A catalyst in personal transformation, with positive energy,
unstoppable passion in his beliefs and mission,
Nick Scott embodies a story and message so powerful
that it ignites body, mind, and spirit in all he meets!
IFBB Professional Wheelchair Bodybuilder
Champion Wheelchair Ballroom Dancer
Professional Speaker
Certified Fitness Trainer
Published Author
Business Entrepreneur
Background
At the age of 16, Nick Scott was an ordinary teenager with an interest in athletics, when a near fatal traffic accident changed life as he knew it... forever. After the accident Nick became overweight and discouraged, but somehow found the determination, mindset and personal strength to transform his life from a debilitating tragedy into a personal triumph. Now he uses those hard-won insights to help others awaken the beast within themselves and achieve their personal goals.
"What's the one thing you gain
when you lose everything?
PERSPECTIVE!"
- Nick Scott -
As a professional speaker, author, professional bodybuilder, wheelchair ballroom dancer, and personal trainer, Nick Scott uses his enthusiasm, vision, convictions, abilities, and life experience to reach out, to inspire and give hope to others, especially those unaware of the personal strength they can tap into if only they will believe and try. Nick's sheer strength of will has helped transform thousands of individuals - from professional athletes to senior executives - as well as organizations and corporations across the country. Nick inspires others to break through to new levels of peak performance and success.
Let Nick Scott Help YOU Achieve YOUR Best Self!
Certified Fitness Trainer
Nick Scott is a Certified Fitness Trainer and a
Certified Specialist in Performance Nutrition.
"If I Can Do It, Anyone Can!"
Even though Nick is already a Fitness Icon who is well known in the fitness world for his dedication and expertise, he is constantly continuing his education and is currently in the process of obtaining multiple certifications in the fitness industry including:
Master Trainer Certification
Elite Trainer Certification I
Elite Trainer Certification II
Personal Trainer Certification
Fitness Nutrition Certification
Fitness / Exercise Therapy Certification
Senior Fitness Certification
Youth Fitness Certification
Strength and Conditioning Certification
In 2007, Nick built and created an online website for helping and training others, NickFitness.com. He is one of the only fitness trainers in the world that has designed workouts specifically for disabled athletes. Many trainers will turn down people in wheelchairs because they are afraid they will hurt or injure themselves, or because they lack the education to deal with someone in a wheelchair. There are many different types of people with disabilities and to others it can be very overwhelming. But for Nick, it is what he knows.
Being in a wheelchair for all of his adult life, traveling in a wheelchair and becoming a professional wheelchair bodybuilder has given Nick a unique perspective few others can share. Nick is well educated, his body speaks for itself, and he has the experience to help others accomplish their personal fitness goals.
"It doesn't matter if my glass is half empty or half full, I am just grateful I have a glass."
On August 2012, Nick released his first-ever Training DVD - Training Series Volume One: UNLEASH THE BEAST. Viewers are challenged to fill their glass with Nick in an intense 85-minute, in-your-face training session for Back, Chest, Shoulders, Biceps, Triceps & Abs. They are advised not to let the wheelchair fool them, because “The Beast” will help unleash their inner strength! Bonus Features include The Nick Scott Story and 2011 IFBB Pro Wheelchair Championships Highlights.
Nick will soon release his New Website for Members which will have exclusive and in-depth content including his training regimen, diets, supplements, articles, blogs, pictures, videos and more! Plans for this special members-only site include covering a wide range of topics and providing answers to questions that athletes just cannot find anywhere else. Members will receive in-depth instructions on starting their personal journey as they continue to follow Nick on his journey to unleash the beast in all of us.
Since March 2006 Nick has competed and guest posed at almost one hundred bodybuilding shows around the world. Nick earned his WBFF Pro Card on July 18, 2009 in Atlanta, Georgia. On March 19, 2011 he won the overall title at the 2011 NPC Wheelchair Nationals in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. In achieving this, Nick finally earned his IFBB Pro Card in wheelchair bodybuilding. Nick is the only wheelchair bodybuilder in the world that holds two different professional wheelchair bodybuilding cards from two bodybuilding organizations.
