Could the Election Outcome Affect New York City Personal Trainers Pockets?

Almost three weeks since the election, I feel this is a relevant question.  

Many business owners in all industries, ask the question every election.  “How will this new president’s policies affect my business?” Regardless of where you stand on the candidates, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, it’s fair to wonder whether a Donald Trump victory could help or hurt your career as a personal trainer.

To be fair to personal trainers, I don’t think of the question in the same manner as other industries consider the question.  Presidents don’t put personal training legislation on their campaign platform.  And to be clear, Donald Trump makes it clear that he sleeps four hours a night and does not exercise.  However, after watching the way some things have gone, there could be good things in store for personal trainers. Particularly, the stock market.

Let me be clear, before continuing, this is not a political piece nor an endorsement of the outcome.  Just a simple observation.

More wealth means more

If the stock market is any indication of things to come over the next several years, there is the potential for a lot of wealth to be created with perceived pro-business policies. Since election day, the market is up about 5% overall, with some sectors much higher.

To be blunt, the financial industry accounts for a lot of the jobs in New York City.  Traders, investment bankers, analysts, and others, plus their legal teams could be busy over the next few years.  Then there are financial technology firms.  The list goes on.  If they make more money, more of them will be looking for personal trainers.

Personal training is still somewhat of a luxury product despite it becoming more mainstream.

The bottom line…

New York City personal trainers could see an influx of a lot of new prospects who have new found wealth because of the President-elect and his policies.

Again, this is not meant to inject political opinion, but rather to highlight a scenario that could play out as a result of the presidential election result.

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