From Student to trainer
Turn your passion for fitness into a career
Early Bird Pricing Available
Register for the next CPT Intake (Sept 14-Nov 7, 2026) and become a NASM certified personal trainer in 8 weeks!
Why choose BCPTI?
At BCPTI, we’re dedicated to helping you turn your passion for fitness into a successful career. Our personal training certification program combines the latest science with hands-on experience, giving you the knowledge and practical skills to excel from day one.
Since 2013, BCPTI has been empowering students to become top-tier personal trainers. Our NASM-certified, NCCA-accredited program is recognized worldwide, ensuring you receive the highest standard of education. With the demand for personal trainers higher than ever, we prepare you to thrive in a fast-paced, client-focused industry.
What you’ll get:
Comprehensive Learning
Gain in-depth knowledge of fitness science, assessment, movement coaching, and program design.
Hands-on Experience
Build your skills with practical training, real-world assessments, and peer practice sessions.
Career-Ready Skills
Learn to attract and retain clients with our proven “Service, Science, and Sales” formula—perfectly blending client care, training expertise, and sales techniques.
We’re proud to offer our students a top-tier learning program!
If you’re passionate about fitness and helping others, BCPTI is the perfect fit to launch your personal training career. Join us and be ready to make an impact in the fitness world!
Upcoming Courses & Certifications
Become a Certified Personal Trainer
Our 8-week personal training certification program both prepares you to write the NASM CPT exam and delivers hand-on skill development so you can gain, train and retain clients in today’s dynamic fitness spaces.
When: Sept 14-Nov 7, 2026
Where: Fitness World Kingsway (5500 Kingsway, Burnaby, BC).
Save up to $450 off tuition
Early bird registration ends Sept 2, 2026
REHAB MASTERY: Neuroscience & Biomechanics of Therapeutic Exercise
Date:/Time November 21–22, 2026 from 9-5pm both days.
Location: Fitness World – Kingsway, Burnaby (5500 Kingsway, Burnaby)
Instructor: Etienne Asselin, mhRTS
Cost: $789 (tax in); Payment plan available (2 payments of 394.50 + $25 setup fee)
What You’ll Learn Credits & Registration Promo: Save $150 with code RX150
CECs: 4 CanFitPro PTS CECs available Course will be held on November 21-22, 2026 (2 days Sat/Sun)
- The biopsychosocial reality of pain, injury, and rehabilitation.
- How to confidently rehab injured clients using a modern therapeutic paradigm.
- How to leverage biomechanical interventions that address the multidimensional nature of pain.
- How to detect misinformation and noxious narratives regarding pain and injury.
Hear from our students!
Andrew
2 weeks ago
Great program that landed me a position as a personal trainer at Fitnessworld! Additionally, I passed the NASM CPT exam on the first try, a couple weeks after finishing BCPTI.
BCPTI a pipeline that walks you through fitness education, and the job application process from beginning to end. It vastly superior than doing the traditional job hunt of cold calls, emails, and interviews.
The instructors are super helpful and will give you individualized feedback throughout the course if you ask them. During BCPTI you will meet mentors, managers, trainers and potential coworkers in the fitness industry. This is your best opportunity to get your foot in the door and find people of similar interest, and set yourself up for job opportunities.
After completing the course and earning your NASM CPT. Your instructors will also help prepare you for interviews and help start the next steps in your fitness career.
Classes are approximately 50/50 lectures and practicals/labs. Day and night classes are offered, as well as online. Overall difficultly of the material is around grade 11 to 1st year college level.
BCPTI a pipeline that walks you through fitness education, and the job application process from beginning to end. It vastly superior than doing the traditional job hunt of cold calls, emails, and interviews.
The instructors are super helpful and will give you individualized feedback throughout the course if you ask them. During BCPTI you will meet mentors, managers, trainers and potential coworkers in the fitness industry. This is your best opportunity to get your foot in the door and find people of similar interest, and set yourself up for job opportunities.
After completing the course and earning your NASM CPT. Your instructors will also help prepare you for interviews and help start the next steps in your fitness career.
Classes are approximately 50/50 lectures and practicals/labs. Day and night classes are offered, as well as online. Overall difficultly of the material is around grade 11 to 1st year college level.
