Who is authorized to provide classes and approved services at a Bft studio?
Bft Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
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Your Studio must engage at least one (1) individual that is capable of and authorized to provide fitness instruction and other Approved Services at all times (an "Authorized Instructor"). To be an Authorized Instructor, the individual must attend and complete our Pre-Opening Instructor Training and the proprietary "fundamentals" training program (the "Fundamentals Training Program") designed to provide individuals with guidelines and information on how to provide the Approved Services in accordance with our current System Standards.
Development Rights
We also offer qualified individuals and entities the right to acquire multiple Franchises (the "Development Rights") within a designated geographical area (the "Development Area") under our current form of multi-unit agreement, which is attached to this Disclosure Document as Exhibit K (the "Multi-Unit Agreement"). The Multi-Unit Agreement will provide a designated schedule in which you (or your affiliates) must acquire Franchises and open and operate the designated number of Studios (a "Development Schedule").
Under the Multi-Unit Agreement, the minimum number of Franchises you may commit to acquiring is three. For each Franchise you acquire pursuant to the Multi-Unit Agreement, you (or your affiliate) will sign our then-current form of Franchise Agreement.
Source: Item 16 — RESTRICTIONS ON WHAT THE FRANCHISEE MAY SELL (FDD page 57)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Bft's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, only Authorized Instructors are allowed to provide fitness instruction and other approved services at a Bft studio. To become an Authorized Instructor, an individual must complete Bft's Pre-Opening Instructor Training and the Fundamentals Training Program.
The Pre-Opening Instructor Training typically takes place virtually, at another franchisee's Bft studio, or at a Bft affiliate's studio. A portion of this training, called the Fundamentals Training Program, is always conducted virtually and provides guidelines on delivering approved services according to Bft's System Standards. Bft retains the right to review an instructor's testing results before authorizing them to provide approved services, especially if the training was completed at another Bft studio.
Bft franchisees must ensure that their initial staff of Authorized Instructors complete the Pre-Opening Instructor Training before they start providing any approved services at the studio. The training fee for the Pre-Opening Instructor Training is $5,000 per program. This fee covers all instructors hired before the studio's soft opening but does not include any personnel-related expenses for attending the training.