Nikki bounces back and forth between the Des Peres 0600 and 0930 class based on her husband’s travel schedule. It doesn’t matter which class Nikki attends, it’s guaranteed that she will be leading the way.

Typical of our Clients of the Quarter, Nikki ALWAYS displays a great attitude and willingness to invest 100% effort toward all things asked of her. Her transition times between exercises are almost nonexistent. When we do “attitude drills,” which measure the time it takes to go from one challenge to the next, it’s rare that Nikki isn’t a few reps into the second drill before most finish the first. Her bright smile and Texan accent is always present regardless of fatigue, heat, cold or wet ground.

Earlier this year, Nikki had a health scare. For some very long months, she faced the possibility that she had cancer. Throughout that waiting period, when asked, Nikki would respond with something like, “I’m not worried…it’ll be okay.” She never wavered in front of her classmates and friends. Every conversation and inquiry was ended with a smile and a laugh. Fortunately, after treatment…all is okay. During her recovery and absence from the program, she modified her calories and carefully followed her physician’s advice which allowed her to hit the ground running once given the green light to train hard again. Recently, I found out that her 3yr old son also went through a similar medical uncertainty as she recovered from her own. Her smile and spirit never failed and fortunately, her son had a positive outcome as well.

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