It's been a remarkable spring for All-Star Sports Academy and our athletes and clients. These achievements are remarkable, and a testament to the commitment of these student-athletes. One All-Star athlete just rocked the sports world on national television!
One of our athletes scored over 100 points as a sophomore for TRHS South girls' lacrosse
Another scored 112 points for TRHS North's girls lacrosse team.
Both of these lacrosse players were chosen to represent New Jersey on the 2009 National Women's Lacrosse team
Still another won a womens Lacrosse National Championship with Franklin & Marshall College
One hit well over .500 for Donovan baseball.
One is on the verge of signing a National Football League contract to play fullback.
One was named to the All-State HS Hockey team & signed to play Juniors Hockey with the Philadelphia Revolution.
One was chosen to the NJSA 04 Pre-Academy Soccer Team & is working with Tab Ramos.
One was chosen to the U14 New Jersey Olympic Development Program Soccer Team
One terrorized high school pitchers while playing for TRHS North baseball
One made the JV softball team & became the starting JV catcher at TRHS East
The Jersey Shore Hurricanes AAU boys basketball put a team into nationals
One has been invited to Under Armour HS football combines, & may be named to the All-America team
One took 2nd in the county in shotput for 8th graders & was named to the Trilogy Lacrosse Elite team
One broke the TR Intermediate South school record in the discus
Woodbridge HS baseball went 14-10 & reached the semi-finals of the Middlesex County Tournament
Dozens of youth baseball, softball, lacrosse and soccer players are having great seasons & more fun as a result of their experiences with All-Star Sports Academy.
Dozenz of kids and parents dropped extra pounds, got in shape and had a blast in our breakthrough fitness programs.
Oh yeah, there's one other athletic achievement that we're pretty excited about. On Saturday, May 23rd, Frank Edgar, former Toms River HS East and Clarion University wrestling standout, won the biggest bout of his career. In an edge-of-your-seat 3 round UFC fight against Sean Sherk, Frank ("The Answer") took another step toward a title bout by dominating Sherk in every aspect of the game!
Frank has been working harder than ever in our Strength and Conditioning Center with Brian Blue getting ready for this bout. After watching video of his workouts with previous trainers, then watching how his opponent was "training," we had a funny feeling that Frank was going to be ready for Sherk. We were right!
Congratulations to Frank, and congratulations to all the athletes, parents and everyone who has been working to achieve fitness goals that matter to them!
Find out why they chose All-Star, and why it really does matter where you "get your sweat on!"
Go here to request YOUR complimentary trial membership: http://tinyurl.com/allstartrial
We'll see YOU at All-Star Sports Academy!
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Monday, May 18, 2009
Metabolism and Making it Work For Athletes
Here's a concept that you must understand. You need to understand that improving your eating habits and improving your performance are related. It all depends on how you fuel your body. The fuel you put in your body will determine how your metabolism works and how much energy you have for athletic performance!
YOU CAN MAKE YOUR METABOLISM WORK FOR YOU, INSTEAD OF AGAINST YOU!
Let’s use a simplified definition of metabolism. Metabolism means the rate at which your body burns through food. Simple enough, right? Most athletes have fast metabolisms (which allow them to burn lots calories). As a result, it is important that you fuel your body with food frequently throughout the day.
I’ll say it again: Eating small, frequent meals throughout the day will keep your metabolism fired up, and keep you ready to perform at your best. “Getting” this will mean the difference between performing at a high level on a consistent basis and performing in fits and starts! “Getting” this will allow you to “get it done” any time you want!
To play well and stay in top shape, you are going to eat 5 meals a day. In fact, you’re going to eat at least 5 meals a day if you want to practice and play at your best! It might not completely make sense to you yet, but as you begin to understand metabolism, and as you begin getting the results that you want, your comfort level with eating this many meals will increase.
I’ll explain further as we go along, but for now, “get” that you need to eat supportively and every 3 to 3 ½ hours. “Supportive eating” means making sure that each meal consists of a lean protein, a starchy carbohydrate and a fibrous carbohydrate. No pre-processed “diet food” made of make believe ingredients and “pseudo-foods!”
Here’s a short list of proteins, starchy carbs and fibrous carbs to get you started:
Lean Protein: tuna in water, egg whites, chicken breast, fat free dairy, flaky fish, tofu
Starchy Carbohydrates: potato, sweet potato, tomato, whole grains, oatmeal
Fibrous Carbohydrates: broccoli, cauliflower, onion, celery, peppers, cucumber, greens
I’m going to make a bold, borderline sacrilegious statement here: You don’t need “diets” to fuel your body for top-level athletic performance! Nor will you have to eat massive protein bars or gallons of protein shakes. This is all bad information that you have been given. All that will do is stress your kidneys and liver and make you feel sick.
Top performing athletes know that food is a tool to be used to hone the athletic body to a sharp-edged weapon! Along with intelligent, challenging athletic and skills training, it’s the thing that will separate winners from wanna-bes!
So start planning your food intake to support your success! We’ll be glad to help!
Contact All-Star Sports Academy for your free one week trial in any of our strength and conditioning programs!
