About Nikki
Hi, I’m Nikki
For over two decades, I’ve helped women get stronger, move better, and put their own health back on the list. In person here in Lake County, and online with clients around the world.
If you found this page because you’re tired of putting yourself last, you’re in the right place. Let me tell you a little about who I am and how I work.
Why I Do This Work
I’ll be honest: I didn’t spend all these years in this field because I love workouts (though I do love a good workout). I stayed because of the moment a woman realizes she can do something she’d written off for good. Getting up off the floor without help. Making it through a day without pain. Feeling strong in her own body again. I never get tired of that moment.
I also believe God has given me my own trials for a reason: so I can walk with other women through the same seasons. When I tell a client I understand what it feels like to be overwhelmed, or discouraged, or afraid to start again after things fell apart last time, I’m not guessing.
That’s why there’s no judgment here. Not about where you’re starting from, not about what you’ve tried before, not about how long it’s been. Wherever you are today is exactly where we begin.
How I Work
Here’s what two decades have taught me: the workout is usually the easy part. The hard part is everything around it (the schedule, the stress, the sleep, the pantry). It’s also the people closest to you. A partner who isn’t quite on board, or a household used to you being the one who takes care of everyone else, can quietly undo a good plan. So that’s what we work on together. Strength, mobility, and balance, yes, but also nutrition, rest, mindset, and the daily habits that hold it all up. That’s what being a lifestyle modification specialist actually means: changing the life around the workout, not just the workout.
Before we build anything, I take the time to learn about your life. Your schedule, your body, your history, what you enjoy, and what you’ll quietly dread. Because a plan you can’t stick with isn’t a plan at all.
And I mean it when I say no job is too big or too small. Over the years I’ve:
- Gone grocery shopping with clients to make label-reading less overwhelming
- Helped with meal prep so a healthy week doesn’t fall apart by Wednesday
- Cleaned out pantries (yes, really) so the kitchen makes eating well easier
- Sat down with spouses and family members so everyone’s pulling in the same direction
- Worked alongside a client’s physical therapist, family doctor, and other practitioners so we’re all on the same page
We go at your pace. Small, consistent changes beat dramatic overhauls every time, and most of my clients are surprised by how quickly those small steps start to add up.
Experience You Can Trust
For the past two decades, physicians and physical therapists have referred their patients to me. I’m a certified personal trainer (CPT), a corrective exercise specialist (CES), and a certified nutrition coach (CNC), certified through NASM and ISSA. That means I can work safely with pain, old injuries, and bodies that don’t move the way they used to. If that sounds like you, you’re not too far gone. I promise.
I keep taking courses for the people in front of me: pregnancy and postpartum, perimenopause and menopause, diabetes, osteoporosis and rheumatoid arthritis, and the clients who come to me on GLP-1 medications with no idea how to eat or train while the weight comes off.
21
Years in business
20+
Years of physician & PT referrals
NASM · ISSA
Personal training, corrective exercise & nutrition coaching
You’ve Spent Years Taking Care of Everyone Else. It’s Your Turn.
Let’s find a path to feeling stronger, more confident, and in control of your health, together.