Can I watch the session?

Yes, and you are welcome to. Some children concentrate better with a parent present and others perform for them — your coach will tell you honestly which yours is.

How often should my child train?

Two sessions a week is typical, which alongside school sport and general play adds up sensibly. More than three is rarely necessary and risks turning something enjoyable into an obligation.

My child is not sporty and does not want to do this.

Fairly common, and usually rooted in a bad experience of being picked last or falling behind in PE. One-to-one removes the comparison entirely, which is often the whole problem. If your child genuinely hates it after a few sessions, stop — forcing it rarely ends well.

Can two siblings train together?

Yes, and it often works well. Mention it when you book so the coach can plan for two.

Is this a class or one-to-one?

One-to-one, or siblings together if you ask. There are no group classes; sessions are private, at your home, with the coach's attention on your child.

Can they train during exam season?

Yes, and many find it helps with stress and sleep. Sessions usually drop to once a week and get shorter. Pausing entirely for a few weeks is also fine.

Can I request a female coach?

Yes. Mention it when you get in touch and we will match accordingly; many parents of teenage girls do.

How much does a personal trainer in Dubai cost?

Sessions last 60 minutes and cost between AED 250 and AED 390, depending on the package you choose. Your first session is free, so you can meet your coach before you decide on anything.

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One-to-one sessions for children aged 6 to 12 and teenagers aged 13 to 17, at home, in your compound or a nearby park, built for bodies that are still growing.

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Stefan Vasic

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Head Coach at FitForce. NASM Certified Personal Trainer and Corrective Exercise Specialist with 20 years in sport, a 2nd Dan karate black belt and five years on the Serbian national karate team. Before Dubai he spent eight years at Fitness Zone in Novi Sad as head coach and lectured at HFS Academy, the regional NASM and TRX education provider, helping educate more than 2,100 fitness professionals.

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Co-founder and General Manager of FitForce. Nemanja has spent over ten years in the fitness industry and has been in Dubai since 2017: personal trainer at Fitness First Middle East, then Fitness Manager at Community Fitness, before co-founding FitForce in 2023. He hires and develops the coaching team and makes sure every client gets a structured, safe and results-driven programme.

Published 20 October 2025 Updated 19 October 2026

FitForce provides one-to-one personal training for children aged 6 to 12 and teenagers aged 13 to 17 in Dubai, at home, in a compound's shared space or at a nearby park. Children's sessions last 45 minutes and focus on coordination and confidence; teen sessions last 45 to 60 minutes and add strength and conditioning. Every child starts with a free first session, and a parent is always welcome to stay.

Why parents in Dubai hire a personal trainer for kids and teens

Children used to get their physical development almost by accident — running around outside, climbing things, playing games nobody organised. Between screens, homework and a climate that keeps everyone indoors half the year, a lot of that has quietly disappeared.

The consequence shows up in ways parents notice without connecting them: poor posture from hunching over a tablet, clumsiness that should have been outgrown, tiring quickly during PE, or simply avoiding physical activity because it feels like something they are bad at. None of these are talent problems. They are practice problems.

Physically, this is also the most awkward window. Growth spurts temporarily wreck coordination — limbs get longer faster than the nervous system adapts, which is why a previously capable fourteen-year-old suddenly looks clumsy. It passes, but training through it sensibly speeds up the adjustment rather than slowing it down.

The recommendation from the CDC's physical activity guidelines for children is 60 minutes of activity a day. Very few children in Dubai get near that without something structured in the week.

What sessions look like at each age

Sessions change with age, attention span and growth. These are the broad stages; your coach adapts them to your child.

Age	Session	Focus	Load
6–7	45 minutes, almost entirely play	Running, jumping, balancing, changing direction	Bodyweight only
8–10	45 minutes, more structure	Coordination, agility, body awareness	Simple bodyweight strength
11–12	45 minutes	Squat, hinge, push and pull taught correctly	Bodyweight or very light resistance
13–17	45 to 60 minutes	Strength, conditioning, sport-specific work	Light, progressed only when technique is right

Children and teenagers never lift heavy at FitForce; technique comes before load at every age.

