Where does Stretch Zone conduct the Stretch Practitioner Training Program for initial practitioners?
Stretch_Zone Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
- of the Stretch Practitioner Training Program, which is conducted for your initial practitioners during the Initial On-Site Training Program, below. The Initial Franchise Fee covers the Initial On-Site Training Program, except as provided in the description of the Stretch Practitioner Training Program below.
- Stretch Practitioner Training Program: This will be completed by each employee who will provide stretch services at the Franchise Business and your Regional Manager. We provide a portion of the Stretch Practitioner Training Program virtually for your initial practitioners. Practitioners will attend this virtual training course via Stretch Zone University as a prerequisite. Contingent on completing and passing the virtual course, a two-day in-person Stretch Training is attended. During the in-person Stretch Training, practitioners must pass two practical exams to be deemed a certified stretch practitioner. The Initial Franchise Fee covers the Stretch Practitioner Training Program for up to 12 of your initial practitioner candidates attending as part of the Initial On-Site Training Program. You otherwise must pay us a training fee of $310 per person for this training. As stated in Item 6, we also will provide, at your request, the Stretch Practitioner Training Program at your Franchise Business if you have a minimum of four practitioners who will attend. The training fee for this on-site Stretch Practitioner Training is $1,240.
Training Schedule and Location. We conduct the training classes on an "as-needed" basis at our training facility at our corporate headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, remotely, and/or at your Franchise Business, depending on the applicable training program.
Source: Item 23 — ADVERTISING RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 (FDD pages 44–54)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Stretch Zone's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, the Stretch Practitioner Training Program for initial practitioners involves both virtual and in-person components. The virtual portion is completed via Stretch Zone University as a prerequisite to the in-person training. The in-person Stretch Training is conducted over two days, during which practitioners must pass two practical exams to become certified.
Stretch Zone conducts the in-person portion of the Stretch Practitioner Training Program at their training facility at the corporate headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. However, the FDD also states that Stretch Zone may conduct the training at the franchisee's location as part of the Initial On-Site Training Program. This on-site training option is available if the franchisee has a minimum of four practitioners attending.
For franchisees, this means that initial practitioners will first complete online coursework through Stretch Zone University. Then, they will attend a two-day in-person training session. This in-person session will either be at the corporate headquarters in Fort Lauderdale or, if the franchisee has at least four practitioners, at the franchisee's own Stretch Zone location. The initial franchise fee covers the Stretch Practitioner Training Program for up to 12 initial practitioner candidates as part of the Initial On-Site Training Program. If a franchisee needs to train more than 12 initial practitioners, they will incur a training fee of $310 per person. If the training is conducted at the franchisee's location, the training fee is $1,240.