Strength Coach For Women, Nikki Naab-Levy

Hi, I’m Nikki.

I'm a strength and nutrition coach for women who feel like they’ve tried everything, only to end up injured, frustrated, or stuck in a cycle of tracking, restricting, and starting over with nothing to show for it.

If that’s you, you’re not broken. It's the ludicrous plan you were given that assumes you can always sleep 8 hours, will never have anything go wrong with your body, and love dry chicken breast.

Certifications & Education

Hi, I’m Nikki.

If that’s you, you’re not broken. It's the ludicrous plan you were given that assumes you can always sleep 8 hours, will never have anything go wrong with your body, and love dry chicken breast.

Certifications & Education

AS SEEN IN

MY APPROACH AS A STRENGTH AND NUTRITION COACH

I specialize in the grey area.

That space between “just eat intuitively” and “weigh your spinach.”

Between “listen to your body” and “suck it up and push through the pain”

Between “Everything is fine" (when it's clearly not) and “You're too fragile to strength train.”

This is where most approaches fall short, especially if you’re hypermobile or have chronic conditions, injury-prone, or have a long and complicated dieting history.

My coaching bridges the gap between what sounds good on paper and what’s actually going to work for you give your individual history and circumstances.

This post covers how to do dumbbell and barbell deadlifts correctly and includes tips for troubleshooting back pain during this exercise.

BUT I DIDN'T JUST LEARN WHAT I KNOW FROM A TEXTBOOK

I lived it too.

I spent years trying to “fix” myself. Pushing through pain, working out to the point of exhaustion, and following rigid, unsustainable diets. No matter what I tried, I always seemed to end up feeling worse, not better.

I’m not one of those people where everything just lines up. I’ve got symptomatic hypermobility, dysautonomia, PCOS, a complex mental health history, and joints that let’s just say have strong opinions.

So I get how frustrating it is to try really hard and still feel like your body and brain are working against you. To blame yourself when you can’t “get with the program,” when really, the program was never designed for someone like you in the first place.

What I’ve learned in my 15 years in the fitness industry is that it’s NOT about doing more or trying harder. Long term progress comes when you stop forcing yourself into someone else’s definition of health and start training and eating in a way that makes sense for you.

Now, I help other women do the same.