Where does Bft conduct the Staffing & Recruiting training?
Bft Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
rning Management System and other written materials as training materials.
Pre-Opening Instructor Training – Pre-Opening for Initial Authorized Instructors
In addition to completing the Initial Training Program, as appropriate, you must ensure that any individuals that are expected to provide Approved Services at your Studio, participate in and complete the Pre-Opening Instructor Training that, as of the Issue Date, is at least partially provided online. In successfully completing the Pre-Opening Instructor Training, each individual will be considered an Authorized Instructor. We estimate that the Pre-Opening Instructor Training will include approximately 17 hours of online instruction and 16 hours of in-studio
training, for a total of 33 hours (not including the additional 8 hours that must be completed by each Head Coach). A "Head Coach" is an individual who (1) attends and completes Pre-Opening Instructor Training and the Fundamentals Training Program; and (2) is otherwise approved by us as a Head Coach. Our then-current criteria and conditions for an individual who desires to become a Head Coach will be set forth in our Learning Management System. Currently, our Pre-Opening Instructor Training is held virtually, but we may require you to attend an inperson training in the future.
Our Fundamentals Training Program is an instructor onboarding training for all instructors you and other System franchisees engage to work at a Studio location. Each instructor will complete onboarding training videos and testing via an online training program, using a training manual prepared specifically for the Fundamentals Training Program.
Steven Stonehouse, our Vice President of Programming & Education, will oversee most aspects of the Pre-Opening Instructor Training. Steven has been with us or our affiliates from the inception of the BFT® brand, and he has over 13 years of experience in the fitness industry and topics of instruction above generally.
We normally conduct our training on an as-needed basis, but we may change this schedule based on demand and the availability of our instructors. We may substitute other instructors to provide certain parts of the Initial Training Program or Pre-Opening Instructor Training, but these individuals will have all completed the appropriate portion of the Pre-Opening Instructor Training on which they provide instruction.
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND TRAINING (FDD pages 37–50)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Bft's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the Pre-Opening Instructor Training, which is required for individuals providing approved services at a Bft studio, is at least partially provided online. The FDD states that Bft estimates the Pre-Opening Instructor Training includes approximately 17 hours of online instruction and 16 hours of in-studio training, totaling 33 hours. An additional 8 hours must be completed by each Head Coach.
The 2025 FDD specifies that currently, the Pre-Opening Instructor Training is held virtually. However, Bft may require franchisees to attend an in-person training in the future.
Bft also provides additional training to franchisees and their employees at their request, but the franchisee is responsible for all costs associated with this additional training. After a studio's soft opening, new Authorized Instructors will complete Pre-Opening Instructor Training with a Head Coach, and the Fundamentals Training Program will continue to be provided virtually at a tuition fee.