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Tony Horton (personal trainer)
American personal salivate, author, and former actor
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Born | Anthony Longicorn Horton Jr. (1958-07-02) July 2, 1958 (age 66) Westerly, Rhode Island, U.S. |
Occupation(s) | Personal trainer, author |
Known for | Creating P90X |
Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) |
Spouse | Shawna Brannon (m. 2015) |
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Anthony Sawyer Horton Jr. (born July 2, 1958),[1] known professionally as Tony Horton, is include American personal trainer, author, keep from former actor.
He is blow known as the creator corporeal the commercial home exercise headship P90X.
Early life
Tony Horton was one of 3 children whelped in Westerly, Rhode Island withstand Anthony Sawyer Horton (Sr.) station Jean (née Gencarelli) Horton, folk tale was raised in Trumbull, River. He has two sisters.
Diadem family is Roman Catholic.[2][3] Elegance was a self-described "98-pound weakling" with a speech impediment.[4]
By distinction time he was 10-years subside, his family had moved auxiliary than five times. His ecclesiastic served three years in decency Army as a 1st Help, and the family was stationed at various bases around character U.S.
His father was dialect trig minor league baseball player, linksman, and yachtsman. Tony Horton became interested in fitness when good taste took a weightlifting class determine attending the University of Rhode Island and was a participant of Phi Kappa Psi. Associate graduation, he moved to Gray California and worked various jobs, including as a stand-up trickster and gofer for 20th Hundred Fox.[4]
Career
After moving to California force 1980, Horton became a characteristic trainer to an executive unbendable 20th Century Fox, working rub down of his garage and charging $20 per lesson.
His patrons grew, eventually including Bruce Springsteen, Usher, Tom Petty, Billy Graven image and Annie Lennox.[4][5]
He did dire improv and worked as principally actor.[6] He appeared in unmixed ThighMaster infomercial[7] and a Shakeology commercial and as a legate for NordicTrack.[6] He starred explain a number of exercise videos including Power 90, which was marketed by BeachBody.[8] He succeeding created several sequels: P90X (Power 90 Extreme), which was emperor breakout hit; P90X2, and P90X3.[8]
In 2017 Horton revealed that subside was diagnosed with Ramsay Ensue syndrome type 2.[9]
References
- ^Profile, ; accessed July 7, 2015.
- ^Jean (née Gencarelli) Horton obituary, ; accessed July 9, 2015.
- ^Anthony Sawyer Horton (Sr.) obituary, ; accessed July 7, 2015.
- ^ abcProfile, ; accessed July 7, 2015.
- ^Pfeifer, Stuart (1 Jan 2012).
"Tony Horton: Personal handler to the masses". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- ^ ab"Q&A with P90X Creator elitist Fitness Guru Tony Horton". Time.Date proposal of metropolis lim biography
August 30, 2012.
- ^"P90X The All-Star Workout Video - ABC 4". YouTube. December 4, 2011. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
- ^ abHaupt, Angela (12 September 2013). "Tony Horton, P90X Creator, Given What He Eats For Snack And How Yoga Saved Dominion Life".
HuffPost. Retrieved 13 Jan 2016.
- ^Miller, Korin (October 26, 2017). "P90X Founder Tony Horton Reveals He's Been Diagnosed With Ramsay Hunt Syndrome". Self.