Is there a cost for the Body20 Initial Training for Required Trainees as part of the Franchise Fee?
Body20 Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
minated, you must secure our approval of another site and enter into a Site Lease for the new approved site within 90 days. You agree to pay us the Relocation Fee upon notifying us of your intent to relocate the Studio to a new Site, whether or not the new Site is approved. We reserve the right to terminate this Agreement if you fail to secure a new approved site within 90 days after you lose the Site Lease.
Section 5 Training and Assistance
- 5.1 Initial Training. Prior to opening the Studio, you (or your Operating Principal, if you are an Entity) and your Designated Manager (collectively, "Required Trainees") must personally attend and satisfactorily complete our initial training program ("Initial Training"). We will provide Initial Training as soon as practicable after the execution and delivery of this Agreement at our offices, at any other location that we designate, and/or remotely via recorded media, teleconference, videoconference, the Internet, webinar, or any other means, as we determine. We will determine the length, timing, location, and substance of Initial Training in our sole discretion. We may waive a portion of Initial Training or alter the training schedule if we determine that your Required Trainees have sufficient prior experience or training or have previously been trained at one of our Studios. Each subsequent Operating Principal and Designated Manager must attend our Initial Training unless we otherwise agree in writing.
- (a) Cost. We will provide instructors, facilities, and materials your Required Trainees as part of the Franchise Fee, provided that all of your trainees are trained during the same training session. We reserve the right to charge the Training Fee for each person who attends a subsequent Initial Training program, including (i) each person who is repeating the course or replacing a person who did not pass and (ii) each subsequent Operating Principal, Designated Manager, or employee who attends the course.
- (b) Completion of Initial Training. If your Required Trainees are unable to successfully complete, in our sole discretion, Initial Training for any reason, your Required Trainees must repeat Initial Training or you must send replacement Required Trainees to complete Initial Training. Your Required Trainees must successfully complete Initial Training at least 30 days before the earlier of the date you open the Studio or the Opening Deadline (or by such earlier deadline that we specify). We will not refund any initial franchise fees paid by you. If you and your personnel satisfactorily complete our Initial Training and you do not expressly
inform us at the end of Initial Training that you feel that you or they have not been adequately trained, then you and they will be deemed to have been trained sufficiently to operate a Studio.
Source: Item 23 — RECEIPT (FDD pages 74–251)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Body20's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the initial training for the Required Trainees is included as part of the Franchise Fee, provided all trainees attend the same session. The Required Trainees include the franchisee (or the Operating Principal if the franchisee is an entity) and the Designated Manager. However, if any representatives, including initial Required Trainees, attend a subsequent Initial Training session, Body20 may charge a Training Fee for each representative. This Training Fee will not exceed $1,000 per trainee per day.
Body20 may also charge additional fees if any portion of the Initial Training is provided at the franchisee's studio. In such cases, Body20 may charge up to $1,000 per trainer per day, in addition to covering the trainer's travel and living expenses. The franchisee acknowledges that any training fees paid are non-refundable, regardless of the reason.
This fee structure is fairly typical in the franchise industry, where initial training is often included in the franchise fee, but additional or repeat training incurs extra costs. It is important for prospective Body20 franchisees to budget for potential additional training expenses, especially if staff turnover is expected or if additional on-site training is desired.