What conditions must be met before Pump It Up franchise training is completed?
Pump_It_Up Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
y Arevalo, our Senior Marketing Manager, has been with us since March 2018 and provides marketing training (Ms. Arevalo has over 5 years of marketing experience).
The initial training program is mandatory for all franchisees. We will not authorize your Franchised Business to open (or, for transfers we reserve the right to halt the operations of the Franchised Business or impose other operational restrictions on the operating business) if you (or your Operating Principal) and your managerial personnel (the person who is managing the day-to-day operations of the Franchised Business), as determined by us in our sole discretion, have not attended and successfully completed our initial training program. Your initial training must be completed after you have signed a lease for the Premises of your Pump It Up Business and prior to the date you open your Franchised Business. You likely will sign a lease at least 3 to 5 months prior to the date you complete construction of your Pump It Up Business (but the timing may be longer if your landlord delays delivery of the Premises to you). If you operate multiple Pump It Up Businesses, you are not required to complete the initial training program more than once unless we, in our sole discretion, determine that it is necessary for you to do so.
TRAINING PROGRAM
The following chart summarizes the subjects currently taught during the initial training program in the operation of a Pump It Up Business. The Initial Training Program may change from time to time.
| Obligation | Disclosure Document | |
|---|---|---|
| Section in Franchise Agreement | Item | |
| p. Indemnification | Section 23 | None |
| q. Owner’s participation/ | Sections 12.I, 14.D, 14.E | Items 11 and 15 |
| management/staffing | ||
| r. Records/reports | Section 8 | Item 6 |
| s. Inspections/audits | Sections 8.D, 12.G | Item 6 |
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Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISORS'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND TRAINING (FDD pages 30–41)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Pump It Up's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the initial training program is mandatory for all franchisees. Pump It Up will not authorize a new franchise location to open unless the franchisee (or their Operating Principal) and their managerial personnel have attended and successfully completed the initial training program. For franchisees obtaining an existing Pump It Up Business by transfer, Pump It Up reserves the right to halt operations or impose operational restrictions if the training requirement is not met.
The initial training must be completed after the franchisee has signed a lease for the premises of their Pump It Up Business and before the franchise location opens. The FDD notes that franchisees will likely sign a lease at least 3 to 5 months prior to completing construction, but this timeline could be longer if the landlord delays delivering the premises.
If any individual required to complete the initial training program fails to do so successfully, they may repeat the program, or the franchisee may send a substitute to complete the next available program. Pump It Up may charge a tuition fee for substitute or additional employees attending the initial training program, including those repeating it. All persons attending initial training are required to sign Pump It Up's standard Liability Waiver and Release.