Can't say often enough how much I love FIE - you always make me feel supported even though I finished my studies ages, ago, I've never met any of you and live at the other end of the country!
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Susie Black – January 2011
I have always been interested in Personal Training and the price of the FIE Course was a good price and had good ratings. I found the tutor to be very valuable and he demonstrated and passed on great knowledge.
Simon Parrott - November 2010
I worked as a travel agent for 10 years and wanted to change my career to something I enjoyed as a hobby. I chose FIE because it was recommended to me by a friend and I found the course very helpful and informative. The price of the course is very good I found the tutor to be excellent, very helpful and always had time for everyone. I would definitely recommend this course to a friend.
Emma Kearley - September 2010
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I decided to become a Personal Trainer as I have a passion for helping people to achieve their goals. I chose a long distance course as that is what I needed at that moment. The course taught me everything necessary to launch a career as a Personal Trainer. I found the content of the course very valuable and the tutor was fun to work with, clear in what he taught, patient and understanding and he explaining exactly what we needed to know.
Haitam Buzeyan - September 2010
I would like to say thanks for helping me through my Level 3 Personal Training Course. I found the course content very interesting and informative and I believe I have learnt a great deal while studying with you. All the representatives working for F.I.E were always happy to help with any problems I may have had, be it on assessment days or simply at the other side
Liam Elton - July 2010
After researching on the internet for a personal training courses I enrolled on to FIE. FIE gave me the ability to study at my own pace and also complete the course in bite size modules. Whenever I needed extra I enrolled on very helpful training days. When needed feedback for course work was only a click away. I am very happy with the cause and would without reservation recommend this to anyone wanting to go in to personal training.
Lee Clasby - Feb 2010
I have been assisted through my studies to achieve my aspiration of becoming a fully qualified fitness instructor so that I can train the young people I care for.
I can highly recommend the live courses, the teaching coaches and the administration staff as they have been highly supportive throughout.
Thank you FIE!
Caroline Theodorou - March 2010
I have recently signed up for the Personal Trainer Course run by Fitness Industry Education and I wanted to take the opportunity to email you regarding the exceptional customer service I received from Chris Manning.
I work in Human Resource Management and one of the biggest challenges we face in companies is developing and embedding a Customer Service mindset. It is all to easy to develop training course and values that espouse customer service as being key to success, however, it is still rare that you find individuals/teams/organisations who truely 'live' these behaviours.
During the last couple of months, when I was considering which PT course/company I should choose, I contacted your organisation and l was luckily ablt to speak with Chris. Since my first phone call, I have had numerous conversations with Chris. I found him to be knowledgable, friendly, informal and engaging yet truely professional. He provided me with all the information I needed including a lot that I didn't know I needed; but without which I would not have been able to make the informed decision that I have. Chris has exceeded my expectations in terms of the customer service that I would expect to get, yet rarely receive.
Chris has truely delighted me as a customer and I believe he sets your standards in terms of being a customer service role model.
I hope that you have many more career specialists within your organisation who deliver this exceptional quality, if not you now have a role model who can act as a coach for everyone else and I hope you are able to recognise Chris for his hard work.
I only now need to fine the time from my full-time job to start the course I am very excited about!
Kate Charlton - Sep 2009 - Holland
I just wanted to say a big thank you for such a positive course so far. I've found the theory interesting, challenging in places with all new information to enhance my understanding, easy to dip into whenever time allowed and altogether a very well thought out and comprehensive course which I've enjoyed. As a primary school teacher and County standard runner I learnt plenty, literally as the course section is labelled, all the theory behind the practical. Rather like a GCSE biology course, and I never did have enough options to choose Biology way back when so have really appreciated it.
Thank you
Sharon Barnett - Dec 2009
I have now attended my training day for Health Related Exercise for children and I would just like to comment on Ella Brooker the assessor on the day, on how well she demonstrated the games and exercises and how understanding and professional she was. She was a delight to be with and really deserves credit for what she does. She was brilliant!
Margaret Peplow - Jan 2008 - Hertfordshire
Dear team,
I just wanted to thank you for what has been an extremely interesting course. I found the e-learning experience exceptional and I will certainly come back to FIE when I wish to further my own knowledge and gain additional qualifications. I shall also be sending my employees on courses through FIE when I open my health club later this year. From my experience I believe that you should make your training day mandatory as I found this to be invaluable given that my 20 hours practicum training in my local gym was poor, even though I selected one of the largest health club chains in the UK.
Thank you once again for all your help and support. *****Star Course.
Angela Lessani - Feb 2008 - Director, Fitness In Time
Hi Suzanna - I just wanted to say a HUGE thanks for the fantastic day on Saturday - I feel like I learned months & months of hints & tips in just an afternoon! It was brilliant - lots to think about now, I'm posting off some lesson plans this week so look forward to your feedback.
Enjoy the sunshine and thanks again
Anna O'Dell - Aug 2008 - London
Dear Michael and Co,
Thankyou for my long awaited certificates and portfolios, I would like to thank you for helping me become a Personal Trainer, without this course it would be near enough impossible for me to do so, ( living on an Island and with two young children ) I finished the course six months ago and now have a well established private gym www.lrpt.co.uk which has taken off well, in fact my evenings for January are already booked out just need to find all the ladies who lunch ! I enjoyed the course and got good support especially in the early days from Jenny Newton, I would like to do more courses with your company in due time, until then Merry Christmas and happy New Year to you all
Best Wishes
Leanne Rive - Sep 2008
Having been involved with fitness one way or the other for the last 20 years I decided to become a Circuits Instructor. This was prompt by the sudden departure of our Circuits Instructor from our Community Sports Centre as well as a number of our Circuit members urging me to become certified.
