Fitness coaches for retirees
Compare 9 fitness coaches. Besides their main focus, the most common focus areas are over 40 and 50, health and wellness, mobility and injury and online coaching. They most often work with retirees, people over 40 and women. Most charge $75 to $150 per hour or session.
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Graham Elliss
Graham Elliss is a personal trainer in Hawthorn, Melbourne. He runs Renewed After 50, which helps adults over 50 get fitter and stronger. He leads Go4Life group classes online and in person. He also offers one-on-one training, eating guidance, and a fortnightly walking and hiking meetup. One client trained with him for six years. Another lost 18 kilos and went from struggling to run 100 meters to running 10 kilometers.
April
April is a certified personal trainer and yoga instructor who helps older adults get stronger and stay active. She built Yes2Next in 2020 when gyms closed, and it began with free home workout videos made with her mom. Those videos have been viewed more than 75 million times, and the channel has more than 650,000 subscribers. Before training, April spent 30 years in a full-time corporate career. Her focus is balance, strength, cardio and flexibility for people over 50.
Jeanette Logan
Jeanette Logan runs Youthful Hearts, a fitness class and coaching practice for adults over 50. She has more than 35 years in fitness. Her classes cover strength, stretch, balance, low impact aerobics, line dancing and chair exercise. Members range in age from 50 to 99. She teaches in person at the Margaret Todd Senior Center in Novato, California, and live on Zoom. She also offers one-on-one coaching.
Lori Michiel
Lori Michiel is a NASM certified personal trainer who coaches active adults and seniors in their homes. She runs Lori Michiel Fitness with a team of certified trainers across Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara and Orange Counties. Lori uses functional assessments to measure fitness in clients with and without cognitive impairment. She then builds corrective exercises to lower injury risk and improve strength, mobility and independence. Her team also works with clients after rehab and with Parkinson's disease.
Julie Bergfeld
Julie Bergfeld is a fitness and health coach in Missouri who helps athletes and older adults. She runs Get Mobile, a practice built around mind, body and metabolism. Julie is a registered yoga teacher and an athlete. She spent many years working in technology, academia and fitness. She holds an ACC credential and is a Certified Human Potential Coach and Nutrition Coach. Her coaching helps people build or regain mobility.
Alicia Jones
Alicia Jones is a fitness and weight loss coach for women over 50. She runs Alicia Jones Healthy Living and works with clients online. She has coached women in this age group since 2006. She has also kept off her own weight loss for 20 years. Her programs cover fat loss, strength and healthy eating for midlife. She shares free weekly workouts and short workout videos on her site.
Wanda Rodriguez
Wanda Rodriguez is a fitness and nutrition coach who helps women in their 50s, 60s and 70s get stronger and healthier. She runs FitAnyAge, which she started after a layoff during COVID when gyms closed. Her main focus is virtual personal training, so she reaches women in all states and works across time zones. She also trains some clients in person. She works with retirees, women business owners, clients on GLP-1 medications and clients with limited mobility.
Duncan Rinehart
Duncan Rinehart is a retirement and wellness coach who works with retirees and people getting close to retirement. He holds four coaching and health certifications, including ICF and NBHWC credentials. Duncan is in his 70s and has been a triathlete all his life. He has dealt with injuries, surgeries, personal loss and setbacks, and he uses that experience in his sessions. His coaching looks at the whole person and helps clients shape the senior years they want.
Katinka Blackford Newman
Katinka Blackford Newman is a life coach, health coach and personal trainer in London. She helps ambitious midlife professionals who want more fulfilment, better fitness, stronger health and more confidence. Before coaching, she spent more than twenty years as an award-winning documentary filmmaker and journalist. She is one of the few coaches who mixes coaching with hands-on personal training. Clients can book coaching sessions, PT sessions or a mix of both.
Side by side
| Coach | Focus | Hourly rate range |
|---|---|---|
| Graham Elliss | Over 40 and 50 and Fat loss | $90 to $150 an hour |
| April | Over 40 and 50 and Beginners | $120 to $200 an hour |
| Jeanette Logan | Over 40 and 50 and Health and wellness | $125 to $240 an hour |
| Lori Michiel | Over 40 and 50 and Mobility and injury | $110 to $175 an hour |
| Julie Bergfeld | Mobility and injury and Nutrition and habits | $95 to $175 an hour |
| Alicia Jones | Fat loss and Women's fitness | $75 to $150 an hour |
| Wanda Rodriguez | Women's fitness and Over 40 and 50 | $95 to $175 an hour |
| Duncan Rinehart | Over 40 and 50 and Health and wellness | $90 to $175 an hour |
| Katinka Blackford Newman | Fat loss and Over 40 and 50 | $80 to $159 per hour |
Common questions
How much does a fitness coach cost?
Most fitness coaches charge $75 to $150 per hour or session.
Can I work with a fitness coach online?
Yes. Of the fitness coaches on this page who say how they work, 83% offer online sessions.
What else do these fitness coaches help with?
Common focus areas include over 40 and 50, health and wellness, mobility and injury and online coaching.
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Last updated September 2026.