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KNO W WHO Y OU ARE AND


                                      WHAT Y OU WANT



                                             TONY GREC O // GREC O FITNES S





                           Tony Greco is Canada’s leading fitness specialist   Rangers) and  Mike Fisher (Nashville  Predators), to
                           and the founder of Greco Fitness. In  the  early   name a few. Tony has also created programs for and
                           1990s, Tony along with his friend Paolo took a   personally trained country star Carrie Underwood
                           $10,000 venture loan to begin what has now   and former supermodel Carol Alt.
                           grown into the leading boutique-fitness gym
                           in Canada and will soon expand to the U.S.   He is a top graduate of the Sports Performance
                           Starting a business from scratch is not easy.   Institute,  and  his  certification  exceeded  the
                           Everything Tony has learned about business   guidelines established by the National Fitness
                           and wellness came from passion, dedication,   Leaders Advisory Council in personal training,
                           and hard work. He doesn’t give up, and his   strength training, and aerobics instruction. Tony
                           record shows it. Tony won the IAKSA World Kick   continues to go above and beyond with each
                           Boxing Championship title in 1995. In 2016, Greco   aspect of his amazing fitness program, in which
                           Fitness merged with a team of successful Ottawa   franchisees and clients alike reap the benefits.
                           business investors and the well-established New-
                           York-based Integrity Square, an early-stage-  None of this would have been possible without
                           growth investor in the HALO (health, active   his determination, passion, and discipline. His
                           lifestyle and outdoors) sector.      motto, “Know who you are and what you want,”
                                                                has always guided him  through his business
                           Tony is frequently sought out by some of the   career, relationships, financial decisions, and
                           biggest names in the NHL. He has trained Claude   health choices.
                           Giroux (Philadelphia Flyers), Dan Boyle (New York

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