The Process by FYT

Greg Hetherington is a former professional athlete in the CFL, having played for the Calgary Stampeders and the BC Lions. He has since transitioned his career into owning a successful group training Toronto-based fitness facility, Fuel Training Club. He talks about taking the skills he's learnt throughout his career to better his business, and also shares about the non-profit organization, Hiitthe6ix, that brings together members of the Toronto community to make a difference for charity.

Alessia Scauzillo is an established and successful financial advisor who is on a newfound path as fitness trainer. In her Instagram series #FinancetoFitness, she talks about the realities of making the transition from working all day at her corporate office job to following her passion and teaching fitness classes on nights and weekends.

Once a victim of homelessness, Hashim delves into his difficult past of leaving his family behind and forging a new path for himself. He focuses on how Toronto based charitable organization, Bootcamps for Change, helped him use fitness to turn his struggle into an opportunity and how today, he stands proud as a certified personal trainer.

Personal and corporate trainer Torrie Borland discusses what it takes to stand out as a trainer in a saturated business and the importance of having a fitness routine that stays realistic to your goals and limitations. She also breaks down what ‘animal flow’ is, a fitness discipline that involves total body mobility.

Owner and founder of Body Love Inc. (BOLO Toronto) Caleigh Rykiss sits down with us to talk about her career transition from television and journalism into running a boutique fitness facility. She delves into the difficulty of bootstrapping her business and how her failures were inextricably linked to her successes.