To help others compete in the sport he has come to know and love so well, Nick became founder and owner of the largest online wheelchair bodybuilding community and a global promoter of the sport of wheelchair bodybuilding. Nick's mission is to bring more awareness and exposure to this highly-competitive sport. To accomplish these goals, he intends to lead by example. Wheelchair bodybuilding is Nick's passion and his life, and his goal for this sport comes from his heart. He has promoted the sport in many forms through news stations, newspapers, and major magazines, as well as through motivational-speaking events and stage appearances at countless competitions and events. Nick has traveled across the United States to raise national awareness for and exposure to the sport of wheelchair bodybuilding.
As a certified fitness expert, award-winning champion in the wheelchair division of bodybuilding, and two time world power lifting champion, Nick Scott is transforming the world of wheelchair athletics at groundbreaking levels. Through his extensive efforts, and for the very first time in bodybuilding's competitive history, Nick was granted permission to put on the first International Federation of Body Building (IFBB) Pro Wheelchair Division competition. The very first IFBB Pro Wheelchair Championships took place on October 15, 2011 in Houston, Texas at the Houston Pro Show! That night history was made and it was heard around the world!
This recognition means that wheelchair bodybuilders who compete at a professional level will now be recognized as such and will be granted their IFBB Professional Status. The IFBB Pro Card is the highest rank a bodybuilder can achieve, and is something to which all professional bodybuilders aspire. Also through Nick’s perseverance and determination, this has become the first time in the world that a professional disabled sport is contested on the same stage as a professional sport. Nick vows to continue building and expanding this sport for the enjoyment and benefit of all professional athletes and is working to raise funds to continue pursuing this dream.
Problems are the common thread that runs through the lives of most great men and women. Adversity is simply preparation for greatness.
Nick Scott is a signed athlete, spokes model, and sponsored athlete or fitness model for multiple companies. He travels the world over representing the name of his sponsors, as well as working at tradeshows of different types. At one of these events, the 2009 Arnold Sports Festival, he was fortunate enough to meet Aubree Marchione, an expert in wheelchair ballroom dancing. In May 2009, Nick charted new territory when he teamed up with Aubree and went on to become the Atlantic Coast Champions and the Heart of America Champions. They soon became the undefeated number one wheelchair ballroom dance couple in the United States. Exactly one year after they met, Nick and Aubree were one of six couples in the world chosen to perform live at the 2010 Arnold Sports Festival for Arnold Schwarzenegger. Nick and Aubree became the first couple in history to represent the U.S. at the World IPC Wheelchair Dance Sport Championships in Hanover, Germany.
Nick Scott has been a Professional Speaker for years, but has recently focused more than ever before on pursuing this path to spread his message of self-empowerment and mindset. While driven to bring awareness to the sport of Wheelchair Bodybuilding, Wheelchair Ballroom Dancing, Disabled Sports and support of the disabled community, he is now adding another layer to his speaking capabilities.
Leading by his personal example that it is okay to be yourself, regardless of how different or unique you are, Nick is bringing a new path and a more clear vision through his speaking engagements with Business Groups, High Schools, Universities, Corporations, Non-Profits and many other groups and organizations, rather than just targeting the fitness world. Nick believes that he can accomplish more by targeting the main stream on a bigger scale and achieve the same goals, while at the same time touching the hearts of even more people.
Vested in helping others, Nick Scott speaks honestly from the heart of his passion, combined with expert knowledge and personal experience. He blows people away with his vision, ambition, and the speed at which he implements his philosophies and ideas. Speaking as an individual with a physical disability, Nick Scott shares the message:
"Success Is Not A Destination; Success Is The Journey!"
