National Personal Training Institute

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The National Personal Training Institute is a school for people that want to become personal trainers. It is a 500 hour long program that is usually 6 months long or 12 months long. The course covers roughly 100 hours of exercise program design, 100 hours of nutrition, 100 hours of anatomy and physiology, and 200 hours of practical experience. A part of each day is spent in a classroom setting learning the academic information and the remainder of each day is spent in a gym setting learning the practical aspects of personal training and actually working out. The school is approved by the Department of Education in the states that they operate in. The school was founded in April 2001 with four schools, there are currently over 20 schools nationwide. The headquarters is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.