Authors
Evan A. Kaplan
President and Chief Executive Officer of Personal Training Institute®, was formerly President and Chief Operating Officer of Kapson Senior Quarters Corporation, the nation’s premier provider of assisted living services to seniors. Mr. Kaplan developed this $1.2 billion company, with 22,000 units and over 5,000 employees. Under his expert guidance the acquisition and development team successfully developed projects between $15 million and $20 million per location across the nation. Mr. Kaplan brought the company public and maximized potential profitability. Within one year of going public, he sold the company to Lazard Freres Real Estate Investors, LLC.
Mr. Kaplan is currently President and CEO, leading and coordinating the management team at Personal Training Institute (PTI) headquartered in Jericho NY. PTI exclusively provides “Always One-to-One” personal fitness training and nutrition, counseling as a complete program at a cost-effective price. After partnering PTI with Franchise Brands, LLC, his goal is to develop PTI into the nation’s largest premier provider of boutique personal training and nutrition services centers, accomplishing this through new store growth.
Hobbies: Golf, snow skiing, water skiing, working out at my local PTI
Favorite foods: Bison steak, Bison burgers and low fat Hot Dogs
Carol Kur MSRD
Currently co-founder and co- owner of the Personal Training Institute. For 28 years she has utilized her extensive knowledge of diet, weight management, nutrition and exercise to assist people in attaining their personal fitness and weight loss goals. Ms. Kur is a Registered Dietitian, and served as a clinical dietitian at Hempstead General Hospital for over nine years.
After working for nine years in a hospital setting Ms Kur decided it was time to make a difference in people’s lives before they wound up under medical care. In 1987, Ms Kur along with her late partner Evelyn Knapp an exercise physiologist established the Personal Training Institute. PTI has grown from an 800 square ft facility in 1987 to 22 centers, and 36 in development. Currently, Ms. Kur is responsible for program development and quality control of nutrition services provided at the PTI locations. Ms. Kur is a sought after guest speaker on numerous radio, cable and network television programs. She has also recently authored a chapter on health and fitness in TICK TOCK, STOP THE CLOCK.
She is the mother of two beautiful daughters and is actively involved in supporting Long Island Against Breast Cancer, Freds team , Avon walk and any other foundations raising money for the fight against breast cancer. In addition to her ownership of the Personal Training Institute, She is on the board of Directors for Strength for Life, a non for profit organization that provides exercise for people undergoing treatment for various types of cancer. The organization was created in honor of the late Evelyn Knapp.
Ms. Kur earned her BS Degree in Clinical Nutrition and her Master Degree in Nutrition Education from Queens College.
Favorite Quote: This is how I have lived my live and I truly believe in what this says:
“Our lives are not determined by what happens to us but by how we react to what happens, not by what live brings to us, but by the attitude we bring to life. A positive attitude causes a chain reaction of positive thoughts, events, and outcomes. It is a catalyst, a spark that creates extraordinary results.”