For Nick, settling for anything less than his best, giving up or quitting is not an option; it is simply not part of his personal equation for success.
In May 2010, Nick Scott’s book "Journey," was published. His personal story is certain to motivate and inspire the masses. It tells the tale of Nick’s Unstoppable Will to Survive after one fatal car ride changed his life forever. Once an avid athlete, a gruesome, tragic car crash left him paralyzed from the waist down and confined to a wheelchair. In the blink of an eye, everything he'd known was turned upside down, and he had to embark on a painful but often uplifting process of rediscovering himself and finding a new purpose for his life. Journey is a candid account of one man's firm grip on hope and his drive to push himself and the people around him to the max. Covering his high school and college years and beyond, Nick shares the intimate details of what it takes to survive a wheelchair-bound life in both the classroom and the weight room.
On March 6, at the 2011 Arnold Sports Festival, Nick's movie Perspective - The Nick Scott Story, produced by Aubree Marchione and directed by Robert Nuzzie, won the Best Overall Award at the 1st Annual Arnold Film Festival. Nick took home the crystal "Arny" in the international division, which Arnold Schwarzenegger presented, along with an invitation to visit him on a Hollywood film set.
Deeply dedicated to his convictions, in 2008 Nick Scott created and led a wheelchair bodybuilding camp at the Shriners Hospital in Chicago, the first ever of its kind. Teens in wheelchairs from around the country spent one week learning about fitness techniques for strength training and proper performance nutrition, and were introduced to exercise routines they could master. Nick continues to conduct different wheelchair bodybuilding camps and has added wheelchair ballroom dance workshops to expand the camp program.
Nick Scott is also the CEO/President/Founder of the Wheelchair Athletics Foundation, which was founded on December 23, 2008 by Nick Scott and approved for exemption from federal income taxes under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code on February 11, 2010. Wheelchair Athletics, Inc. is now a non-profit, tax exempt 501(c)(3) national organization. Its purpose is to provide and support the wheelchair athletics' experience through activities open to any child, adult, or veteran with a disability, with the hope of providing both physical and psychological therapeutic value to each individual. The Wheelchair Athletics Foundation hopes to instill the "CAN DO" spirit in all its participants by giving them the confidence and independence needed to allow them to face their own life challenges and to overcome barriers that might have seemed insurmountable before
Currently, Nick is working on the most challenging project he has ever faced - opening a chain of 55,000-60,000 square foot non-profit gyms across the U.S. All proceeds will go toward the growth of the non-profit gym and the cause of funding and supporting disabled athletes throughout the U.S., regardless of what sport they want to pursue. Nick is working with a team of professionals on the business plan and plans to secure all donations before the first non-profit gym is set in motion. To many, this may seem impossible, but to Nick, he will do what it takes to make it a reality.
"Einstein never said he was smarter than anyone, he just stuck to the problem longer"
IFBB Professional Bodybuilding Achievements:
