Nancy is from the Midwest and has a master's degree in education. She had a track and field scholarship to college, competed in varsity volleyball basketball and softball, and then went to Olympic qualifying trials in cycling in '84. She is a holistic health massage therapist and has competed in bodybuilding since 1997. In both 2003 and 2001, she won the Portland Oregon NPC Northwest Bodybuilding Championship in the women's middleweight division and mixed pairs. In 2002 she won the gold medal for bodybuilding in Sydney Australia's International Games (women's 40-49 age group). She strives to become the best person she can be, to live life with a thirst for adventure, love and happiness.

John played professional football for 5 years and now works for Gold's Gym. He plans to compete in bodybuilding someday and also be an actor. "He has appeared as a stunt extra in "Any Given Sunday" and appeared in an Adidas commercial.

Carmen was born in the Caribbean, but grew up in Spain and Miami. She attended community college in San Diego where she studied drama and photography. She is a top fitness model appearing in numerous layouts and covers of bodybuilding/fitness magazines and won Hawaiian Tropics in 1997. She has appeared in music videos, infomercials, and game shows. She plans to open up a supplement store and personal gym in the future and has always dreamt of starting her own women's workout apparel line. She loves to cross over from modeling to acting or TV hosting.

Geoff is from Canada, has a master's degree in electrical engineering and is co-founder and vice president of a high tech company. He plays competitive tennis and golf, loves to ski, travel, surf, lift weights, and rollerblade. He also organizes and leads wild adventure travel trips - kayaking and free diving.

Juliette is a fitness model who has been published in many calendars, magazines, and newspapers, including Hawaiian Tropics. She is a college student and works for a mortgage broker. She plans to start her own company designing swimwear for models who love to be noticed with a Vegas, Brazil, Miami touch.

Stephanie is from Allentown, Pennsylvania and went to college in Upstate New York at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where she earned a BS in mechanical and aerospace engineering (she is real rocket scientist). She has also earned a Master's degree in mechanical engineering from Stanford University, were she first started powerlifting. She has competed twice and won the NorCal Winter Classic Powerlifting Competition in 2001 and was number 2 on USAPL's national top 20 list for 2001. Her dream is to be part of a successful Formula 1 racing team in the area of engine development. She also hopes to be considered by NASA as an astronaut candidate. In terms of physical activity, she hopes to set some new state records in powerlifting both at 105 lbs. and 114 lbs. and to compete in nationals. She also wants to start Olympic lifting and eventually move more into endurance sports, including doing an Ironman and adventure races.

Dave was born and raised on Kauai, Hawaii and has earned a bachelor's degree and law degree. He is a contracts manager at a software company, and also teaches spinning and step aerobics at Gold's Gym. His hobbies include seeing the world, working out, singing, great restaurants and good company. He believes in promoting a healthy lifestyle and once a year, to go somewhere he has never been before. His goal is to be as healthy and stay in the best shape well into his senior years.

Maureen teaches television production and ethnic dancing at Jefferson High School in Tampa. She is working on a master's degree in education at the University of South Florida. Originally from Akron, Ohio, she has a bachelor's degree in theater from Kent State University. She is a U.S. Army veteran, a licensed ballroom dance instructor, and has a 9-year-old son, Nick. One of her goals is to spread the joy of ballroom dancing. Another of her goals is to promote media literacy in the schools. She believes films and videos are as important as books and should be used more as teaching tools. Maureen stars in the just completed feature film "Charlie's Family" as Sadie Mae Glutz aka Sexy Sadie, one of the main killers in the Charles Manson Family. She has appeared in numerous other films, including "Road Kill" and "Deadbeat at Dawn," as well as numerous stage productions, voice-overs, and public service announcements. Lastly, she won a Joe Bob Briggs Drive-In Movie Award for "Best Screamer" for her work in "Road Kill."

Mike has a BA in psychology from UCSC, has been lifting weights for 12 years and studying martial arts for about 5 years. He is currently pursuing an acting career and has appeared about 5 independent films. He has also done some runway modeling and commercials.

Karen hails from Queens, NY and works as a registered nurse in a hospital. She is the mother of two -- Chantel 24 and Elias 13. Her hobbies include belly dancing and archery. Her goal is to stay healthy, look young, and teach the younger kids to be healthy and happy through exercise, sports, and dance. She dreams of someday visiting Egypt and appearing in a Xena or Conan type movie to show young and old that you can be healthy, muscular, beautiful and feminine all at the same time.