When must the initial training for a Pump It Up franchise be completed?
Pump_It_Up Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
Franchised Business within 6 months of executing your Lease and within 18 months of signing the Franchise Agreement.
TRAINING
Initial Training Program
Before you open the Franchised Business, you (or your Operating Principal) must attend and complete our initial training program. The initial training program involves classroom instruction as well as hands-on instruction at a Pump It Up facility of our choosing and/or at any other location as we may specify in writing. We may, in our sole discretion, provide the initial training program entirely or in part via video conference or other online or virtual means at dates and times designated by us. If you obtain an operating Pump It Up Business by transfer from another Pump It Up franchisee, you must complete this initial training program within 60 days of operating that Pump It Up Business, unless otherwise specified by us. If you are opening a new location, the initial training program must be completed in advance of the opening of your Franchised Business. You must pay all travel, living and other expenses incurred by you and your employees while attending or otherwise participating in the training. The Initial Training Program is offered periodically on an as-needed basis, as we determine such a need.
If any individual who is required to complete the initial training program fails to successfully complete the initial training program per our standards, then that individual may repeat the program, or you may send a substitute to complete the next available program. We may charge you a tuition fee for substitute or additional employees (including those repeating training) who attend the initial training program. We may require that any replacement managerial personnel satisfactorily complete our training programs within 90 days of being designated as managerial personnel. Replacement managerial personnel may: (1) attend the next training program offered by us; or (2) be trained by your training personnel.
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, if opening a new location, the initial training program must be completed in advance of opening the franchised business. If obtaining an operating Pump It Up business by transfer from another franchisee, the initial training program must be completed within 60 days of operating that Pump It Up Business, unless otherwise specified by Pump It Up. The initial training program is mandatory for all franchisees. Pump It Up will not authorize a franchised business to open if the franchisee (or their Operating Principal) and their managerial personnel have not attended and successfully completed the initial training program.
The FDD states that the initial training must be completed after signing a lease for the premises of the Pump It Up business and prior to the date the franchise opens. Franchisees will likely sign a lease at least 3 to 5 months prior to completing construction, though this timeframe could be longer if the landlord delays delivering the premises.
Pump It Up may require franchisees to complete training via video conference or other online or virtual means at their sole discretion, or conduct training through self-service means as they may designate. The initial training program involves classroom instruction as well as hands-on instruction at a Pump It Up facility or another location specified in writing by Pump It Up. Pump It Up may, in its sole discretion, provide the initial training program entirely or in part via video conference or other online or virtual means at dates and times designated by them. The Initial Training Program is offered periodically on an as-needed basis, as Pump It Up determines such a need.
Franchisees are responsible for all travel, living, and other expenses incurred while attending or participating in the training. If any individual required to complete the initial training program fails to successfully complete it, 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 (including those repeating training) who attend the initial training program.