I thought this would be a simple task as I worked out in the gym 3 times a week and took part weekly in circuits as well as other fitness classes. I searched the net to find the best course to take and decided that FIE offered the most flexible curriculum and best selection of courses.
I breezed through the theory part of the course and felt I was ready to take the practical part of my exam. I had read about their Gym Training Day and felt it might be wise to enrol in one class just to see if there was anything I might pickup to help me with my practical exam.
The Gym Training Day was held at LA Fitness and the instructor was outstanding. She walked us through every phase of what we need to know in order to pass our exam. I was amazed at how much I didn't know about the right way to do things. Having worked out for many years as well as completing the Theory part of the course I can honestly say that without going through the Training Day I would have definitely missed several important areas of my exam and most likely failed.
The Instructor worked with each of us and she made sure that we understood each and every area. She emphasized the areas that students tend to fail on. These were things that were not covered in the Theory section. I can't emphasize enough that the Training Day is well worth the time. And working with the training instructor is so invaluable. There's nothing like seeing in person the right way to do things.
I equate it to taking a driving test, how many of us can remember that we thought we know how to drive. Well the way we do it and the way the DVLA want us to do it are two different things. The same is true in the way you think you know how to instruct a student.
So if you think you know how it's done think again as you need it demonstrated in person by the experts and nothing will take the place of the expert instruction you will receive on a Training Day.
Gary Snyder - Jan 2007 - Chipping Norton
I completed the qualification late last summer and approached my daughters school with an after school FIT KiDs club idea. Basically as school finishes the children meet me in the school hall in usually their p.e. kit or similar. We have 45 minutes of games/circuits/ general physical activity being it jumping jogging etc etc. I bought equipment which travels with me... balls,ropes,rackets,bean bags, hoops etc etc.
It is staggering how soon the little ones become tired as they simply aren't used to the exercise. But they all enjoy it and come back week on week. The Jersey newspaper covered the launch and this resulted in another school approaching me to run it at their school. I now have four primary schools I run ViKs FIT KiDs at and am keeping one afternoon a week free at the moment to be with my children. It is ideal for the parents as they pick their children up an hour later, knowing they have had some exercise and are suitably tired. It is working well but it is early days. I want to work with secondary age children as I feel these are the children who often shy away from exercise. I am currently speaking with the health department here and the head of the leisure team on the island to see where we go next.
I would recommend this course to anyone who has a desire to makes a difference. Obesity figures in children are rising and we need to act now in getting these children active. What ViKs FIT KiDs offers is fun non-competitive physical activity and the best bit is the children feel like they are having fun.
I would love to hear from anyone who is thinking about a similar route in the U.K.
Vicky Barratt - Sep 2007 - Jersey
Dear Chris
Thank you so much for all your help and support. I have booked onto the Exercise to music course you offer. I wanted you to know that i have been so amazed by the level of attention and support you provided me. Many thanks. Hope to meet you in person to thank you in person.
Regards, Shadi Ganjavian-Connor - Sep 2007 - South Sinai, Egypt
Hello. Being a personal trainer is my dream, and I have partially recognized this by passing my Level 2 Gym Instructor exams with flying colours. At this point I'd like to tell you that I have never, ever passed an exam first time but the course run by FIE is absolutely brilliant - the beauty of it is that you can over things as many times as you like; and believe me, with things like sliding filament theory I certainly did! It's all presented in a professional, non-intimidating and manageable way - ideal for someone like me who was rubbish at science at school! - and the pleasure you get from completing a worksheet is fantastic. I can't wait to get my new career going and even though I have worked extremely hard, I could not have chosen a better training provider. All this plus a circuit module thrown in as well, which made the price incredible value - £1,500 less than the next provider. Thanks FIE!
Matt Levy - Dec 2007 - London
As a student - I am finding the Nutrition course very interesting and the course materials are very thorough - it is good to do the quiz at the end of each section to see how much you have taken in during that session - well done FIE!
As an Assessor working for FIE - I enjoy working as an assessor for FIE as the students are given the best preparation they can be online before their assessment - there is a variety of different types of students and there is never a dull moment!
Diana Bland - Jan 2006 - Bishops Storford in Hertfordshire
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Paulo Antonelli - July 2006 - London, United Kingdom
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Joanna Bentley - Oct 2005 - RAF Akrotiri, United Kingdom
Dear FIE,
I have not had the pleasure of meeting you but, had met Michael when doing my assessment a couple of years ago.
To let you know what the result of qualifying has led to....I am living in Spain, Costa Blanca-fantastic jewel of the coast. I am employed at the Marriot 5 * hotel spa as a Fitness Instructor working 15 hours/week. Beautiful place to work and Clients wonderful. I also work 12 hours/week in an exclusive Health farm, Renaissance Weight Loss Academy, concentrating on very particular needs of Clients. I could extend my hours no end if I wished to, however, I like to do my own training for the local 10KM races and want to do a Triathlon next year.
As you can see- all in all qualifying with you was a superb choice and has paid back tenfold. I may look at extending my qualification in the near future.
Kindest regards
Rani Hook - Nov 2004 - Costa Blanca, Spain