My Training Background, My Mission, My Story.
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I became an ACE Certified Personal Trainer in 2018 after being successful in taking myself through a huge weight loss and health journey. I’m a L1 Certified Animal Flow Instructor, a Pain-Free Performance Specialist, a PN Level 1 Certified Nutrition Coach and a Certified Functional Kettlebell Instructor. I’m also a CrossFit L1 Trainer and a Certified USAW-L1 Coach. Outside of the gym, I have over 25 years volleyball experience and mainly coach beach volleyball these days. I work with athletes 1:1, in teams and in small groups on the sand. I’m the Head Beach Volleyball Coach for Acalanes HS and am very excited for our 3rd season! KNK BEACH CLUB has been up and running since June 2024 and it’s been a blast so far! I’m looking forward to bringing more to the program in 2025!
I’m a big advocate for continuing education and am currently working on my L2 Animal Flow Test out, Precision Nutrition’s Stress, Sleep and Recovery cert and their advanced cert in Change Psychology.
I started my career in 2018 as an independent contractor working with athletes before accepting a job offer at Equinox Berkeley in 2019. I took on a wide range of clients and learned so much from them, my colleagues and Equinox’s EFTI school of higher education. EFTI allowed me to progress in the tiers and provided opportunities of education and growth I am very thankful for. I left Equinox as a tier 3 trainer and continued on with my journey. I committed to prioritizing the development and growth of my personal business and left the corporate world for good. KNK Holistic Fitness came to life in 2020 and became an LLC in April of 2022. I am very proud of the values and systems I have put in place to ensure my clients are happy and sustainably reaching their goals while learning along the way.
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To have a fitness facility welcoming a diverse range of individuals and athletes who want to live a healthy, sustainable, quality life. This facility provides the means and creates a safe space to help underprivlidged communities in multidimensional ways. Here we strive to provide an abundance of external resources and science based education focusing on fitness and health, bringing choice back to individuals allowing them to truly advocate for their overall health and happiness without limitations!
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Nicole moved to the Bay Area in 2006 after spending most of her youth living and working on a 22 acre farm. She’s been an athlete most of her life and played basketball, softball and her favorite sport still to this day- volleyball. She gained 60lbs post high school and was playing collegiate volleyball, in a 10/10 pain, living in an unhealthy state physically and mentally, until finding her fitness journey in March of 2016. She spent the next 2 years highly focused on her health and it completely changed the direction of her life. She was in the middle of a career change working as a nanny after 7 long years of being in the dental field. Being 1/2 way through her fitness journey she decided to quit chasing an ultrasound degree and started working towards becoming a certified personal trainer. By the end of 2018 she received her CPT credential from ACE and worked for herself before accepting a job as a Tier 1 Trainer at Equinox Berkeley. She proudly worked her way up to a Tier 3 Trainer before starting her own personal training business in 2020. In April 2021 she filed for her LLC and committed to building her brand. In Feb 2022 she started working with a therapist to heal her childhood trauma via somatic breath work, leading her to more choice, health, love, acceptance and vision. In Nov 2022 she found Anni and Lamorinda CrossFit and absolutely fell in love with the sport, the team and community. She coached for them for about a year before joining the Life Time team. She currently coaches their Alpha Strength Classes and loves being a part of that community! She is big on continuing education, personal growth and is highly committed to helping others reach their health and fitness goals in a sustainable way. She finds fitness and health to be a big gateway to one owning their life and finding the peace and happiness they deserve. She didn’t have much of a path or voice until she found her journey and she’s still learning and growing along the way. She was on autopilot unaware of the choices she could have and how good she could feel, the things she could accomplish. One of her biggest life goals is to help underprivileged youth via education and fitness- helping them see they do have the power and choice to create their lives and live out their dreams by working hard and learning how to advocate for themselves in multidimensional ways- health being the forefront of it all. She is very passionate about human life and giving back to others and believes we can make a better world for all of us by helping others live healthier. When we feel good and truly love ourselves, we move through life differently and tend to live more in-line with our goals, values and who we genuinely are. During her free time she loves to play beach volleyball whenever she can and enjoys being in the sunshine, playing all kinds of sports, hiking, cooking, learning, reading, trying new things, lifting heavy shit, challenging herself in new ways and spending time with her loved ones. She happily resides in Lafayette with her blind and resilient little poodle named Bug and her crazy yet loving ninja kitty, Mini.







