AAPT Featured Graduate – Jannette La Sota
May 14
My name is Jannette La Sota. I am a lifelong resident of New York with a BBA from Baruch College. I became interested in fitness over 30 years ago after seeing pictures of the first Ms. Olympia contest, which ultimately became the inspiration behind me joining a gym and starting to work out. Once I started hitting the weights, I knew that fitness would always be a part of my life.
For the past 26 years I have focused my passion for helping others into a very rewarding career as a civil servant in NYC. In 2009, I began planning my second career which I thought would be in accounting; but the more I planned, the more I realized that my heart just wasn’t into this type of work. During that time, I was a member of the gym where the American Academy of Personal Training is located. It was hard not to notice the AAPT students in class on the gym floor because they always appeared to be having a great time. After several weeks of observing the AAPT classes, I had an A-HA moment…the best choice for a second career would be one that brought my passion for helping others and fitness together – personal training!
I started researching my options to becoming a personal trainer and was surprised to discover that most programs relied on a self study course and exam. I didn’t see how I could become a qualified and confident trainer by simply reading a book. That is when I decided American Academy of Personal Training was the right place for me.
I loved being a student at AAPT because it allowed me to take what I learned in the classroom about anatomy, movement patterns, program design, and nutrition and apply it hands-on in the gym. Learning this way gave me the confidence to start training clients immediately after completing the course.
Since graduating from AAPT in May 2010, I’ve been busy! I’ve continued to build my personal training education by attending various fitness workshops and classes, and have been pursuing a nutrition certification through Precision Nutrition. In September 2011, I established my own fitness and nutrition coaching business, Enrichment Fitness, and will be opening a training studio within the next few months. I was recently recognized as a leading fitness expert by America’s PremierExperts® and have written a chapter in a fitness book to be published later this year. Life is good!
Thanks to my education at the American Academy of Personal Training, I am a successful fitness professional!
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