First Franchise Development Agent Named for Personal Training Institute Franchise

March 17, 2009 - PRLog -- Personal Training Institute Franchise® (PTI), one of America’s most unique fitness concepts and a member of the Franchise Brands®, LLC family of brands is proud to welcome Subway® Restaurants Development Agent, Neil Singh of Long Island, New York as the first PTI Franchise Development Agent,  
responsible for identifying franchisee candidates and guiding them through the process both before and after the business is in operation.

Mr. Singh, a Long Island, New York resident began his franchise career as a Subway Restaurant owner in Selden, New York in 1991.  By 1995, he was a multi-unit owner with seven locations.  In 2001, Mr. Singh became a Subway Restaurant Development Agent with seventeen restaurants, and he currently has eighty-five restaurants in operation and twelve more in various stages of development on Long Island.

Mr. Singh has just become the first Franchise Development Agent for Personal Training Institute in his Nassau County, New York territory, with four corporately-owned fitness training centers and five franchised units.  His territorial goal for PTI is to have twenty-five new PTI centers in operation by 2014 and increase existing volumes by 50% in five years.
PTI offers a service package that was once available only to the rich & famous.  Each PTI client gets his/her own personal fitness trainer with every visit and individualized nutrition consultation, all in one affordable package.  PTI has effectively brought personal fitness training and nutrition consulting to a mass audience.

The company “cracked the codes” for both its clients and for its franchisees.  In a 2008 independent research survey among current PTI members, 94% said that PTI is better at producing fitness results than many of the “self-service gym” offerings available in the marketplace.  The PTI concept had over 75% appealing ratings among demographically-targeted US consumers. PTI also beats industry averages for client retention and for per client revenue and profitability.  In addition to a proven concept for consumers, PTI ranks very high among its franchisees.  The Franchise Business Review just named PTI as the #1 company for franchisee satisfaction among all franchises under 50 units.

“Neil is our first Development  Agent, and we know and trust that with the benefits of our superior product and business model he will play a major role in growing our company over the next few years,” said PTI CEO/President, Evan A. Kaplan.

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Personal Training Institute was founded in 1987 by Evelyn Knapp, an exercise physiologist, and Carol Kur, a registered dietician. The two envisioned a need and value for a one-to-one strength training program using the latest Nautilus® equipment technology, accompanied by individualized nutrition counseling using real food --and no fad diets. PTI started franchising this unique concept in 2005 and has eighteen locations open with 40 in development offering affordable and conveniently located personal training centers. The company goal is to have 1,000 units sold by 2014. In August 2008, PTI became partners with Franchise Brands, LLC. www.franchisebrandsllc.com/. Personal Training Institute headquarters is located at 500 N. Broadway, Jericho, New York. For more information, please visit www.personaltraininginstitute.com