2012 IFBB Pro Wheelchair Championships - 2nd - Houston, Texas - October 13, 2012
2011 IFBB Pro Wheelchair Championships - 7th - Houston, Texas - October 15, 2011
***2011 was the First IFBB Pro Wheelchair Championships in the World***
Professional Wheelchair Bodybuilding Achievements:
2009 FitScience Fitness Championship - 1st - Pro Division - Atlanta, GA - July 18, 2009
*1st Wheelchair Bodybuilding to Win a Professional Wheelchair Bodybuilding Show in History
Amateur Bodybuilding Achievements:
2011 NPC Wheelchair Nationals - Overall - Palm Beach Gardens, Florida - March 20, 2010
2011 NPC Wheelchair Nationals - 1st Heavyweight - Palm Beach Gardens, Florida - March 20, 2010
2010 NPC USA Wheelchair Championship - 1st Heavyweight - Metairie, Louisiana - June 26, 2010
2010 NPC Muscle Mayhem - 1st Wheelchair - Kansas City, Missouri - May 15, 2010
2010 NPC Wheelchair Nationals - 2nd Heavyweight - Palm Beach Gardens, Florida - March 20, 2010
2009 NPC Central Texas Showdown - Overall - Temple, Texas - October 17, 2009
2009 NPC Central Texas Showdown - 1st Wheelchair - Temple, Texas - October 17, 2009
2009 NPC Central Texas Showdown - 1st Wheelchair Mixed Pairs - Temple, Texas - October 17, 2009
2009 NPC USA Continental - 1st Wheelchair - St Charles, Illinois - September 5, 2009
2009 NPC Wheelchair Nationals - 1st Heavyweight - Palm Beach Gardens, Florida - March 21, 2009
2008 NPC USA Wheelchair Championship - 1st Heavyweight - Metairie, Louisiana - June 21, 2008
2008 NPC Muscle Mayhem - 1st Wheelchair - Kansas City, Missouri - May 24, 2008
2008 NPC Wheelchair Nationals - 4th - Heavyweight - Palm Beach Gardens, Florida - March 8, 2008
2007 NPC Rocky Mountain Championship - 1st Wheelchair - Denver, Colorado - December 1, 2007
2007 NPC Debbie Kruck Classic - 2nd Wheelchair - Daytona Beach, Florida - August 18, 2007
2007 NPC Caveman Classic - 1st Wheelchair Mixed Pairs - St. Louis, Missouri - July 28, 2007
*1st Wheelchair Mixed Pair in Bodybuilding History!
2007 NPC Caveman Classic - 1st Wheelchair - St. Louis, Missouri - July 28, 2007
2007 NPC USA Wheelchair Championship - 1st - Heavyweight - Metairie, Louisiana - June 23, 2007
2007 NPC Wheelchair Nationals - 3rd Heavyweight - Palm Beach Gardens, Florida - March 10, 2007
2006 NPC Rocky Mountain Championship - 1st Wheelchair - Denver, Colorado - December 2, 2006
2006 NPC Wheelchair Nationals - 2nd Heavyweight - Palm Beach Gardens, Florida - March 18, 2006
Bodybuilding Achievements (against all non-chair athletes):
2007 NANBF Kansas City Gold's Classic - 3rd Mixed Pairs - Overland Park, KS - September 8, 2007
Guest Poser:
2012 NPC Natural Mid - States Muscle Classic XXV - Rockford, Illinois November 17, 2012
2012 Ironman Championships - Snoqualmie, Washington - October 6, 2012
2012 NPC Muscle Mayhem - Kansas City, Missouri - June 2, 2012
2012 NPC Battle of the Bodies - Tulsa, Oklahoma, May 5, 2012
2012 Texas Shredder Classic - Austin, Texas, April 14, 2012
2010 Boise Fit Expo - Boise, ID - May 8, 2010
2010 Kansas State Bodybuilding Championships - Overland Park, KS - October 1, 2010
2009 Shriners Hospital - Chicago, IL - December 10, 2009
2009 Texas State - Houston, TX - October 24, 2009
2009 Kansas State Bodybuilding Championships - Topeka, KS - October 3, 2009
2009 Kansas City Gold's Classic - Overland Park, KS - September 12, 2009
2009 NPC Europa Super Show - Dallas, TX - August 25, 2009
2009 T.O.P.S. - Springfield, MO - May 29, 2009
2009 KC Bodybuilding Championships - Shawnee Mission, KS - May 2, 2009
