Amy Cotta

 

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Athletic Achievements

2009

Iron Girl Triathlon: 71st  (division)

GJCC Tri It On Triathlon: 8th

2008

Jail Break Triathlon: 2nd

Rumble at the Rock MTB: 2nd

McMinnville Triathlon (Aqua Bike) 2nd

Monkey Grinder MTB: 5th

Lost Loon Triathlon: just 4 fun no times

Tri It On Triathlon: 16th


2007

Jailbreak off-raod Triathlon: 4th

Stanky Creek MTB Race: 3rd

Race to The Canal: 2nd

Dragon Boat Race: 4th


2006

Buff Betty -- All female Adventure Race: 23rd

Bald Eagle MTB Challenge: 1st

Chickasaw Bassackwards - dirt time trial: 1st

Chickasaw Bassackwards XC MTB: 1st

Buff Betty -- All female Adventure Race: 6th

JailBreak Off Road Triathlon: 3rd

Bump N Grind XC MTB: 2nd

White Lightning XC MTB: 4th

CCC Cyclocross Series race 1: 4th

CCC Cyclocross Series race 2: 3rd


2005

CCC Cyclocross Championship: (series overall ranking) 3rd

Return to Lock-4 MTB race: 2nd

Look Out Mountain Off-Road Triathlon: Mixed Team: 3rd

Franklin Classic 5K

Legend of Stanky Creek MTB: 1st

Southeast Regional Series Championships (Overall Ranking): 3rd

Xterra Off-Road Triathlon: 4th co-ed team

Racers Rampage: 3rd

Lock 4 MTB Race: 2nd

Bump N Grind MTB Race: 2nd

Summit Quest MTB Race: 2nd

Fontana SERC race #5: 3rd

Duck Town (Southeast Regional #4): 6th

White lightning MTB: 1st

Tsali, NC (Southeast Regional MTB Race #3): 9th

Chickasaw Classic Mountain Bike Race (Southeast Regional #2): 6th


2004

Middle Tn Cyclocross Series (race #3): 2nd

Middle TN Cyclocross Series (race #2): 3rd

Bald Eagle Mountain Bike Challenge: 1st

Middle TN Cyclocross Series (race #1): 4th

Jail Break Off-Road Tri: mixed Team: 5th

Lock-4 Mt Bike Race: 3rd

Summit Quest Mt. Bike Race: 3rd

Bikini Universe Pageant: 8th


2003

NPC New Orleans Figure Championship: 3rd

South Beach Bikini America Pageant: 10th (31 contestants)

NPC Southern Classic Figure Championships: 4th

Bikini America National Championships finalist

Hot Skins Model Search: 4th


2002

Ms. Fitness Bikini America, TN Championships: 3rd


2001

ESPN Fitness America Pageant National Championship: 35th (96 contestants - 8 months postpartum)


1998

ESPN Eliminator: did not place due to injury


1997

NPC Las Vegas Fitness Classic: Overall Winner

Galaxy Championship: 5th (104 competitors)


1996

ESPN Fitness America Pageant National Championship: 9th

Ms. Exercise Championship: Runner up


1995

Jan Tana Pro Invitational: 10th

ESPN 2 Fitness America Pageant: Overall winner


1994

ESPN Muscle Beach Tour Fitness Pageant: Runner up

Ms. Cincinnati Fitness Championship: Overall Winner

ESPN Fitness America Pageant National Championship: 5th (115 competitors)


1993

Orlando Regional Fitness America Championship: 6th

Strong & Shapely Championship: 8th overall - 3rd overall in strength round


1992

St. Louis Regional Fitness America Championship: Runner Up


1986

Missouri State Bodybuilding Championship: 2nd & Most Symmetrical

St. Louis Bodybuilding Championship: 2nd

Heart of America Bodybuilding Championship: Overall Winner


1985

Mid America Bodybuilding Championship: 3rd - Most Symmetrical & Best Pose


1984

Missouri State Bodybuilding Championship: 2nd (14 years old)

 

 

Amy Cotta is a nationally recognized fitness spokesperson and personal trainer. Her certifications include: NSCA and ISSA certified personal trainer, ACE Group Fitness Trainer, ISSA Certified Endurance Trainer, GMP Golf Conditioning Specialist, FitTour Pilates Instructor, Zumba Fitness, YMCA Foundations of Group Fitness, YMCA Foundations of Strength & Conditioning, USA Cycling Coach, Stroller Strides, IKA Aerobic Kickboxing Trainer, CPR, and First AID. Amy is also a proud member of IDEA.

A competitive athlete since age 13, Amy became a nationally ranked, professional fitness competitor after the birth of her second child and holds three national titles: ESPN2 Fitness America, Las Vegas Fitness Champion, and Miss Fitness Cincinnati. In her spare time you can find Amy competing in outdoor adventure sports such as: Cross Country Mountain biking, Cyclo Cross racing, and triathlons. Throughout her career Amy has been featured in many nationally published bodybuilding/fitness magazines and books in both America and Europe .

A regular fitness expert on News Channel 5 Talk of the Town on segments like getting back in shape after baby, and sculpting your arms for summer, Amy is also featured in and personally choreographed many top selling exercise videos. She has helped design several pieces of home exercise equipment and is currently writing a book on women's fitness, highlighting her unique and highly effective training protocols. Amy is a Master Trainer for Concept2 Rowers, and Workout 180.

Amy is a busy mother of six, she understands the struggles that most of her clients face: finding time to exercise, losing weight after baby, and eating a nutritionally balanced diet.


Nashville Dragon Boat Race

 

NORBA MTB Race

Amy competing at the Bikini America Pageant

Becoming a mother doesn't mean that you can no longer be sexy or athletic... it just means you have to work a little harder and love more. Being a "Super Mom" really is the best of both worlds!

 

Amy