About Me

Adelaide Personal Trainer & Rehab Specialist

Hi, I’m Nicki, and I’ve spent over 28 years in the fitness industry as an Adelaide personal trainer specialising in safe, individualised strength training, injury rehabilitation, and menopause fitness support.

My journey into fitness started young. I was diagnosed with scoliosis at 13 and given a rehab gym program by a physiotherapist that took me out of pain and transformed my posture — and that’s when I first realised what the body can do when it’s trained properly. Since then I’ve rehabbed myself through hip surgery, trained and managed personal trainers across London, New Zealand, Sydney and Adelaide, and built a career on one simple principle: train smart, not generic.

For the last 8 years I flew each week to a remote mine site, training both office and manual labour employees to prevent injuries caused by overuse, poor movement patterns/lifting and poor ergonomics. I ran regular workshops and classes focused on strength and flexibility, helping workers rehab and get back to full capacity. That experience showed me how much of a difference the right movement education makes to a workforce, and it’s grown into a genuine passion for corporate and mining wellness contracts — helping businesses reduce injury rates, support their people, and improve outcomes through practical, on-site strength, flexibility and injury-prevention programs.

Originally from the UK, I’ve called Adelaide home for years now, living by the beach with my two dogs and a passion for surfing which keeps me grounded. Nearly a decade ago, we built a private home studio so I could train clients in a space that feels personal, not like a big-box gym.

Most of my clients come to me because they want to train safely — whether that’s recovering from injury, building genuine strength, or navigating a body that’s changing. Having personally gone through perimenopause, I understand firsthand how hormonal changes affect strength, energy, sleep and body composition, and I now specialise in helping women stay strong, toned and healthy through this stage of life. I’m a dedicated strength trainer myself, still hitting the gym for short, hard sessions 3–4 times a week, and I remain a committed student of the body — constantly upskilling in rehab, movement science and menopause-specific training so my clients always get my most current knowledge.

If you want a personal trainer in Adelaide with real rehab experience, deep strength-training expertise, and a genuine understanding of training through perimenopause and menopause, I can help you feel strong, capable and in control of your body again.

Get in touch today and let’s start training safely and effectively, tailored to exactly where your body is at.

Qualifications

• Diploma in Advanced Personal Training
• Graduate Diploma in Teaching: PE and Art
• Rehab Trainer, Basic and Masterclass level
• Fitness Education Online: Training Menopausal and Peri-Menopausal women.
• Womens Health: What you need to know about training women.
• Training Females. Level 1 Fitness Education Online
• FMA: Strong Lifting Workshop
• FMA: Certification Level 1 – Bridging The Gap Between Musculoskletal Rehabilitation and Strength and Conditioning.
• FMA: Certification Level 2 – Bridging The Gap Between Musculoskletal Rehabilitation and Strength and Conditioning.
• Poliquin: Biosignature Modulation Practitioner, Level 1 and 2
• Poliquin: Gut Health for Optimal Metabolic Performance
• Poliquin: Effects of Stress on Sleep
• Poliquin: Detoxification: A Whole Body Approach
• Poliquin: Performance and Recovery
• Pinnacle Performance:
  – Beginner Biomechanics
  – Advanced Biomechanics
• C.H.E.K. INSTITUTE:
  • Scientific Back Training
  • Core Conditioning
  • Advanced Programme Design
  • Holistic Lifestyle Coach
• Exercising Through Pregnancy and Beyond – Limitless
• Advanced Stott Pilates: Injury & Special Populations, Pre & Post Natal
• NVQ Level 1 & 2 in: Advanced Coaching & Instructing Group Fitness & Circuits
• NLP Practitioner (Neuro-Linguistic Programming) Life Coaching
• Stable Shoulders
• Certificate in Nutrition & Weight Management
• Advanced Strength Training
• Performance Boxing
• Yoga Siromani Teacher
• RPM Instructor
• Massage Therapist
• Reiki MasterCurrently Studying:
• Gray Institute:
  -3D Movement Analysis and Performance Systems &
  -CAFS – Certification in Applied Functional Science
• Training clients with Intellectual and Physical Difficulties.
• Stacey Sims: Menopause 2.0
• Efficient Coach: Menopause Coach

And more to come!