2009 Boise Fit Expo - Boise, ID - April 3, 2009
20th Anniversary Celebration of the Rain Main - Salt Lake, UT - January 17, 2009
2008 Shriners Hospital - Chicago, IL - November 11, 2008
2008 USA Continental - St Charles, IL - October 25, 2008
2008 Kansas State Bodybuilding Championships - Topeka, KS - October 14, 2008
2008 Kansas City Gold's Classic - Pro Stage - Overland Park, KS - September 13, 2008
2008 Kansas City Gold's Classic - Amateur Stage - Overland Park, KS - September 13, 2008
2008 Wheelchair Nationals - Mixed Pairs - Palm Beach Gardens, FL - March 8, 2008
2007 Kansas State Bodybuilding Championships - Topeka, KS - September 15, 2007
2007 KC Bodybuilding Championships - Shawnee Mission, KS - September 15, 2007
Athlete of the Year Achievements:
Pose Down Mag's - 2010 Athlete of the Year Award
Bodybuilding *BEST POSER* Achievements:
2009 Central Texas Showdown - BEST POSER - Temple, Texas - October 17, 2009
2007 Rocky Mountain Championship - BEST POSER - Denver, CO - December 1, 2007
2007 Kansas City Gold's Classic - BEST MALE POSER - Overland Park, KS - September 8, 2007
Wheelchair Ballroom Dance Credentials:
*Dance Partner - Aubree Marchione* Atlantic Coast Dancesport Champions
Heart of America Champions
*1st ever United States of America representatives for the World Paralympic Dancesport Championships
Special Wheelchair Ballroom Dance Performances/Special Appearances: An Evening with Dancing with the Stars- Strathmore Theater- Bethesda, MD
Musical Chairs- Feature Film- NY, NY
Push Girls Promotional Flash Mob Dance- Sundance Channel TV- NY, NY
Arnold Classic Expo - Special Performance for Arnold Schwarzenegger - Columbus, OH
USA Dance Nationals - Maryland
Rowan University- Glassboro, NJ
Ohio Self Determination Association Conference- Columbus, OH
Widener Memorial School- Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia Festival Dancesport Championships- Philadelphia, PA
NPC Wheelchair Nationals - Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
Abilities Expo - New York Metro, NY
Boise Fit Expo - Boise, ID
Shriners Hospital - Chicago, IL
Donner-Galbraith Scholarship Fundraiser - Utah Valley University, Utah
Powerlifting Achievements (against all non-chair athletes):
2006 (Dec) Bench Press Championships - Pinnacle, Overall Champion
2006 (Dec) Bench Press Championships - Pinnacle, 1st - 195-210 WT Class
2006 (Aug) Bench Press Championships - Pinnacle, Overall Champion
2006 (Aug) Bench Press Championships - Pinnacle, 1st - 195-210 WT Class
2005 Bench Press - Ottawa University, Light Weight Overall Champion
2005 Bench Press - Ottawa University, 1st - 198 WT Class
2005 Bench Press - Ottawa University, 2nd - Partners (Partner - Holly)
2002 World Cup Championships, Bench Press - NASA, 1st - Open - 187 WT Class
2002 World Cup Championships, Bench Press - NASA, 1st - Pure - 187 WT Class
2002 World Cup Championships, Bench Press - NASA, 1st - Novice - 187 WT Class
2002 World Cup Championships, Bench Press - NASA, 1st - Teenage - 187 WT Class
2002 World Cup Championships, Bench Press - NASA, 1st - Junior - 187 WT Class
2002 World Cup Championships, Curl - NASA, 1st - Open - 187 WT Class
2002 World Cup Championships, Curl - NASA, 1st - Pure - 187 WT Class
2002 World Cup Championships, Curl - NASA, 1st - Pure Novice - 187 WT Class
2002 World Cup Championships, Curl - NASA, 1st - Teenage - 187 WT Class
2002 World Cup Championships, Curl - NASA, 1st - Junior - 187 WT Class
2002 State Championships, Bench Press - NASA, 1st - Open - 187 WT Class
