Franchise Opportunities
How to Become a Jazzercise Franchisee – Commonly Asked Questions
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What Does Jazzercise Offer Franchisees?
Jazzercise offers you the opportunity to own your own businesses
while staying fit and enhancing the lives of others through exercise
and dance.
As independent business people, Jazzercise franchisees can
directly affect their own income levels. Jazzercise has appeared as
one of the top 15 franchise investment opportunities in
Entrepreneur magazine's annual franchise 500 ranking since
1988, and has also garnered top rankings in its fastest-growing and
low-investment franchise listings.
Perhaps the most rewarding aspect of being a Jazzercise
franchisee is the opportunity to be a motivating factor in the
health and well-being of local community residents. Jazzercise is
well-known for its welcoming, non-intimidating atmosphere and its
philosophy that exercise programs should be fun and accessible for
everyone.
Franchise Types
Three types of franchises are available:
1. Class Owner
2. Substitute (Does not own Jazzercise Classes)
- Floating Substitutes work on an "as needed" basis for many
different instructors.
- Associate Substitutes work on a regular basis for a class
owner.
With either of these franchise types, an instructor may teach all
Jazzercise formats. These franchise types require the most training.
An addendum may be attached to a franchise agreement restricting
the class format an instructor may teach.
An instructor with a franchise agreement and addendum may teach
only Junior Jazzercise or Jazzercise Lite. This certification
requires training specific to these formats.
3.
Business-Only Franchisee (Our newest offering for franchisees
who do not wish to teach Jazzercise classes)
Standard for
Industry Training
A Jazzercise instructor applicant is trained and must be
certified before becoming a franchisee. (Every certified instructor
holds a franchise.) The certification program, conducted worldwide
through many regularly scheduled two to three-day workshops, is
comprehensive and requires substantial advance preparation.
- Health and Fitness Pre-workshop study of
basic anatomy, exercise physiology, nutrition, body composition,
dance technique, injury prevention, exercise leadership and
Jazzercise teaching technique prepares trainees for a
100-question written exam.
- Performance Trainees must learn several
Jazzercise routines, some of which must be presented during a
practical exam.
- CPR Trainees must obtain a cardio-pulmonary
resuscitation (CPR) certificate (before attending a workshop)
and are required to maintain the certification once they become
franchisees.
Instructor training curriculum and course materials are
consistent with the AFAA (Aerobics and Fitness Association of
America) Basic Standards and Guidelines.
You're Invited To
Take the Challenge!
Founded by professional dancer Judi Sheppard Missett in 1969,
Jazzercise is the most widely taught dance-fitness program in the
world with an international network of more than 5,800 franchised
instructors who teach this total-body conditioning program to
hundreds of thousands of participants each year.
"Becoming a Jazzercise franchisee is a wonderful experience for
anyone interested in helping others achieve their personal fitness
goals while enjoying the challenges and tremendous satisfaction that
come from owning your own business. I invite you to join the
fabulous fitness industry with Jazzercise, the world's leading
dance-fitness program."
- Judi Sheppard Missett
President and CEO
The information on this Web site is not
intended as an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to
buy, a franchise. It is for information purposes only. It is not
directed to any prospective franchisee in a state or jurisdiction
which regulates the offer and sale of franchises if Jazzercise is
not registered or exempt in that state or jurisdiction.
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