It took a lot of hard work for Nikki to get from small town Pennsylvania to making fitness videos in NYC and Mexico.

Nikki became interested in fitness at Sayre Public High School, where she ran track, made the cheerleading squad, an internship at the local paper and two other part time jobs. She got scholarships to attend Syracuse University and made the football and basketball cheerleading squad there, which allowed her to go to the games and travel. She spent hours every day practicing and learned about choreography. She also interned at the local TV stations and worked for the football recruiting office at Syracuse.

Once she graduated, Nikki found it hard to exercise. She was juggling two jobs once again to pay off college loans, one as a TV assignment editor in Syracuse, the other working as a babysitter--for a family of 10!

Nikki decided to get certified in fitness to get in shape for her small combination destination wedding/honeymoon. She became a group fitness instructor and personal trainer, aside from her full time career in TV News and later as a publicist. Soon, family and friends asked for fitness tapes of her doing the workouts she recommended. Laura, a good friend, graduate student, working mom, and military wife, inspired Nikki’s Military Wife Workout (MWW). It was made for all military wives who want to be slimmer, happier, and healthier. It's an interval workout that lasts only 30 minutes, and was created with the input of hundreds of military wives across the country. 

As the wife of a traveling journalist, Nikki also recommends the DVD for any woman who has to run the household while her husband is away.

Nikki now trains clients and teaches group fitness at Crunch Fitness in Manhattan, is the fitness columnist for www.military.com and Canadian Defense Review, and has provided fitness advice in Military Spouse Magazine, Fitness Magazine, Woman's Day, Women's Health, and USA Today.

Her MWW DVD will be available on Amazon.com in February '08 www.nikkifitness.com