Fitness 21 prides itself on its exceptional team of trainers. In an unregulated industry, where mediocrity is too often accepted, we strive for the highest levels of excellence. In order to become a Fitness 21 trainer, you must first be accepted into Fitness 21 Academy, a 20-hour program aimed at instilling the foundational principles of safe and effective client relationships. The Academy addresses scope of practice concerns, nutritional guidelines, and ethical influence skills and is based on a program that Phil Kaplan, the founder, is paid $9,000 for by select outside organizations. Completing the Academy is NOT a guarantee a trainer will be hired on as a member of the team, but it is a prerequisite, and the reason we can offer our employees benefits, job security, and advancement opportunities is in great part because of the filter the Academy provides. Those who are not prepared for excellence will not make it through. Those personal trainers who are career oriented and seek stability in a thrilling empowering environment energized by the want and ability to change people’s lives for the better, will find the Fitness 21 Academy to be life-changing.