Personal Training Institute

I have been going to PTI Bellmore for 6 months now. My trainer is Greg he pushes me hard but somehow makes the workouts fun. He pushes me to do things I never thought I would be capable of doing. I have lost 12 lbs and many inches and I feel healthier and stronger then ever. I cannot thank Greg enough he is a wonderful trainer. Everyone who works there makes u feel comfortable from the moment u walk through the door. Thank u PTI Bellmore I actually look foward to my workouts. They also have cardio boxing it is fantastic gets rid of all the stress of the day !!!

My wife has been going to PTI for many years as has nothing but great things to say about the trainers, equipment, facilities and management. Over the years she has worked with a few different trainers and has had great success with all of them. They are very knowledgeable and will push you hard to achieve the maximum workout in a session. PTI offers different programs based on the number of sessions per week you want. They are very flexible with scheduling and in addition to your training sessions you can come in anytime for cardio.

Tried this place out using a living social deal. The place is kinda small… when you walk in, there’s a tiny training area to your left with a pitiful selection of free weights, some therapy bands, medicine balls, ONE lifting bench, and ONE squat rack, along with some other small pieces of equipment. The rest of the «gym» is composed of about 12 cardio machines on the right side and 12 – 15 universal weight lifting machines on the left. Most of my workouts were on these universal machines. They basically had me do one set for most body parts on these machines. A little bit of work with free weights, a bosu ball, and suspension straps, but not much else! For a guy looking to cut up and add muscle, this was NOT what I was looking for! Universal machines are not ideal also because they force you to follow a confined, unnatural path of movement. Compare it to using free weights where you have to use your core and other parts of your body to stabilize, support, and lift the weight! The workouts were ok, the trainers push you I guess, but I would say this place is geared more towards the suburban house wife who doesn’t know what to do in a gym and/​or wants to lose 5 – 10 pounds.
Another thing that bothered me… most of the people that work there aren’t friendly at all. One meat head with a goatee couldn’t seem to ever muster a simple hello every time I came for a session! You would think they’d want to be friendly to maybe drum up some business! Every time I came, he was the first person I saw, and even though he was standing around doing nothing waiting for his next client, he never said a word!
The nutritionist was a nice lady, who seemed to know a fair amount, however she didn’t really help much with my needs. Again, I think she’s more used to advising older more heavy people to lose some weight.
Overall, I would not go back to this place or recommend it unless you had some kind of deal. Ideally, I’d say save your money and go to a real gym with better equipment and more friendly trainers!