Christy Diachuk
Christy Diachuk has been diligently attending RIPPED! classes over the past few years. Christy is committed and addicted to RIPPED! because it has both helped her get into shape and has improved her ability to perform in the sports she enjoys. Christy has been very active since a young age and is involved in many sports such as soccer, windsurfing, skiing, running, and biking.
Christy's other passion is the health care industry. Her interest started in university when she went to Tanzania, Africa to work on a project promoting health care to children in a small village. While in Tanzania she worked with children in a primary school educating them on hook-worm, malaria, and HIV/AIDS. She has worked in the pharmaceutical industry for many years in the osteoporosis therapeutic area. Currently, Christy works for a medical surgical company as a Spine Education Specialist helping with procedures for vertebral compression fractures.

Appears in: Get RIPPED! to the Core (Video 3), Get Extremely RIPPED! Body Rock (Video 8), Get RIPPED! Lean Machine (Video 9)

Dean Crowe
Dean started working with Jari in August of 2010. He has been training for more than 35 years in all aspects of fitness, from sports conditioning to bodybuilding to longevity in physical activity. Dean understands family and job commitments and how fitness can enhance a great lifestyle. He stresses that knowledge and perseverance are the key to success. He also believes in drug-free training and to be the best you can be naturally. Dean is a Certified Can-Fit Pro Personal Training Specialist. Dean has also excelled athletically and has placed 1st twice in the Mr. Alberta Body-Building Contest. Dean has also been a City and Provincial Champion in Olympic-Style Wrestling and placed 2nd in the National Championships.
Dean is very proud to have been involved in one of Jari’s latest video projects filmed in 2010. Working with Jari and the rest of the team in Get Extremely RIPPED! Bootcamp proved to be an outstanding learning and training experience. Dean is excited to put the knowledge he gained through his involvement to the test when it comes to teaching classes and training clients. Dean’s motto is simple but to the point - "If you have been training, don’t stop; if you haven’t, get started!"

Appears in: Get Extremely RIPPED! Bootcamp (Video 10)

Ellie Archer
Ellie Archer and her husband Kiff have owned and operated personal training facilities in the City of Calgary for well over 30 years. During this time she taught resistance training, martial arts, self defense and stretch classes. With a keen interest in nutrition, and traditional healing, she has always been diverse in her approach to the issues of health.
Ellie and Kiff now reside in the beautiful ocean side community called Bella Coola in the heart of the coastal rainforest of British Columbia. Ellie is a wildlife bronze artist and her sculptures of grizzly bears and wolves are inspired by the rich history and cultural roots which exist in this unique primordial rainforest. Though the gym is still vital to Ellie’s training regime; kayaking, hiking and horse back are her favorite ways to bring people to the edge of their limits, from which she gently encourages them to surpass.

Appears in: Get Extremely RIPPED! (Video 6), Get Extremely RIPPED! 1000 (Video 7), Get Extremely RIPPED! Body Rock (Video 8), Get Extremely RIPPED! Lean Machine (Video 9)

Gaylene Irving
A former fashion model and executive secretary who was born and raised in Alberta, Gaylene has been involved in sports her whole life. Figure skating and softball were her childhood passions and she played on all the high school teams. When children came into her life she switched from organized sports to a workout regime that includes attending RIPPED! classes regularly. She is also involved in skiing, skating, water skiing, biking, and horseback riding in the mountains near her home.
She currently lives on a small farm in Southern Alberta where she and her husband run a purebred Black Angus cow/calf operation. Farm life has cut into her leisure time but Gaylene has found her passion (and a great workout) in gardening and taking care of the farm. Gaylene enjoys picking up her glue gun to be crafty and loves knitting, crocheting and decorating. She has three children, three step-children and is about to become a grandmother for the fourth time. During filming Gaylene kept everyone laughing with her hilarious Vaudeville routines.

Appears in: Get RIPPED! 1000 (Video 4), Get RIPPED! and Chiseled (Video 5)

Jordan Gant
Jordan Gant, an MRU business graduate, currently works within the financial sector assisting in public incubation ventures. Jordan runs an intermediary investment group as well as other small entrepreneurial ventures on the side. Jordan has had a passion for music since birth. He currently writes, records, and produces for various bands and clients.
Jordan is an avid sports enthusiast. From snowboarding to skydiving, Jordan enjoys participating in all sporting activities. The Get RIPPED! Program has helped Jordan overcome some of his past injuries, as well as increasing his overall strength and agility.

Appears in: Get Extremely RIPPED! 1000 Hardcore (Video 11)

Judy Boyd
At the age of 40 Judy decided to become a nurse and has since had an exciting and varied career. She has worked in Nicaragua and in the U.S. in the areas of med/surg, ICU, in maximum security prisons, and then discovered her niche specializing in substance abuse and detox. She feels she can really make a difference helping people with addiction problems. She assisted in setting up a methadone treatment program in Maine where over 1000 patients were helped to get their lives back on track. Judy currently works in acute care hospitals in chronic pain consultant services.
Judy was on a women's rowing team and for a few years was a bodybuilding fanatic and competitor. For fun, Judy now loves doing aerobics and running. Her best times are spent outdoors with her giant dogs, Tundra, a Great Pyranees, and Caplin, a Newfoundlander.

Appears in: Get RIPPED! and Chiseled (Video 5)