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| Speaker: |
Mike Thornton |
| Business Name: |
Fitness over 50 |
| Expertise/Topic: |
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Family relations and life long weight control |
| Website: |
www.fitness-over-50.com |
| Phone: |
208-861-8000 |
| Fax: |
208-343-5046 |
| Email: |
mike@fitness-over-50.com |
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| Biography |
Mike Thornton is a motivational speaker, author and lifestyle coach who specializes in two areas: Family relations and life long weight control, particularly for working women with children.
Mike has been involved in fitness since he signed a professional baseball contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers a number of years ago. At age 70 he is a role model for people of all ages on the benefits of good nutrition and regular exercise.
He has written a book on the relationship between his Mother, who was Bi-polar and his older sister who had Cerebral Palsy and schizoaffective disorder.
Mike speaks to large and small groups on the relationships between fathers and sons and the importance of opening up emotionally to one another. He has won awards for his talk “Men, get to know your Fathers”.
Mike is the father of four girls and a boy and has been married to his wife Sheryl for 47 years. Mike has spent his life involved in three careers: He was the first bonus player the Los Angeles Dodgers signed when they moved to L.A. from Brooklyn. After 7 years in the Minor Leagues, he went into the automobile business and wound up owning a Ford car and truck dealership in southeast Idaho. The last 17 years have been spent in Real Estate with Coldwell Banker in Boise. Mike was a top producer during his tenure with Coldwell Banker.
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