2002 State Championships, Bench Press - NASA, 1st - Pure - 187 WT Class
2002 State Championships, Bench Press - NASA, 1st - Pure Novice - 187 WT Class
2002 State Championships, Bench Press - NASA, 1st - Teenage - 187 WT Class
2002 State Championships, Bench Press - NASA, 1st - Junior - 187 WT Class
2002 State Championships, Bench Press - NASA, 1st - 187 WT Class
2002 State Championships, Curl - NASA, 1st - Open - 187 WT Class
2002 State Championships, Curl - NASA, 1st - Pure - 187 WT Class
2002 State Championships, Curl - NASA, 1st - Pure Novice - 187 WT Class
2002 State Championships, Curl - NASA, 1st - Teenage - 187 WT Class
2002 State Championships, Curl - NASA, 1st - Junior - 187 WT Class
2002 State Championships, Curl - NASA, 1st - 187 WT Class
2002 State Championships, Curl - NASA, *BEST CURLER
2001 World Cup Championships, Bench Press - NASA, 2nd - Open - 187 WT Class
2001 World Cup Championships, Bench Press - NASA, 3rd - Pure - 187 WT Class
2001 World Cup Championships, Bench Press - NASA, 2nd - Novice - 187 WT Class
2001 World Cup Championships, Bench Press - NASA, 1st - Teenage - 187 WT Class
2001 World Cup Championships, Bench Press - NASA, 1st - Junior - 187 WT Class
2001 World Cup Championships, Curl - NASA, 1st - Open - 187 WT Class
2001 World Cup Championships, Curl - NASA, 1st - Pure - 187 WT Class
2001 World Cup Championships, Curl - NASA, 1st - Pure Novice - 187 WT Class
2001 World Cup Championships, Curl - NASA, 1st - Teenage - 187 WT Class
2001 World Cup Championships, Curl - NASA, 1st - Junior - 187 WT Class
2001 State Championships, Bench Press - NASA, 1st - Open - 187 WT Class
2001 State Championships, Bench Press - NASA, 1st - Pure - 187 WT Class
2001 State Championships, Bench Press - NASA, 1st - Pure Novice - 187 WT Class
2001 State Championships, Bench Press - NASA, 1st - Teenage - 187 WT Class
2001 State Championships, Bench Press - NASA, 1st - Junior - 187 WT Class
2001 State Championships, Curl - NASA, 1st - Open - 187 WT Class
2001 State Championships, Curl - NASA, 1st - Pure - 187 WT Class
2001 State Championships, Curl - NASA, 1st - Pure Novice - 187 WT Class
2001 State Championships, Curl - NASA, 1st - Teenage - 187 WT Class
2001 State Championships, Curl - NASA, 1st - Junior - 187 WT Class
2001 State Championships, Bench Press - NASA, *STATE RECORD - Open - 187 WT Class
2001 State Championships, Bench Press - NASA, *STATE RECORD - Teenage - 187 WT Class
2001 State Championships, Bench Press - NASA, *STATE RECORD - Junior - 187 WT Class
2001 State Championships, Curl - NASA, *STATE RECORD - Open - 187 WT Class
2001 State Championships, Curl - NASA, *STATE RECORD - Pure - 187 WT Class
2001 State Championships, Curl - NASA, *STATE RECORD - Pure Novice - 187 WT Class
2001 State Championships, Curl - NASA, *STATE RECORD - Teenage - 187 WT Class
2001 State Championships, Curl - NASA, *STATE RECORD - Junior - 187 WT Class
Professional Speaking - Partial Client List - www.SpeakerNickScott.com: Northwest Missouri State University
Labette Community College
Benedictine College
Ohio Self Determination Association (OSDA)
Professional Advocates Resources (PAR)
Take Off Pounds Sensibly (TOPS)
Shriners Hospital for Children
West Franklin High School
Mill Creek Elementary
Juvenile Center - Kansas
Pinnacle Career Institute
Wheelchair Bodybuilding Camp: Shriners Hospital - Chicago, IL - December 7-10, 2009
Shriners Hospital - Chicago, IL - November 3-7, 2008
Wheelchair Ballroom Dance Workshop: Shriners Hospital - Chicago, IL - December 11, 2009
