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by Joann Cummings

I am considering taking a stab at following my dream and try to become a Personal Trainer. A local college is host for a personal trainer certification program offered by W.I.T.S. Do you think this is a reputable certification program?

I don't want to just become certified but I really want to learn something. I have a full time career so the W.I.T.S. personal trainer certification program is very appealing. It is a 6 week program (6 consecutive Sundays). It also requires 20 hours internship and training experience before you get your certification. What do you know about W.I.T.S. please?

Thanks for your feedback. You have the best website for someone like me who is starting out as a personal trainer, just looking for information/answers about Personal Training. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

Joann

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W.I.T.S. Certification is growing
by: Katie - Admin

I am starting to come across WITS certified personal trainers more frequently lately. The description of the program sounds decent. It is good that they require practical time and that it is through a college. That tends to weed out the sharks.

The downside is that very few people will have heard of WITS. So you may still need to get another certification to get the job. If you know where you plan to work, ask them if they accept the WITS certification.

Can somebody with first hand experience with WITS share their thoughts?

- Katie

WITS
by: Anonymous

My old gym (Golds Gym) would use this cert. IMO the cert doesn't make the trainer so I never looked into it.

Running Techniques WITS course
by: Sheila

I have been toying with signing up for the W.I.T.S. personal trainer program. To check it out, I took a 3-hour "Running Techniques" workshop through them. It was by far the worst waste of gas and time I've ever spent. The "instructor" was a hack who had experience as a coach, but only for a children's rec program. He had no idea how to organize, motivate or educate any of the students. Be Wary of W.I.T.S!

Go for W.I.T.S. !
by: Joe Bartovic NASM-CPT,PES

Joann,
It's great that you want to be a trainer and want to really get a education. W.I.T.S . is the best way to go for a new trainer because it has the real classroom time, real gym time and not only a classroom exam, a live gym exam plus an internship. No other certification does that and is college credit too!

Afterwards you might want to expand into others like NASM, NSCA or ACSM ( W.I.T.S. uses the same book as ACSM ).

If you are looking to get the best foundation, go for W.I.T.S. but study hard, the 6 weeks goes by fast.

Best Health
Joe Bartovic NASM-CPT,PES
Personal Training Director
Wow! Fitness Middletown Cromwell, Glastonbury, West Hartford Connecticut

WITS Waste
by: Clarkey

I took WITS. What a waste.

I took it as I wanted something 'hands on'.
It was badly organized, instructors didn't turn up. We didn't get the practical experience promised.

They offered all 10 students the opportunity to retake the course again free as we all complained about it.

That said, I did land a job. But I also have prior experience and am group fitness and cycle certified, and the club knows me. All that was taken into account.

I am now taking ACE as my employer now requires more from me.

Certified with WITS
by: Rances Perez

I am certified with WITS(world instructor training school),I Took The course in New Jersey. I find that many people seem to be impressed simply with the process that I went through to get certified. The way it was for me was like this; first I had a course for three months half in a class room the other half in a weight room. The class room part was all the science and written stuff and the weight room was all the hands on and equipment familiarization. Then you take a written test and a practical test, after you've past the tests you go on to do a twenty hour internship where you shadow a trainer in a gym, and when that is completed then you receive your certification.

Also, my Instructors for the course where very well prepared and knew their stuff. one of them had a degree in sports science, and the other (The instructor in the weight room)had many years experience and runs his own personal training company.

w.i.t.s certification compared to others.
by: Mike

I'm considering my p.t.c., i live in Connecticut, & 95% of the courses offered are on-line with the the option of a practical course offered as an extra option. w.i.t.s. offers 6 eight hour days, which are divided in half, so you get as much practical time, as text book. Then you do a 20 hour internship at a gym for more experience. Also what is offered for there curriculum is very close to the other certs.,

any input from anyone?

Thanks Mike

Requesting a Full-Refund from WITS
by: Anonymous

The best part of WITS is that you get a kick in the pants to start studying. In my opinion it is not worth $550!

WITS is worthless
by: JimB

I took the WITS course at my local community college last fall and passed the written and practical exams. In order to get your certification, you have to perform a 20-hour internship at a fitness facility. They tell you they "help" you arrange the internship. The "help" consists of giving you a list of gyms and health clubs in your state, and it's no more helpful than the Yellow Pages. They lead you to believe that these facilities offer an internship program, but when you call them they tell you flat out they don't offer internships. Clients who are paying good money for an experienced trainer don't want to be trained by an intern. I got my gym's training director to reluctantly agree to grant me an internship, and I got through the 10 hours of observation and the first four hours of alternating training/observation, then hit a brick wall. Clients wanted their money's worth from a certified trainer. I interviewed at one gym where they said they would take me as a trainee, but that WITS is not actually accredited I would have to get ACSM certification within two months. So now I'm blowing off WITS and going for ACSM.

NON- PROFFESSIONAL
by: Karen R

I to attended the WITS class, I am already certified through a few other organizations and I took this course manly for the CEC's and to compare this 6wks course to the basic weekend course(AFAA,NETA,ACE). In my opinion it was a waste of time! one of the proctors never showed up for the practical testing( about 10 of us sat there for hours waiting to be tested then had to leave then wait to be scheduled for anothere time)the other guy got lost and was never notified that the gym moved so he was late starting, he had no phone # to call to see where to go or find out what was up w/ the missing proctor! VERY UNPROFFESSIONAL considering we all spent almost $600 for the course. I sent emails, called to complain and was trated very rudely by their reps!!!!!!! I would strongly advise get your cert thru someone else ( AFAA ,they are proffessional and reputable) I have worked in the fitness field for 20 yrs. and have never attended anything that was soooo unorganized or treated so unproffessional like i have been w/ the WITS organization!

Worth it!
by: Anonymous

I took the course in NJ and was very impressed! The instructor was very organized and his knowledge was second to none. You have to put in the time to study but you learn so much by the end of the 6 weeks. I am currently employed as a personal trainer (yes, I passed the course) at a major health club in central NJ and WITS definitely set the foundation for me.

I think WITS programs are just about in every state and I was fortunate to have a great instructor (Monmouth county area). I'm glad that I went through their course.

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