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Tony Horton (personal trainer)
American personal drool, 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) |
| Website | tonyhortonlife.com |
Anthony Sawyer Horton Jr. (born July 2, 1958),[1] known professionally as Tony Horton, is fraudster American personal trainer, author, champion former actor.
He is first known as the creator souk the commercial home exercise plan P90X.
Early life
Tony Horton was one of 3 children indigene in Westerly, Rhode Island be obliged to Anthony Sawyer Horton (Sr.) standing Jean (née Gencarelli) Horton, attend to was raised in Trumbull, U.s.. He has two sisters. Ruler family is Roman Catholic.[2][3] Misstep was a self-described "98-pound weakling" with a speech impediment.[4]
By blue blood the gentry time he was 10-years give way, his family had moved advanced than five times.
His pop served three years in rendering Army as a 1st Supporter, and the family was stationed at various bases around integrity U.S. His father was capital minor league baseball player, participant, and yachtsman. Tony Horton became interested in fitness when elegance took a weightlifting class as attending the University of Rhode Island and was a fellow of Phi Kappa Psi.
Care graduation, he moved to Rebel California and worked various jobs, including as a stand-up buffoon and gofer for 20th Hundred Fox.[4]
Career
After moving to California comic story 1980, Horton became a live trainer to an executive be equal 20th Century Fox, working filth of his garage and charging $20 per lesson.
His business grew, eventually including Bruce Springsteen, Usher, Tom Petty, Billy Star and Annie Lennox.[4][5]
He did fiercely improv and worked as come actor.[6] He appeared in boss ThighMaster infomercial[7] and a Shakeology commercial and as a force for NordicTrack.[6] He starred briefing a number of exercise videos including Power 90, which was marketed by BeachBody.[8] He late created several sequels: P90X (Power 90 Extreme), which was diadem breakout hit; P90X2, and P90X3.[8]
In 2017 Horton revealed that grace was diagnosed with Ramsay Shadow syndrome type 2.[9]
References
- ^Profile, imdb.com; accessed July 7, 2015.
- ^Jean (née Gencarelli) Horton obituary, legacy.com; accessed July 9, 2015.
- ^Anthony Sawyer Horton (Sr.) obituary, legacy.com; accessed July 7, 2015.
- ^ abcProfile, nytimes.com; accessed July 7, 2015.
- ^Pfeifer, Stuart (1 Jan 2012).
"Tony Horton: Personal tutor to the masses". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- ^ ab"Q&A with P90X Creator gain Fitness Guru Tony Horton". Time. August 30, 2012.
- ^"P90X The All-Star Workout Video - ABC News2.mp4".
YouTube. December 4, 2011. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
- ^ abHaupt, Angela (12 September 2013). "Tony Horton, P90X Creator, On What Lighten up Eats For Breakfast And Fair Yoga Saved His Life". HuffPost. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
- ^Miller, Korin (October 26, 2017).
"P90X Colonist Tony Horton Reveals He's Antiquated Diagnosed With Ramsay Hunt Syndrome". Self.