Dear NPTI:
I want to thank you for offering and delivering not only a comprehensive education and practical experience to prepare me for a career as a Personal Trainer, but for the School's dedication to thoroughness. When I began my education at NPTI, I brought enthusiasm and excitement about changing careers into a field/industry where my true passions lie, and quickly learned from your well-educated and committed instructors there was more to Personal Training than an honest desire to help people. A solid, well-rounded education in anatomy, physiology and nutrition were instilled in me by my instructors; lessons, wisdom and insight I apply every day as a Personal Trainer for Fitness Together.
At the age of 40, I decided I needed to change my life and career and follow my heart. I have always been a "fitness nut" and enjoyed helping people, informally. When I looked into becoming a professional trainer, I quickly learned there are many ways to become qualified, but only NPTI offered both the technical, classroom education AND the practical learning experience by having to train fellow students or instructors. I realized this type of education would help me be more marketable to employers and, sure enough, I landed my first Personal Trainer's position while still attending my classes at NPTI. All's it took was for a Fitness Director to visit NPTI's website and see the curriculum of your program and I was asked to come on as a Trainer while I completed the program.
My former instructors, Chris Mendonca and Kristen Ouellette, are serious, compassionate and dedicated fitness professionals who know how to balance the technical material with practical application. They not only instilled a valuable education on which I rely, but they did it with a sense of caring, and at times humor, for which I will be forever grateful and thankful.
Without NPTI, Chris or Kristen, I would not be the happy and successful Personal Trainer I hoped I could be and have become.
I thank all of you with my deepest gratitude.
Sincerely,