YOU CAN MAKE YOUR METABOLISM WORK FOR YOU, INSTEAD OF AGAINST YOU!
Let’s use a simplified definition of metabolism. Metabolism means the rate at which your body burns through food. Simple enough, right? Most athletes have fast metabolisms (which allow them to burn lots calories). As a result, it is important that you fuel your body with food frequently throughout the day.
I’ll say it again: Eating small, frequent meals throughout the day will keep your metabolism fired up, and keep you ready to perform at your best. “Getting” this will mean the difference between performing at a high level on a consistent basis and performing in fits and starts! “Getting” this will allow you to “get it done” any time you want!
To play well and stay in top shape, you are going to eat 5 meals a day. In fact, you’re going to eat at least 5 meals a day if you want to practice and play at your best! It might not completely make sense to you yet, but as you begin to understand metabolism, and as you begin getting the results that you want, your comfort level with eating this many meals will increase.
I’ll explain further as we go along, but for now, “get” that you need to eat supportively and every 3 to 3 ½ hours. “Supportive eating” means making sure that each meal consists of a lean protein, a starchy carbohydrate and a fibrous carbohydrate. No pre-processed “diet food” made of make believe ingredients and “pseudo-foods!”
Here’s a short list of proteins, starchy carbs and fibrous carbs to get you started:
Lean Protein: tuna in water, egg whites, chicken breast, fat free dairy, flaky fish, tofu
Starchy Carbohydrates: potato, sweet potato, tomato, whole grains, oatmeal
Fibrous Carbohydrates: broccoli, cauliflower, onion, celery, peppers, cucumber, greens
I’m going to make a bold, borderline sacrilegious statement here: You don’t need “diets” to fuel your body for top-level athletic performance! Nor will you have to eat massive protein bars or gallons of protein shakes. This is all bad information that you have been given. All that will do is stress your kidneys and liver and make you feel sick.
Top performing athletes know that food is a tool to be used to hone the athletic body to a sharp-edged weapon! Along with intelligent, challenging athletic and skills training, it’s the thing that will separate winners from wanna-bes!
So start planning your food intake to support your success! We’ll be glad to help!
Contact All-Star Sports Academy for your free one week trial in any of our strength and conditioning programs!
Monday, April 27, 2009
Beat Swine Flu...
The newsmedia is full of breathless, panic-stricken reports about Swine Flu. They throw around words like "pandemic," Recombinant" and "transspecies."
What does it all mean? Is this bio-terror, or just an anomaly? I even read a story linking a reduction in solar flares and solar wind to the rise of new strains of flu and maybe other diseases.
Wow. Makes you want to stay home, wrap yourself in a blanket and hide!
So what to do? It's fairly simple, really.
First, DON'T PANIC! If you've ever read Douglas Adams' "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" you already get this sage advice. Read through the news hype. Swine flu is NOT prowling your neighborhood streets, looking for a random sucker to infect.
Most likely, it's being spread through direct contact with those within the "hot period," or in the case of this bug, 24-72 hours after infection. So unless you're spending time in Mexico City, airports or places where we KNOW THERE IS AN OUTBREAK, you are probably not at risk yet.
So...now is the time to gather information about this and other flu viruses. Knowledge is power.
Second, Wash your hands! Yeah, your mom is right. Clean hands (and other skin surfaces) help prevent not only infection in you, but in others as well. Do you need anti-bacterial gels and soap. Um, think for a minute...influenza is a VIRUS...so anti-bacterial soaps, gels, etc. probably won't help.
Third, Flush the air at home! Open windows on breezy days when it's warm enough. Keeping the house closed up, whether you're heating or cooling, is like inviting the virus in. Let the fresh air in, let the sun in, you and your house will feel better.
Fourth, Eat to be immune!Include lots of fresh veggies and fruits in your diet. One precaution...since much of our produce comes from California and Mexico (Swine Flu hotspots), wash your produce well!
Fifth, Get some sleep! The body repairs itself and resets the defenses during sleep periods. Get 8-10 hours a night, and maybe grab a nap daily.
Sixth, VITAMINS AND MINERALS! I cannot stress this enough. EVERYONE needs a good multivitamin/mineral complex! Stop buying Centrum, OneADay or whatever other $15 crap you're throwing your money away on and go get some Prograde VGF+ For Men or Prograde VGF+ for Women! The reality is that if you're not spending about $35-$50 a month for your multi, you're probably getting crap.
In addition, it helps to add supplemental Vitamin C to your regimen. In spite of the scare tactics often employed by the medical community to stop people from using this natural immune booster for that purpose, Vitamin C really does boost immune response in humans. 1,000 - 3,000 mg/day will help, more is ok if your system can handle it.
Seventh, and last...No rubbing snouts or smooching with pigs or birds or people who sound like they're hacking up a lung! Enough said!
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Quinoa and Fresh Herb Salad With Garden Tomatoes
Makes 2 servings, with leftover quinoa Description
Quinoa is a high-fiber grain that's loaded with protein and readily available in groceries or health food stores. Need a convenient grain? Try this one: it cooks in 6 minutes! Here’s a version of the delicious Middle Eastern salad, tabbouleh, with quinoa instead of bulgur.
