Our Team

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Ilana Arzt
Founder

Owner Ilana Arzt’s passion and life’s work is achieving and maintaining optimal health forever, and inspiring and guiding others to do the same. Her exceptional success has been founded on blending enjoyment, intensity, and an appreciation for the beauty of every human body. This along with her extensive knowledge of the most current trends in fitness and overall wellness, and the personal connection she establishes with every client has made her a highly trusted and respected trainer in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Ilana earned a B.A. Degree in Physical Education from Wingate Institute in Israel. She has earned teaching certificates in weight training and fitness instruction, physical fitness in combat, aerobics and gymnastics.

An accomplished competitor, Ilana has won numerous national fitness and figure competitions, with her most recent victory coming in the 2009 Figure America competition.

Ilana is a professional competitor with the IFPA. Some of her accomplishments include:

  • Fitness Trainer for National Judo Team of Israel
  • 1993 & 1994 Israel’s National Aerobic Championship – 1st Place
  • 1998 Western Regional Fitness Championship –1st Place
  • 2000 Miss Figure Southwest –1st Place
  • 2000 Naba National Champion Ms. Figure USA –1st Place
  • 2001 OBC Natural Body Building Show – 2nd Place
  • 2005 NPC Max Muscle USA –1st Place
  • 2007 Professional Figure IFPA – 2nd Place
  • 2009 Fitness America National – 1st Place Figure Division Master
  • 2010 Fitness America Figure Division - 2nd Place
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Christi Christiaens, CCN, CMTA, FDN, CPT
Certified Clinical Nutritionist & Fitness Trainer

Christi is a Certified Clinical Nutritionist and a Certified Advanced Metabolic Typing Advisor. She specializes in designing Individualized Nutritional Programs. She has more than 30 years experience in the fields of Nutrition, Fitness and weight loss, including over 15 years in Europe as the owner of a renowned women’s fitness studio in Belgium. Christi arrived in Arizona 11 years ago and has continued to share her work in nutrition and fitness.

Christi has a very advanced, cutting edge approach towards nutrition, weight loss and digestive health. She is dedicated to stay on top of the latest health/nutrition research. Her passion is helping her clients to get healthier and to lose weight through the combination of Customized Nutrition and Specific Exercise plans.

To highly individualize Nutrition Programs Christi uses the Foodpharmacy TM Diet Therapy software along with Leap MRT Food Sensitivity Blood Testing and with Bio Health Functional Laboratory Testing. This combination is breakthrough technology to determine the right diet for each individual.

By searching and studying the science behind human metabolism and weight (FAT) gain, Christi has developed a sure way for anyone to lose weight (FAT), to keep it off and get healthier at the same time.

In addition to consulting, training and coaching, Christi is also an empowering and entertaining speaker on the subjects of living a healthy lifestyle, losing weight, exercise, and nutrition.

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Ivan Apers
Personal Trainer

Ivan has over 15 years of experience as a trainer and dance instructor. Ivan provides Enerjoy Fitness clients personal training, kickboxing sessions, hip hop classes, stretching sessions and fitness boot camps. Ivan’s passion is fitness and dancing! Ivan believes with the right work out and the best nutrition the human body has no limits. Ivan helps his clients achieve their goals in a healthy way by creating lifestyle changes that last!

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Elena Rassolova
Personal Trainer

Elena has over three years of experience as a personal trainer. She moved to Arizona from Russia in 1997, and earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Finance and Marketing from Arizona State University. Elena is a fitness model and not only models professionally, but also has competed in a number of fitness model competitions including America’s Fittest Model. She was recently featured on the cover and within the May 2009 issue of SWEAT Magazine. Elena’s passion is to be a role model to people around her by motivating and inspiring them.

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Dimitri Larno
Personal Trainer

Originally trained in Europe, and later certified by the American Muscle & Fitness Personal Training Institute (AMFPT), Dimitri has instructed aerobic, weight, stretch and dance programs for over two decades. An accomplished athlete as well as trainer, Dimitri was a renowned professional background dancer for international recording artists from 1989 - 1996. In 1997 at the Arizona State Power lifting Championship in Scottsdale, Dimitri set a national record in the Dead Lift.

As a health and fitness coach with Enerjoy Fitness, Dimitri emphasizes lifestyle changes as the key to enduring health, strength, flexibility and performance. Dimitri works closely with clients to provide the expert support and guidance necessary to achieving breakthrough results that last.