A Health & Fitness Interview With The Firm To’s Anthony McFarlane

This month I sat down with Anthony McFarlane, personal trainer and founder of The Firm TO. In addition to working with private clients, Anthony puts on innovative fitness events across the city of Toronto. Can you tell me a bit about your fitness journey? I was always active as a kid. I played competitive sports and never had any health or weight issues until adulthood. Once I graduated from school, started working full time and “adulting” I started to gain weight. The defining moment for me was getting injured. I tore my ACL and meniscus playing soccer and then had to have surgery and go through the rehabilitation process. Through out all of that I was fairly inactive and, as a result, put on a bunch of weight. I went from 205 pounds to 250. Around that time a friend