

Why you need it: Block bookings and instalments raise questions about expiry, pauses and refunds; this answers them up front.

What's inside:
  • A package details table with sessions, price per session and expiry
  • Payment terms for full payment, instalments and card on file
  • Booking and cancellation terms
  • Freeze and pause policy, including medical freezes
  • Refund policy and what happens on termination
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CIMSPA-Aligned Onboarding Pack

What it is: Scope of practice, emergency plan, data handling. Professional onboarding your insurer expects.

Why you need it: Gives a new client a clear written picture of what you do and do not do, and what happens in an emergency.

What's inside:
  • A professional standards declaration for your credentials
  • A scope of practice statement listing what you do and do not do
  • Injury disclosure and modification protocol
  • An emergency action plan with first aid and defibrillator details
  • Health data and UK GDPR section with a client declaration
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PT Insurance Checklist

What it is: The cover you must hold, whether your policy covers what you actually deliver, and the evidence gyms and councils ask for.

Why you need it: Lets you check your own policy against what you actually deliver before a gym, council or insurer asks.

What's inside:
  • Policy details and a tick list of cover types, from public liability to cyber
  • A check of whether your policy schedule covers the activities you deliver
  • Conditions that can void cover, such as in-date first aid and signed PAR-Qs
  • An evidence list: certificates, schedule and qualifications
  • An incident record and an annual review section
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Why choose us

Free Templates vs Our PT Contracts

Most online templates are generic service agreements or US-oriented waivers. Our contracts are drafted specifically for UK fitness professionals.

Feature Free Template Our PT Contract
Purpose-built for PTs ✖ Generic service terms ✔ Drafted for UK fitness pros
UK law compliant ✖ Often US templates ✔ Drafted for UK legislation
PAR-Q health screening ✖ Rarely included ✔ PAR-Q screening included in the health disclosure waiver
Liability waiver ✖ Often too generic ✔ Comprehensive PT-specific waiver
Online training terms ✖ Not covered ✔ Separate online / remote session terms
Group session coverage ✖ One-on-one only ✔ Group training liability waiver (Pro)
Fill in online ✖ Often locked PDF ✔ Fill in online, save as PDF (Word .docx download on Pro)
Revised documents ✖ One-time download ✔ Revised versions appear in your library at no extra cost

Real template preview

This is what you actually get

Not a mockup — excerpt from the live PT Client Agreement. Open the full sample, then autofill your details once you have a pack. Save as PDF to send, or print to sign.

Personal Trainer Client Agreement
Harris PTTom HarrisUK - plain English

1. Parties

Between Tom Harris trading as Harris PT and the Client.

2. Training services

Session type, location, and what is / is not included.

3. Fees

Session or package rate, payment timing, and late cancellation charges.

4. Health and liability

Health disclosure and trainer liability boundaries.

5. Cancellation

Notice required to cancel or rearrange without charge.

Your signature (print and sign)
Client signature (print and sign)
Sample preview - Autofill and Save as PDF unlock with Starter. Word download is Pro only
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Trusted by UK Trainers

What personal trainers say about us

"The PAR-Q form caught a client with an undiagnosed heart condition. Their GP cleared them but without that form I would have been training someone at risk with no documentation. Genuinely essential."

Dan, Personal Trainer — London

"The online training addendum covers everything — video call consent, data handling, equipment disclaimer. My insurance provider actually asked for something like this. Sorted."

Natalie, Online PT — Sheffield

"Have every PT in my gym using the same templates now. Liability waiver, PAR-Q, client agreement — standardised across 6 trainers. Makes compliance so much easier at scale."

Az, Gym Owner — Manchester

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Pricing

One payment. All templates.
No auto-renewal.

Pay once, download and use the documents for your business. There is no automatic renewal.

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Starter
Essential PT documents
£29
one-off
  • PT Client Service Agreement
  • Cancellation & No-Show Policy
  • GDPR Privacy Notice
  • Health Disclosure & Liability Waiver
  • Invoice Template
  • Online / Remote Session Terms
  • Client Progress Tracker
  • Fill in online with autofill
  • Add your logo and brand colour
  • Save as PDF
  • Pay once, keep access
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Pro
Everything plus premium documents
£49
one-off
  • All 7 Starter documents
  • Nutrition Coaching Agreement
  • Group Training Liability Waiver
  • Package & Membership Agreement
  • CIMSPA-Aligned Onboarding Pack
  • PT Insurance Checklist
  • Word (.docx) download
  • Priority email support
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Common Questions

Everything you need to know

Do personal trainers need a client contract?
Yes. A PT client agreement is essential for UK personal trainers. It covers session terms, payment, cancellation, liability, and health declarations. Many PT insurers expect signed client paperwork, so check what your own policy requires.
What is a PAR-Q and do I need one?
A Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q) screens new clients for health conditions that may affect their ability to exercise safely. It is the standard first-line document for every PT client and is considered part of responsible fitness practice.
Does a liability waiver protect me as a PT?
A waiver records that the client understood the risks and helps set expectations, especially alongside a PAR-Q and a client agreement. It cannot remove your liability if you are negligent, and it is not a substitute for insurance.
What should a PT client agreement include?
A comprehensive PT client agreement should include: trainer and client details, session types and locations, fees and payment terms, cancellation policy, health declarations and PAR-Q, liability waiver, data protection, and signature blocks.
Can I edit the templates for my PT business?
Yes. Every document is filled in online: an autofill panel adds your business details, and you can add your logo and brand colour. Save as PDF on both plans; Word (.docx) download is a Pro feature.

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