Linus Tam
4 weeks ago
The best place for NASM CEUs, Brian does a great job of making sure BCPTI offers only the best quality classes!
Ryan Allado
2 months ago
Liam Doucette
2 months ago
Great program with knowledgable instructors and thorough lectures. Brian is the best💪!
justin chau
2 months ago
Amazing courses that give you hands on experience that are practical and you’ll experience with actually training clients. As a plus you get to meet amazing people with all kinds of experience and knowledge that you wouldn’t meet in normal circumstances. Overall great experience
Marlene Hibbs
2 months ago
BCPTI is the best school around for certifying personal trainers and for their offerings of ongoing studies and workshops for the personal training community near and far. I am always able to implement immediately what I learn from every course I take into my business. They are a strong community building strong people! Highly recommend!
Felipe Tavares
5 months ago
I am immensely happy to have found BCPTI. I have no regrets whatsoever—they helped me in ways they probably couldn’t even imagine. Everyone involved is an excellent teacher and genuinely cares about your performance. They are always ready to provide guidance, answer your questions, and help you with career planning and more. I have learned so much over these past few months, all thanks to their dedication and patience. I am eternally grateful.
isabel sfiashvili
6 months ago
I can’t recommend this program enough! I had the best time, the classes were so fun and engaging. Amy, Brian and Kat are extremely knowledgeable and such great teachers. What I love most about the program is that you get hands on experience and you get to train alongside a number of different people all with different backgrounds in fitness which is extremely beneficial in the learning process. Thanks again for making this experience such a great one!
KULWINDER KAUR
6 months ago
I had a great experience at BCPTI. I actually registered just one day before the program started, and the process was very convenient. When I arrived, everything was organized and all the materials were ready.
From the beginning I felt very welcomed and had a real sense of belonging. Brian, Amy, and Kathryn are talented instructors who are knowledgeable and very easy to approach.
We also completed a 6-hour practicum, which was extremely valuable. It gave me real hands-on experience, helped build my confidence in applying what I learned, and allowed me to connect with a manager, which I believe will be very helpful in my future job search.
During the two-month program I had to take two weeks off, but thanks to the Zoom options I was still able to keep up with the material. The program is very accessible and supportive. I’m really grateful for the experience and would recommend BCPTI to anyone interested in personal training.
From the beginning I felt very welcomed and had a real sense of belonging. Brian, Amy, and Kathryn are talented instructors who are knowledgeable and very easy to approach.
We also completed a 6-hour practicum, which was extremely valuable. It gave me real hands-on experience, helped build my confidence in applying what I learned, and allowed me to connect with a manager, which I believe will be very helpful in my future job search.
During the two-month program I had to take two weeks off, but thanks to the Zoom options I was still able to keep up with the material. The program is very accessible and supportive. I’m really grateful for the experience and would recommend BCPTI to anyone interested in personal training.
Erika Chan
6 months ago
I just finished the NASM CPT course at bcpti and couldn't recommend it more. Brian, Amy and Kat are extremely knowledgable instructors and they truly care about their students success. They provided a great learning environment that was a mix of lectures and practical components that prepared us for the real world of personal training.
If you're thinking about getting certified definitely take this course!!
If you're thinking about getting certified definitely take this course!!
Adam Sutton
2 years ago
BCPTI is the program to pick for anyone interested in Personal Training as a career in the Vancouver area. And, for those outside of Vancouver it accessible remotely.
The professional instructors and program design is inclusive to anyone with a passion for fitness.
My experience set me up with tools to enhance my own fitness, as well as establish myself training others. I am a hands-on learner. This means that I require more focus on practical experience which is absolutely a privilege that BCPTI offers. State of the art equipment, spacious gym setting, and all of the equipment in house so that we get full exposure to fitness equipment.
Those who come to the program will get stronger themselves over the 8 week course with professional coaching one on one. My co-hort of 7 fellow students also provided me with valuable learning and motivation as we supported one another to “level up.”
I was challenged, and pushed by the instructors and students while also having fun!
I was able to connect with elite training instructors in class and during my 6 session practicum who have over 10 years of experience in many facets of fitness.
From basics to power lifting: explanations and instruction offered me a capacity to train any one from any level.
The program gave us specific instruction on methodical program designs, client’s goal setting, and up to date information on Sports Medicine. I can now take this approach out into my own career as a Fitness Professional.
