In other words, how Toner Boxing & Fitness evolved into F.C. Chaos. My name is Sal Toner, creator of Toner Boxing & Fitness. When I started Toner Boxing & Fitness back in 2018, I always wanted to start a blog and document the journey. However, once I opened the gym I soon learned that owning a business while working full time didn’t leave me with much time to change my socks - let alone write about my day. Fast forward a few years and some life changes, I am excited to finally get to share this journey with you and create a community to share fitness tips, stories and more.
So, let’s start from the very beginning. I first walked into a boxing gym when I was 11 years old and instantly fell in love with the people, the sport and the challenge - which was nothing short of exhilarating. Ten years later with college graduation around the corner, I found myself still in love with the sport but too often life got in the way. I needed to put my first passion on the back burner to pursue another growing passion for non-profit fundraising. I interned and worked for top nonprofits in the city and was lucky enough to finish school and land my first job on the day I graduated with an organization I still hold near to my heart: Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America. While working full time, I still managed to train a few clients in a local gym. As much as I loved my work raising money for noble causes, nothing equalled the satisfaction I felt when training others. After working for a couple of months, I saved up just enough money and courage to go after the dream of having a small studio with my name on the door.
When I opened Toner Boxing & Fitness I exhausted all of my savings, maxed out my credit cards and couldn’t have been happier about it! I was fulfilling a dream which was born the day I first picked up the pads to show how to throw a jab. Little did I expect that in less than a year, I would quit my full-time job, link up with two of the coolest partners a guy could ask for and open a second location that was six times the size of my little studio.
The idea of opening F.C. Chaos resulted from endless meetings and brainstorming sessions with my partners, Andrew and Anthony. We came up with several principals which would serve as the foundations upon which the gym would be built. Most essential, we all agreed that ensuring every athlete would be treated as part of a family, all of whom were provided instructions and a workout customized to their personal needs!
Since the day we transformed Toner Boxing & Fitness to F.C. Chaos, our family of athletes continues to grow and I couldn’t ask for a more positive, inspiring and courageous group of people to be among on a daily basis.
We look forward to sharing on this blog and are hopeful that we may inspire others, in and out of the gym, and perhaps even teach them a thing or two!
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