By Danni Levy
COUPLES WHO TRAIN,
REMAIN!
This month’s super-fit couple are Nikki
‘Chun Li’ Jenkins and her partner of two years
Ricardo ‘Rude Boy’ Correia
N
IKKI AND RICARDO
wouldn’t look out of
place on a billboard for
a Hollywood movie.
The striking IFBB Pro couple
have recently relocated to Dubai,
and have already established
themselves as the hottest
trainers in town! business and train bikini athletes
online, so my UK clients are still well
looked after too. I love my British girls!
Ric also does online coaching and has
a lot of UK-based male clients. That’s
the beauty of the internet- although
we’re thousands of miles from home
we’re still just as in touch with every-
one as we used to be!”
“We’ve known one another for years
as we competed at so many of the
same shows,” say Nikki. “After dating
for a few months, we settled down
together in England, but during a
holiday to Dubai we fell in love with the
place. Originally we had planned to
relocate to LA, but we decided there
were more prospects in Dubai for
personal trainers and that we’d have
a better quality of life for our money.
Our holiday was in October 2017 just
after Ricardo had competed in Kuwait.
We moved almost right away, so
we’ve been here a few months now
and we love it.” On a personal level, the pair continue
to market themselves globally.
“We’ve secured sponsorship here and
we are making names for ourselves
already,” Nikki says. “The gyms that
we use are fantastic facilities, and
I get to practice my boxing and martial
arts there, which is great. It’s hard
moving to a new country yes, but for
us it was worth it as it’s a challenge
to re-establish yourself and have
a new life and a new start. We both
still love the UK and who knows, one
day we may return.”
As IFBB Pros, Nikki and Ricardo say
they still have a lot give for their
home country.
“We’re both doing the Portugal IFBB
Pro show in July and have just started
prepping together,” reveals Nikki. “I’m
also the posing coach for Showgirl
Fitness here in Dubai, so I’ve teamed
up with the amazing Michelle Brannan
for that.”
Instagram:
@nikichunli_ifbbpro
@ifbbpro_rudeboy
Nikki, 34, and Ricardo, 33, wasted
no time when in making their mark
on the foreign fitness industry.
“We are both personal training here,”
says Nikki. “I’m training girls whilst
Ric’s training the guys. We’re freelance
so we have a few different gyms we
head to around here to train people.
People are really excited to train with
us, as they’re used to text book style
training in Dubai, which isn’t as
motivational as our British style of
training,” she smiles.
The couple are racking up some
great results too…
“Our clients are responding really well
to us,” says Nikki. “I still have my online
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