Meet Christian and Renee Cantu | Parents and owners

We had the good fortune of connecting with Christian and Renee Cantu and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Christian and Renee, we’d love to hear more about how you thought about starting your own business?
Starting a business has definitely always been a desire for my wife and I But there was always the uncertainty that held us back. We wanted to start something that we both are passionate about, while also showing our two kids that anything is possible and to not be afraid of following your desire or stepping outside the box even if failure is a possibility. Though we do enjoy living normal lives, Health and Fitness has grown to become the main focus of our day to day, not only as a business owning couple but parents of young athletes that themselves strive to continue in health and athletics. With that said, we decided to start our health and fitness company beginning with meal prepping for clients and have grown to launching our apparel line. Onyx Fitness Brand is built with a focus of motivating people to begin and continue a healthy lifestyle by providing badass and comfortable apparel that builds a confident mindset and also show parents that even in our busy schedules, living healthily isn’t only possible but necessary in teaching kids that health is a priority.

Let’s talk shop? Tell us more about your career, what can you share with our community?
What makes us different from other business owners in the fitness industry is that we’re not trying to grow a following by showing how fit or strong we are, we want to show that we are no different from other people or parents. We have busy schedules, I still work full time in the petrochemical industry as an API inspector and up until recently my wife worked full time as an orthodontist assistant and decided to take a step back in order to focus more time advancing our business. We are striving to grow a following to join us in the movement of health and fitness amongst us everyday blue collar workers that struggle to find time to eat healthy, workout, be there for our kids, family, and friends and we are so excited to see how far our business and network can grow. When starting our business we wanted to provide delicious and healthy meals for people that often don’t have time to cook healthy for themselves and from there we decided to launch our apparel brand and deciding that we wanted to provide the highest quality apparel we could by sampling every single product prior to approving designs and production. We found that this process took a lot more invested time and money than anticipated but we had a vision and had to see it through. We’re excited and proud to have launched our website that will have men’s and women’s apparel followed by gym gear by summer 2023.

Let’s say your best friend was visiting the area and you wanted to show them the best time ever. Where would you take them? Give us a little itinerary – say it was a week long trip, where would you eat, drink, visit, hang out, etc.
I would take them to an Astros game at Minute Maid Park! Followed by a night out in downtown to couple bars like, Fabian’s and Casa Blanca. Head on over to Midtown and check out Electric Feel Good, Pour Behavior and Wonder Bar. Definitely end a night at Mai’s Restaurant for some good traditional Vietnamese food!

Take them to check out The Post in Houston and a few museums. Hit up Frank’s for some amazing tasty pizza!

Shoutout is all about shouting out others who you feel deserve additional recognition and exposure. Who would you like to shoutout?
Joshua and Sarah Sharp: owners of Sharp Exterior Cleaning, WhataParty Moonwalks and Rentals and Southern Darlin Boutique.

Andy Frisella: 75 Hard/Podcasts

The book, Third Circle Theory

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