Ingredients
3/4 cup water
1/2 cup quinoa
Salt and pepper
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
3 scallions (white and light-green parts), thinly sliced
1 small cucumber, peeled and diced
3 tablespoons lightly packed fresh parsley, finely chopped
2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh mint
3 large beefsteak tomatoes, preferably a mixture of red and yellow
2 ounces low-fat feta cheese
Instructions
Bring water to a boil in a small saucepan, over high heat. Add quinoa and a pinch of salt; bring back to a boil. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer about 6 minutes, until nearly all the water is absorbed and quinoa is tender and chewy but not soft.
While quinoa is cooking, combine juice, oil, salt, and pepper in a medium bowl. Fold in quinoa, scallions, cucumber, and herbs. Toss until thoroughly coated. Season to taste as desired.
Thinly slice tomatoes. Arrange on serving plates. Spoon about 1 cup quinoa over tomatoes. Crumble feta on top. Serve immediately.
Nutritional information
350 calories
14 g total fat (4 g sat)
10 mg cholesterol
47 g carbohydrate
15 g protein
7 g fiber
410 mg sodium
What does it all mean? Is this bio-terror, or just an anomaly? I even read a story linking a reduction in solar flares and solar wind to the rise of new strains of flu and maybe other diseases.
Wow. Makes you want to stay home, wrap yourself in a blanket and hide!
So what to do? It's fairly simple, really.
First, DON'T PANIC! If you've ever read Douglas Adams' "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" you already get this sage advice. Read through the news hype. Swine flu is NOT prowling your neighborhood streets, looking for a random sucker to infect.
Most likely, it's being spread through direct contact with those within the "hot period," or in the case of this bug, 24-72 hours after infection. So unless you're spending time in Mexico City, airports or places where we KNOW THERE IS AN OUTBREAK, you are probably not at risk yet.
So...now is the time to gather information about this and other flu viruses. Knowledge is power.
Second, Wash your hands! Yeah, your mom is right. Clean hands (and other skin surfaces) help prevent not only infection in you, but in others as well. Do you need anti-bacterial gels and soap. Um, think for a minute...influenza is a VIRUS...so anti-bacterial soaps, gels, etc. probably won't help.
Third, Flush the air at home! Open windows on breezy days when it's warm enough. Keeping the house closed up, whether you're heating or cooling, is like inviting the virus in. Let the fresh air in, let the sun in, you and your house will feel better.
Fourth, Eat to be immune!Include lots of fresh veggies and fruits in your diet. One precaution...since much of our produce comes from California and Mexico (Swine Flu hotspots), wash your produce well!
Fifth, Get some sleep! The body repairs itself and resets the defenses during sleep periods. Get 8-10 hours a night, and maybe grab a nap daily.
Sixth, VITAMINS AND MINERALS! I cannot stress this enough. EVERYONE needs a good multivitamin/mineral complex! Stop buying Centrum, OneADay or whatever other $15 crap you're throwing your money away on and go get some Prograde VGF+ For Men or Prograde VGF+ for Women! The reality is that if you're not spending about $35-$50 a month for your multi, you're probably getting crap.
In addition, it helps to add supplemental Vitamin C to your regimen. In spite of the scare tactics often employed by the medical community to stop people from using this natural immune booster for that purpose, Vitamin C really does boost immune response in humans. 1,000 - 3,000 mg/day will help, more is ok if your system can handle it.
Seventh, and last...No rubbing snouts or smooching with pigs or birds or people who sound like they're hacking up a lung! Enough said!
_________________________________________________________________
Quinoa and Fresh Herb Salad With Garden Tomatoes
Makes 2 servings, with leftover quinoa Description
Quinoa is a high-fiber grain that's loaded with protein and readily available in groceries or health food stores. Need a convenient grain? Try this one: it cooks in 6 minutes! Here’s a version of the delicious Middle Eastern salad, tabbouleh, with quinoa instead of bulgur.
Ingredients
3/4 cup water
1/2 cup quinoa
Salt and pepper
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
3 scallions (white and light-green parts), thinly sliced
1 small cucumber, peeled and diced
3 tablespoons lightly packed fresh parsley, finely chopped
2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh mint
3 large beefsteak tomatoes, preferably a mixture of red and yellow
2 ounces low-fat feta cheese
Instructions
Bring water to a boil in a small saucepan, over high heat. Add quinoa and a pinch of salt; bring back to a boil. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer about 6 minutes, until nearly all the water is absorbed and quinoa is tender and chewy but not soft.
While quinoa is cooking, combine juice, oil, salt, and pepper in a medium bowl. Fold in quinoa, scallions, cucumber, and herbs. Toss until thoroughly coated. Season to taste as desired.
Thinly slice tomatoes. Arrange on serving plates. Spoon about 1 cup quinoa over tomatoes. Crumble feta on top. Serve immediately.
Nutritional information
350 calories
14 g total fat (4 g sat)
10 mg cholesterol
47 g carbohydrate
15 g protein
7 g fiber
410 mg sodium
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