BCPTI is a wholistic approach to becoming a certified personal trainer. Where everyone involved in the course has a true desire to be helpful.
The professional instructors and program design is inclusive to anyone with a passion for fitness.
My experience set me up with tools to enhance my own fitness, as well as establish myself training others. I am a hands-on learner. This means that I require more focus on practical experience which is absolutely a privilege that BCPTI offers. State of the art equipment, spacious gym setting, and all of the equipment in house so that we get full exposure to fitness equipment.
Those who come to the program will get stronger themselves over the 8 week course with professional coaching one on one. My co-hort of 7 fellow students also provided me with valuable learning and motivation as we supported one another to “level up.”
I was challenged, and pushed by the instructors and students while also having fun!
I was able to connect with elite training instructors in class and during my 6 session practicum who have over 10 years of experience in many facets of fitness.
From basics to power lifting: explanations and instruction offered me a capacity to train any one from any level.
The program gave us specific instruction on methodical program designs, client’s goal setting, and up to date information on Sports Medicine. I can now take this approach out into my own career as a Fitness Professional.
BCPTI is a wholistic approach to becoming a certified personal trainer. Where everyone involved in the course has a true desire to be helpful.
Rujanthan Shan
2 years ago
I had a wonderful experience learning personal training at Bcpti. Brian, Amy and Kathryn were highly knowledgeable, with real world experience that made the lessons practical and engaging. I highly recommend for anyone serious about entering the fitness industry.
Gabrielle terrana
2 years ago
This course was amazing and I couldn’t recommend it more. I called the day that the course started trying to get into the next classes that started in January, Brian one of the instructors was a huge help in working around my work schedules to align with the class dates and time and got me in the very next day. Both teachers; Kat and Brian are great at what they do and made each class very enjoyable. I learned so much and I am so excited to start my pt journey with the help of them. The way they taught this course was really great and the way we all get to be involved was very helpful in understanding each lesson. Not only do u get to meet great people but u get the help from two really great pts that want to see you succeed and give you all the tools necessary. Thank you guys again🙏
Ella Horton
2 years ago
If you’re looking for a hands on, interactive, and educational PT learning experience, I highly recommend BCPTI. I was looking for a PT certificate that was not online as I knew I wouldn’t get as much out of it. And over the 8 week program, it was a variety of workouts with guidance from the amazing instructors, a lecture portion, and a mixture of different activities that would prepare us for the real world. I throughly enjoyed my time with Kat and Brian as they made this experience more than what I expected. Everyone was just so excited to be at class which made the learning environment even better!
Martina Bustamante
2 years ago
i’m so grateful to have taken this course! i learned a lot, and my instructor, Brian, has been the best, supporting me every step of the way. i 100% recommend it 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Liam Sullivan
2 years ago
If you’re thinking about becoming a personal trainer, and want to know the best way to get certified, look no further.
BCPTI was by far the best educational experience I’ve had in my life. The course is thorough, hands on, engaging, and incredibly useful in giving you all of the tools to achieve greatness as a PT.
Brian & Kathryn are simply wonderful instructors. The best teachers I’ve ever had. As someone who has struggled with severe ADHD my entire life, and never ONCE had success with school, I found this course to be the only time in my life where I couldn’t wait to get to class in the mornings. I was blown away by the way the curriculum was taught, and the way that the instructors provided deeper insight into all aspects of personal training.
I cannot recommend BCPTI enough - if you are on the fence about whether or not to sign up I seriously encourage you to do it. You will have fun, learn loads, and be set up for a successful and fulfilling career as a PT when it’s over.
BCPTI was by far the best educational experience I’ve had in my life. The course is thorough, hands on, engaging, and incredibly useful in giving you all of the tools to achieve greatness as a PT.
Brian & Kathryn are simply wonderful instructors. The best teachers I’ve ever had. As someone who has struggled with severe ADHD my entire life, and never ONCE had success with school, I found this course to be the only time in my life where I couldn’t wait to get to class in the mornings. I was blown away by the way the curriculum was taught, and the way that the instructors provided deeper insight into all aspects of personal training.
I cannot recommend BCPTI enough - if you are on the fence about whether or not to sign up I seriously encourage you to do it. You will have fun, learn loads, and be set up for a successful and fulfilling career as a PT when it’s over.
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