Can Body20 require Required Trainees or employees to complete additional training programs?
Body20 Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
est, conduct the in-person portion of Coach Onboarding at your Studio, you must us an additional training fee of $1,000 per trainer per day and reimburse us for the travel and living expenses of our trainers.
Additional Training. We may periodically conduct mandatory or optional training programs for your Required Trainees and/or your employees at our office or another location that we designate. There will be no charge for training programs that we require you or your employees to attend (other than third-party training or certification programs that we require your fitness coaches and other employees to complete and the Initial Training and Instructor Onboarding discussed above) but we may charge you a reasonable fee for optional training programs. We may provide additional training in person or via recorded media, teleconference, videoconference, the Internet, webinar, or any other means, as we determine. We may require your Required Trainees or employees to satisfactorily complete any additional training programs that we specify. We may require your Required Trainees to participate in up to five days of refresher or advanced training each year.
If, in our sole judgment, you fail to maintain the quality and service standards set forth in the Manuals, we may, in addition to all of our other rights and remedies, assign trainers to the Studio to retrain Studio employees and restore service levels and/or require you or your employees to repeat Initial Training or attend additional training programs at a location that we designate. We may charge a fee of up to $1,000 per trainer per day, plus their travel and living expenses, for each trainer assigned to your Studio and any remedial training.
If your Designated Manager ceases to be employed by you at the Studio and you are unable to immediately appoint and train a new manager, we may, in our sole discretion and for a reasonable fee, provide a Designated Manager to work at your Studio temporarily until a new Designated Manager is appointed and trained. In such instances, you will pay us the Management Fee.
Training by You. Your Required Trainees are responsible for training all of your other employees (and subsequent Designated Managers) in accordance with our standards and training programs.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPT (FDD pages 74–251)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Body20's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, Body20 may periodically conduct mandatory or optional training programs for franchisees' Required Trainees and/or employees at their office or another designated location. Body20 can also require Required Trainees or employees to satisfactorily complete any additional training programs that they specify. Furthermore, Body20 may require Required Trainees to participate in up to five days of refresher or advanced training each year.
Generally, there will be no charge for mandatory training programs, with a few exceptions. These exceptions include the Initial Training program, any additional training fees specified in Appendix A, and any third-party training or certification programs that Body20 requires instructors to complete. However, Body20 may charge a reasonable fee for optional training programs, which will not exceed $3,000 per attendee per program.
In addition to these training programs, Body20 has the right to assign trainers to a studio to retrain employees and restore service levels if the franchisee fails to maintain the quality and service standards outlined in the manuals. In this case, Body20 may charge a fee of up to $1,000 per trainer per day for each trainer assigned to the studio and any remedial training. Franchisees are also responsible for ensuring their Studio employees comply with all applicable training and certification requirements imposed by Body20, including fitness certification courses through accredited programs, at the franchisee's sole cost.