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Ottawa’s Premier Direct-to-Client Fitness and Wellness Company | Strength, Recovery, Sleep, Nutrition, Biomarkers | Longevity & Lifestyle Optimization.
THE STRIVE 5 DIFFERENCE
Why Clients Choose Strive 5
A personalized, evidence-informed approach designed to improve how you move, perform, recover, and live over the long term.
Evidence-Based
Movement assessment, biomarker insights, and measurable progress help guide each client’s strategy.
Private Coaching
Individualized support built around your goals, schedule, experience, lifestyle, and health history.
Five Pillar Method
Strength, recovery, nutrition, biomarkers, and mobility work together as one complete system.
Long-Term Health
The goal is not a temporary transformation, but greater strength, resilience, and capacity for decades.
Trusted by Leaders
Strive 5 supports executives, entrepreneurs, athletes, families, and public leaders with discreet, professional care.
EXPERIENCE YOU CAN TRUST
Why Strive 5
Built through more than two decades of coaching, long-term client relationships, and a commitment to personalized health and performance.
20+
Years of Experience
More than two decades of professional coaching in health, fitness, performance, and long-term wellness.
20,000+
Coaching Hours
Extensive one-on-one experience helping clients build strength, improve movement, and support lasting health.
Hundreds
Clients Coached
Personalized guidance for professionals, families, athletes, executives, and clients across every stage of life.
Five
Integrated Pillars
Strength, recovery, nutrition, biomarkers, and mobility working together as one complete approach.
Referral-Based
Trusted Relationships
A practice built primarily through client referrals, professional trust, and long-standing relationships.
Ottawa
Locally Established
Serving clients throughout Ottawa and the National Capital Region with private, personalized support.
Meet the Strive 5 Collective
At Strive 5, our multidisciplinary team is united by one mission: to help you perform, recover, and live better through our evidence-based Five Pillar Approach: Strength Training & Performance, Sleep & Recovery, Nutrition & Supplementation, Biomarker & Hormone Analysis, and Mobility & Joint Health.
Each coach and practitioner brings a unique area of expertise, spanning high-performance training, clinical osteopathy, yoga, mobility, recovery, and lifestyle optimization. Together, we bridge the gap between fitness, health, and longevity by helping clients build stronger bodies, improve recovery, restore movement quality, and support long-term well-being.
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Jake — Founder, Strive 5
For more than 20 years, Jake has been immersed in human performance—as an athlete, coach, and lifelong student of how the body and mind work together.
Throughout his career, he has coached and mentored clients in demanding, high-performance environments while earning more than a dozen specialized certifications in strength training, functional mobility, nutrition, stress and resiliency, biomarker analysis, and hormone optimization. With more than 20,000 hours of one-on-one coaching experience, Jake came to understand that meaningful, lasting change requires more than an effective workout program. It requires understanding the individual as a whole.
That philosophy became the foundation of Strive 5: an integrated approach built around five essential pillars—Strength & Performance, Sleep & Recovery, Nutrition, Biomarkers & Hormones, and Mobility & Joint Health.
Jake created Strive 5 to bridge the gap between traditional fitness and genuine long-term well-being. By combining evidence-informed strategies, personalized structure, and meaningful human connection, Strive 5 helps clients move better, perform at a higher level, recover more effectively, and build a healthier, more resilient life.
Today, Jake leads a multidisciplinary team of performance coaches, wellness professionals, and osteopathic practitioners who share a common belief: when people better understand their bodies, habits, and health, they are better equipped to create lasting change.
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Brittny is a Yoga Alliance–certified instructor with years of experience teaching in studio, corporate, and event settings across Canada. With additional training as a Certified Personal Trainer and Nutrition Coach, and a background in adventure sports, she brings a functional, grounded approach to yoga that supports physical and mental wellbeing.
Her teaching emphasizes breath, alignment, and intentional movement to build awareness, stability, and strength both on and off the mat. Brittny creates accessible, sustainable practices designed for individuals at every stage, whether they are new to yoga, deepening an existing practice, or integrating it into a broader fitness or rehabilitation program.
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Matt — Osteopathic Manual Practitioner
Matt brings a deep, hands-on understanding of the human body through his combined experience as an Osteopathic Manual Practitioner, Kinesiologist, and Certified Personal Trainer. With a strong foundation in movement science and years spent working directly with clients in both clinical and athletic settings, he specializes in assessing and treating the root causes of pain, imbalance, and dysfunction. As an avid athlete, Matt has a unique appreciation for the relationship between movement, performance, and recovery. His approach blends clinical precision with practical experience — helping clients restore mobility, reduce pain, and optimize how their bodies move and perform every day.
Client Spotlight
“ I've been working with Jake Karam as my personal trainer for more than a year. For the past 20 years, I focused almost entirely on running and did almost no strength or agility training. I love running but I don't relish lifting weights and doing other exercises. But Jake has made it a very positive and rewarding experience. In the first year, I've already seen a reduction in my body fat percentage and an increase in my overall strength and mobility. I'm getting a complete workout instead of just the cardio from running. Jake is an incredibly knowledgeable and thoughtful trainer who makes the workouts fun and caters to each client's specific needs. I would highly recommend Jake if you want to focus on a custom-designed program to make you stronger and healthier.”
— Mark Sutcliffe
Mayor of Ottawa
Strive 5 Client
CLIENT EXPERIENCES
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“ Jake and the Strive 5 team are the best we’ve ever worked with. They not only train hard, focus on total health, but care deeply about your progress. We can’t recommend them enough. "
– Adam Miron, LL.D (hon), MBA 3x Exit Entrepreneur (1 unicorn) | Global Advisor helping founders scale, raise capital & exit
“ I’ve been through many different trainers over the years. I have a complicated health background, and I’ve found it hard to find someone who can adapt to my personal circumstances. Jake has proven to be the best by far - not just in his knowledge and application of training regimes, but most importantly for me, Jake reads me like a book. He scales back on days I’m struggling; he acknowledges times I’m limber vs stiff and he knows when to call it quits for me or push harder. I consider Jake to be a trusted friend that I put my faith in for my health journey. I would recommend Jake and Strive 5 any day of the week!! "
— Aaron Spaans, retired Canadian Armed Forces officer and former Business Development Manager at ABB; a senior military and business-development executive who held leadership positions with ABB, COM DEV/Honeywell Aerospace, National Defence, DRDC, and NORAD.
“ I’m so grateful to Jake, for getting me back to 100% after back and shoulder injuries I thought would end my ability to play sports. At 61, my core strength is now the best it’s been in 25 years. Jake’s expertise not only saved me from surgery but gave me back my confidence to compete. He’s been training my family for 15+ years, and I couldn’t recommend him more highly. If Jake has a time slot available, I wouldn't wait, I'd seize the opportunity. "
– Chuck Shabsove, President of Capital BBQ, Chadwicks & Hacks, BBQing.com, Dahza Corp., and Oven Brothers
“ I’ve worked with trainers, but Jake and his team set a standard unlike any other. Both my wife and I have used their services for some time now. They are able to assess, adapt and apply their knowledge surrounding strength, flexibility, mobility, diet, hydration and sleep. Despite having a relatively consistent routine, no two days are alike when factoring these in, especially when layering in injuries. The on-the-fly adaptation is paramount. Many of my chronic nagging pains are finally gone, and I no longer deal with my long-term restricted movements. They are just good, down-to-earth humans. I would recommend them to anyone, regardless of what your goals are, as I’m sure they can accommodate and add value to the most important part of one’s life… health. "
— Mark Gawargy