Blueberry Green Smoothie
January 29, 2009
“Fruits and vegetables are loaded with antioxidants, which range from the resveratrol found in red wine, the anthocyanins that make strawberries red and blueberries blue, and the vitamins A, C and E. Diets rich in fruits and vegetables have been shown to reduce the risk of heart disease and cancer. The rats ate supplements made from blueberry juice, but the researchers think the whole fruit may confer even more benefits. You can’t overdose on blueberries”. Journal of Nurtrition ‘99
I drink a green drink every day.It is totally the best thing I do for my and my families health. Youth track athletes can really benefit a good carbohydrate before a long day at the meet. Give it a try! I found this great recipe at VegWeb.com go there and try it out an lot’s more!
Blueberry Greens Smoothie
Ingredients
2 cups water
1 cup spinach
1 1/2 cups frozen (or unfrozen) blueberries
1 frozen (or unfrozen, frozen is better) banana
1 tablespoon EFA oil
2 tablespoons (or to taste) agave nectar
Directions:
Put all ingredients into blender and blend it for about 1 min or until the spinach is totally obliterated.
If you didn’t use frozen fruit this smoothie will not be as thick. You can always add some ice to it if you like it chilled.
Don’t be a wimp, try it!
Serves: 1-2
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Booker Nunley: A Hurderer With Heart
January 29, 2009
Recently, I discovered this great blog site called Champions In Training .It is written by Booker Nunley and Malcom Nunley of Garner, North Carolina.I follow their blog regularly and I think you should too.Yet two more outstanding Youth Track Athletes. They are Nationally ranked USATF Medalist and outstanding young men.They, I am sure they are making their Track Mom very proud and we will hear more about them in the future. The following story is about Booker Nunley. Read more
Zuri Reid’s On Fire For Track and Field
January 27, 2009
Zuri Reid was born on April 11, 2001 and lives in St. Louis Missouri. Her parents, both being exceptional track athletes, who first noticed Zuri’s speed, stride and competiveness when she would race against her older cousins…and win! Read more
Champions
January 27, 2009
“Champions aren’t made in the gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them-a desire, a dream, a vision.” Muhammad Ali
The Head Of USATF Wants To Talk To You
January 26, 2009
Written by Mr.Voice
It’s not often that you get the chance to speak your mind directly to the head a of major national sports organization, but USATF honcho Doug Logan has invited us to help him with a “report card” evaluating his first few months in office. (Cut him some slack on the Olympics and last season’s TV coverage–he wasn’t in office early enough to prevent those fiascoes.) Read more
Track The Field To Athletic Scholarship
January 24, 2009
Written by Hastine
“Many of the youth today are gifted with aptitudes in sports. Some excel in gymnastics, swimming, archery, while the others excel in football, golf, martial arts, track and field events, and the list goes on.
Nowadays, the youths agility to fulfill their passions comes with a bonus-athletic scholarship.
Athletic scholarships are specially designed for the students who excel in sports provided they will be able to acquire a good grade which is appropriate to the required scores of the organization who funded the scholarship. Read more
More Talk On Warming Up
January 24, 2009
Dynamic Stretching vs. Static Stretching
Taylor Tollison of Elitesoccerconditioning.com has written a nice article on the basis of static and dynamic stretching.Thanks to Taylor for allowing this reprint.
As coaches and trainers we will perform anything from plyometrics to sprinting to reduce injury and increase performance. The real question is whether the type of stretching we chose to perform before activity will have an affect on the performance and injury levels of our athletes Read more
Kendell Williams Hurdles are Her Thing
January 22, 2009
Kendell Williams is currently the 2008 Sub Youth Girls National Champion in the 100 meter hurdles, 200 meter hurdles, and Pentathlon and holder of 20 Junior Olympic National Level medals (18 are AAU). Read more
Lauren Williams The First Of Many
January 21, 2009
Jay Hicks over at Preracejitters.com has highlighted Lauren as his first youth interview , as he begins to incorporate from time to time elite youth athltes along with his regular coverage of pro athletes on his site. Here is a excerpt of that special interview . Read more
Can Youth Sports Be Reigned In?
January 20, 2009
Like many issues of life and death, to us it’s always somebody else…Isn’t it? Or is it? Read more
