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This week, we had the opportunity to visit Tony Greco at his Greco Lean and Fit Colonnade location, one of 12 locations in the Greater Ottawa Area. It was an absolute pleasure getting to sit down to get the man behind one of the most successful fitness franchises Ottawa has ever known.
He has a magazine and you can hear his radio show every week live on CFRA 7pm to 8pm on Wednesdays and Team 1200 Saturday mornings.
The band we featured this week was Go Long (!) another exciting acoustic local Ottawa band that has a great future ahead of them. They are comprised of and they have many many years of musical talent behind them. They have performed at the Ottawa International Jazz Fest as well as Winterlude. We hope to see them at Bluesfest and travelling across Canada soon.
What we talked about with Tony included:
– The athletes he has trained through his science of fitness
– How he came to be the trainer of Claude Giroux, and my opinion the reason behind his success
– His involvement in the Ottawa hockey community
– What he ate this morning, learn nutrition from the best
– The differences between the varieties of protein shakes
– Why Tony chose to live in Ottawa?
– The athletes still coming back to the community to train in the summer
– The difference of the trainers at Greco Lean and Fit
– His diet
– His favorite restaurants in Ottawa- Green Door Restaurant, Fratelli and the Merivale Fish Market
– What he likes to do in his free time, ie Tremblant and hockey
– His Superbowl pick- Baltimore
– What area of town does he live in and his favorite room of the house
At the break we played another track from Go Long(!) called Black Velvet, a cover by Alannah Myles. Then we continued talking about:
– The 12 locations by end of April in Orleans, Westboro and Carleton Place
– The benefits of Greco Lean and Fit
– It is not a gym, it is a boutique style fitness school
– How he developed the 10 week program
– The 20-20 App. Lose up to 20 pounds in 20 days.
– 5th Annual Gala to fight obesity in Children on February 14th,2013
– You do not have to look overweight to be obese
– The charity building two parks around the city
– The state of the fitness levels in Ottawa
– The great music in the classes at Greco Lean and Fit
We finish off with one last song called “Whatever You Like” from Go Long (!), an excellent cover from TI.
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