How we coach children and teenagers

Not a small version of an adult workout.

The thing parents most often worry about. There are no heavy weights, no exhausting circuits, and nobody is being shouted at.

Games with a purpose.

Agility ladders, cone drills, bear crawls, balance challenges, relay races — activities a child experiences as fun while their coach deliberately develops coordination, reaction speed and body control.

Strength comes in through play.

Bodyweight strength arrives through things like planks and step-ups, scaled to the child's level — never heavy loads.

Self-consciousness peaks now.

A gym floor or a group class is exactly the environment where a teenager who is unsure of themselves decides they would rather not.

And it backs off when school flattens them.

A lighter week when exams or deadlines hit is part of the plan — something no class can offer.

Who coaches kids and teens

Coaching children is its own skill, so we match families with the coaches who have done it.

Nemanja Momcilovic

Youth sport

Specialised in youth basketball coaching and youth athletic development, after five years as a professional basketball player.

Stefan Vasic

Football and movement

Head Coach with a UEFA C football licence and experience in youth and adult fitness, injury prevention and performance.

Tony

Family sessions

Runs group family sessions, so siblings or a parent and child can train together with one coach.

Is strength training safe for children and teenagers?

Is strength training safe for children? Yes, when it is supervised and appropriately loaded, and the belief that it stunts growth has been repeatedly examined and not supported. What actually causes injury in young people is unsupervised lifting, poor technique, and doing too much too soon — which is exactly what happens when a child copies something from a video.

Our coaches work at bodyweight or very light resistance until well into the teenage years, and prioritise technique over load throughout. Growth plates, coordination development and attention span all shape how sessions are built. The bigger risk for most children is the opposite one — inactivity does more measurable harm at this age than sensible training ever will.

Is strength training safe for teenagers? Yes, supervised and correctly loaded, and the belief that it stunts growth has been examined repeatedly without being supported. Guidance on promoting youth fitness from Nationwide Children's Hospital reflects the same position. What causes injury in this age group is specific and predictable — lifting without supervision, copying technique from a video, chasing a number before the movement is right, and training the same thing every day. Our coaches prioritise technique over load throughout. The load can always come later; a rushed pattern is harder to unpick.

What is included

A free first session, used to see how your child moves and what they enjoy

Sessions at home, in your compound or at a nearby park

All equipment brought by the coach: agility ladders, cones, resistance bands, mats

Updates for parents on what is improving and what needs work

For teenagers, practical nutrition guidance free of the supplement culture they meet online, and a route into boxing if they want something sport-specific

What improves, and how quickly?

Confidence usually moves first, often within three or four sessions, and it is the change parents comment on most. A child who has decided they are unsporty starts revising that opinion quickly once they can do something they could not do last week.

Coordination and agility follow over a couple of months. Children learn movement patterns considerably faster than adults do, largely because they do not overthink them.

Strength moves fast at this age, faster than it ever will again, and teenagers who train consistently usually see clear progress within six to eight weeks. Coordination improves alongside it, which is often more noticeable to a parent than to them.

What takes longer is consistency. Teenagers are busy, tired, and pulled in several directions, and a programme that assumes otherwise falls apart by week three. Two sessions a week that actually happen beat four that do not.

Where sessions take place in Dubai

Coaches travel to you, and family villa communities are where most of this happens: Arabian Ranches, Jumeirah and Umm Suqeim and Dubai Hills among them. Sessions run at home, in a compound's shared space or at a park when the weather allows, after school or at the weekend.

Message us on WhatsApp to check coach availability in your area, or see every area our personal trainers in Dubai cover.

Numbers our clients earned

Results from adult FitForce clients; we do not publish children's results.

BEFORE

AFTER

Weight Loss: 14kg

17 WEEKS

Despite having asthma, I had a burning desire to run a half marathon. The team from FitForce tailored every training session to my unique needs and wishes, taking my health challenges into consideration. Our primary focus was on weight loss, and in 17 weeks, I lost 14kg, going from 69 kg to 55 kg. Thanks to their dedication and expertise, I not only successfully reached my weight loss target but also achieved my dream of completing the half marathon.

Personal Trainer for Kids and Teens in Dubai