Testimonials

My name is Arie V. and I'm currently attending Hilltop Academy in my final week of the fitness program. First off, I'd like to say that this experience at Hilltop has been life changing. In January '07 I was working as a drywall carrier, a terrible job. I saw the ad for Hilltop Academy and decided to make a change and go to school. Like you, I was very skeptical, and asked a lot of questions. I wanted to know who was teaching the class and what they were all about. The instructor, Ryan Cook, is amazing. He's very in-depth, clear, focused, knowledgeable and very helpful. He made the class very enjoyable and fun. Within the first month, Hilltop assisted me with finding a job with a company called Survivor Boot Camp. I started teaching classes making $30/hr. Within 2 weeks after getting hired, I had gotten a raise to $35/hr due to my vast knowledge. Now I'm currently exploring the opportunities of opening a franchise in Toronto with this company. It is amazing how many opportunities were immediately available to me after the first month. If fitness is your desire, than there's no better place than Hilltop to get fully certified!! I know people back in Ontario who have been doing the same training but have been taking twice as long. This is a 20 hrs per week, 17 weeks course. Here I am in my 17th week wondering where all the time has gone!!! So hopefully I have helped you out with your decision. Good luck,

Arie Vanderreyden Attended Hilltop Academy February 28, 2007 - June 22, 2007

Hilltop Academy gave me an excellent knowledge and experience base to start my career as a fitness trainer. The Academy's program is centralized in studies and theory of the human anatomy. I really appreciate the teachers' efforts in my training, and I have learned tremendously from their knowledge and wisdom. The school provides you with the necessary tools to become one of the best personal trainers. It is up to you to choose Hilltop Academy for your training. Right now, I am currently working at several fitness facilities and I am having the best time of my life teaching clients, and continuously learning and becoming a better trainer.

Aiste Ulozaite Attended Hilltop Academy September 3, 2007 - December 28, 2008

I decided to enrol in the Fitness Leadership Diploma Program and the instructors were fantastic and did everything they possibly could to make everyone that enrolled as successful as they wanted to be. I have been asked in the industry why did I choose to take this course over anything else I could have done. I guess the main reason had to be that I've been training for quite a long time myself and wanted to help teach martial arts about two or three times a week. The feeling I had just teaching people how to be more active and achieve higher confidence in themselves, was great. Now that I have been working as a certified personal trainer for the past two years, its been nothing but joy for me, as I have seen many people come to gyms I work at and make such great changes. I have actually been thanked by many for inspiring them to become healthier. Just knowing that I have made an impact on someone's life, the feeling is unbelievable. I gained a lot from taking this program, the benefits are endless. I learned many new techniques I can use to help people achieve different goals and how to modify a workout so everyone achieves the best results. Before this program I used to just say "do what you can, that's all that matters to me" but now I say "o.k. this is what we are going to do to help you achieve your goal and slowly get you to where I know you can be!" I feel that school helped prepped me the best that it could for the industry. Hilltop is constantly working with all the students who have taken the program to help them get a foot in a door and become more then just someone that know how to exercise. I believe that if it wasn't for both, Kim Bond and Ryan Cook being such a strong influence, I would just be working part-time in a gym and full-time with my other job, but because of them I have my own business, work part-time for the city of Richmond as a fitness leader. And it�s because of Kim that I want to further my knowledge and become a SFL (Supervisor of Fitness Leaders) or even one day a TFL (Trainer of Fitness Leaders). I presume my ultimate goal is becoming a physiotherapist. The best advice I could give anyone who wants to take this course is do it, you have nothing to lose and so much to gain! At the very least you should talk to a course instructor. Good luck! Rob Sharp

Rob Sharp Attended Hilltop Academy February 28, 2007 - June 22, 2007

Going to Hilltop Academy for college was a comprehensive, grounding, and encouraging experience for me. I leaned a lot from the instructors about the specialties that I am best suited for. The hands on style of learning from Kim Bond during the Fitness Theory Module, was a world of fun. She made all of the knowledge applicable and easy to remember for exams while kicking my fitness up two notches. She showed me the kind of renowned power house of knowledge and genuine positive energy I would like to be. The Weight Training Module with Tina Grant gave me a lot if customer relations and applied knowledge during most of my Practicum while having fun doing that. Jen Jollymour was a wealth of information and gave me extra tool kit of dynamic ways to continually have fresh ideas and keep my clients guessing why they rarely plateau. I LOVED the curriculum and the extra books Donna Hutchinson shared with us from her private collection and made some available to us that opened my eyes to see physiology, sports conditioning, and kinetics from a fresh and new angle. She also blessed me with alternatives of dealing with difficult clients, as well as how to maintain professional under pressure. The instructors I had were great role models of how to be a successful, professional and positive force wherever one goes after graduation.