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Fitness Blog

  • USPA North American Championships (Northern California Fitexpo)

    By Nicki Cartwright | In Blog | on April 9, 2013

    Title: USPA North American Championships (Northern California Fitexpo) Location: Santa Clara Convention Center, 5001 Great America Parkway , Santa Clara , CA 95 054. Hall A,B,C,D Description: I will be competing in the Classic Raw, Full Powerlifting division. Date: 2013-06-30

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  • NPC San Jose Show

    By Nicki Cartwright | In Blog | on April 9, 2013

    Title: NPC San Jose Show Location: San Jose Convention Center, San Jose, CA Link out: Click here Description: I will be providing Makeup and Hair services. Must book prior to show date to reserve a spot. Date: 2013-06-29

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  • Training for the Traveler

    By Nicki Cartwright | In Blog | on March 11, 2013

    As I compose this entry, I am on an elliptical at my hotel fitness center. Today marks my 16th day away from home within the last 3 weeks, and third location. It is not normal for me to travel this much EVER, but my work life is normally spent in a car traveling to client’s […]

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  • Shaping for the Long Term

    By Nicki Cartwright | In Blog | on January 28, 2013

    I am currently preparing for a fitness photo shoot that is just under four weeks away. You could say this shoot is taking the place of a bodybuilding show as my one main event with a purely aesthetic goal. In the last four years or so, I always set goals for specific bodybuilding shows to […]

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  • Team

    By Nicki Cartwright | In Blog | on November 14, 2012

    TEAM Body, group, force, gang, unit. A group of two or more organized to work together. At the start of my “fitness journey,” I always focused on working alone. I wanted to figure everything out for myself. I did not want to share my goals, my process, progress or emotions. Up until that point, I […]

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  • Injuries, Setbacks and Failures

    By Nicki Cartwright | In Blog | on November 12, 2012

    Within the last few months, quite a few people in my life, including myself, have had physical setbacks in their training. The circumstances range from muscle tears, broken bones, surgery, illness and changing of medication. Instead of focusing solely on my own recent conditions, I would like to approach the accompanying issues in a more […]

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  • The Dieter’s Unspoken Challenge

    By Nicki Cartwright | In Blog | on October 13, 2012

    I was approached by a young woman in need of help with her binge eating habits. She was so distraught by the impact of her episodes on her physical body and emotional health that she did not know where to turn. She described having challenges with sticking to her diet, ultimately ending in binge sessions […]

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  • Selflessly Selfish

    By Nicki Cartwright | In Blog | on January 14, 2012

    Over the last 7 years I have been through many life changes, personal struggles and traumas. The one thing that has remained constant has been my training and within the last 3 years, competing in figure. Because I was so depressed for so long, beating my body up in the gym and taking my physique […]

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