Does Basecamp Fitness charge a fee for the 'Coaches Training Course'?
Basecamp_Fitness Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
that meets our requirement before they attend and you must provide us a copy of that agreement. The length of the training program will be at our discretion, and will be scheduled by us in our discretion. You will be responsible for travel costs, room and board, salaries, fringe benefits, and other expenses incurred by you and your employees in attending the training program.
- F. Coaches Training. Between forty five (45) and sixty (60) days before opening of your Basecamp Studio, your Fitness Manager must attend and complete to our satisfaction our "Coaches Training Course" and "Day in the Life Training." Further, between seven (7) and thirty (30) days before opening of your Basecamp Studio, at least 3 of your fitness coaches must attend and complete to our satisfaction our "Coaches Training Course." Each new coach you retain must complete to our satisfaction this course within forty-five (45) days after you retain the person. This course will be held online or at a location we specify. We will charge our then-current fee for this course, plus costs of travel lodging and meals if held at a location other than our corporate offices or online. Fees are payable before the training occurs. You are also responsible for all travel and living expenses your personnel may incur in attending the training.
- G. Additional Pre-Opening Training. In addition to the other training requirements set forth above, prior to the opening of your Basecamp Studio you and/or your Principal Operator, as we may specify, and your Studio Manager must complete various training programs we require from time to time. These trainings must be completed to our satisfaction within the timeframes that we specify from time to time. Other than our "Launch Training" and the Coaches Training discussed above, we do not charge a fee for these pre-opening training courses. However, you are responsible for all travel and lodging expenses you and your personnel incur to attend these trainings. We can hold these trainings online, at
your Basecamp Studio or another location, as we determine. You must pay the then-current fee for the Launch Training prior to the training.
- H. Relaunch Training.
Source: Item 22 — CONTRACTS (FDD pages 61–62)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Basecamp Fitness's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, franchisees will be charged a fee for the Coaches Training Course under certain circumstances. Specifically, between 45 and 60 days before the studio opens, the Fitness Manager must attend and complete the Coaches Training Course and the Day in the Life Training. Also, between 7 and 30 days before opening, at least 3 fitness coaches must attend and complete the Coaches Training Course. Each new coach must complete this course within 45 days after being retained. Basecamp Fitness will charge its then-current fee for this course. These courses may be held online or at a location that Basecamp Fitness specifies. Fees are payable before the training occurs. The franchisee is also responsible for all travel and living expenses for personnel attending the training.
However, franchisees do not pay a separate training fee for fitness coaches attending the Coaches Training Course within the first 12 months after the Basecamp Studio opens. Beginning in month 13, the franchisee will be charged the then-current per attendee training fee for each coach who attends the training. This fee is payable before the training and is nonrefundable. The franchisee is also responsible for all travel and living expenses the personnel incur while attending the Coaches Training Course.
If a franchisee or their personnel teach a fitness class before successfully completing the Coaches Training Course when required, they must pay Basecamp Fitness a fee of $2,000 on demand. Of this amount, $1,500 will cover the cost for Basecamp Fitness to perform a coach certification course. This fee is in addition to any other rights and remedies Basecamp Fitness may have and may be charged each time this occurs.