Quote of the Day 2/26/08

"Life is about obstacles, endeaveors in life are not to be overlooked."

-Wade Boggs

-Baseball Hall of Famer

Quote of the Day 2/25/08

"Forget about goals. Value the process."

-Jim Bouton

Quote of the Day 2/22/08

"It's not how fast you get there, but how long you stay."

-Patty Berg

-A founding member of the Ladies Professional Golf Assoc.

Ullucci Weightlifters Compete & Win at Atlantic States Open

On February 17th Myself and on of the Lifters I have help train competed at the Atlantic States Open Championships in Lynn, MA. The lifter whom I am the second coach for is Brian Partington and he competed in his first ever Olympic Weightlifting Competition. He placed first in the 56 kg weightclass. He was able to successfully lift all three of his Snatch attemps and all three of his Clean & Jerks to go six for six. Going six for six is quite an accomplishment for any weightlifter in competition but to do it in your first meet is truely remarkable. Also Brian cam 3 kg away from qualifiying for the Collegeiate National Championships. Brian is a student at Bridgewater State College and is currently competing for their club team. I competed in the 105+ Kg weightclass. Although the class was depleated because many of the lifters skipped this competition to prepare for the US Nationals in a little over a week. I posted my lowest total in competition to date but was able to lift just enough to take the 105+ first place trophy.

I was very pleased and excited for Ullucci Weightlifting Clubs first competition under my tutalige. I hope that these championships are just the start of many. If you are interested in lifting for Ullucci Weightlifting please email me a jprice@risportsmed.com.

Next up for the Ullucci Weightlifters is a competiton on April 13th at Sacred Heart University in Conneticut.



Picture at the right is of Brian Partington in the rack position of his final clean of the day. He is a 56kg lifter and finished with a Personal Record 68 kg Clean and Jerk. Which is almost 1 1/4x Brian's body Weight.

Quote of the Day 2/21/08

"One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes."

-Benjamin Disraeli

-Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Quote of the Day 2/20/08

" The battles that count aren't the ones for gold medals. The struggles within ourself - the invisible, inevitable battles inside all of us - that's where it's at."

-Jesse Owens

-4x Olympic Gold Medalist

Quote of the day 2/19/08

"The superior man blames himself. The inferior man blames others."

-Don Shula

-Hall of Fame NFL Coach

Quote of the Day 2/15/08

"If you laugh, you think, and you cry, that's a full day. That's a heck of a day. You do that seven days a week, you're going to have something special."

-Jim Valvano

-Famed College Basketball Coach

Quote of the Day 2/14/08

"Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination."

-Voltaire

-French Writer and Philosopher

Quote of the Day 2/13/08

"Success is simple. Do what's right, the right way, at the right time."



-Arnold H. Glasow

Quote of the Day 2/12/08

"What you lack in talent can be made up with desire, hustle and giving 110 percent all the time."

-Don Zimmer

-Long time Baseball Player and Manager

Quote of the Day 2/11/08

"Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something."

-Morihei Ueshiba

-Founder of the Martial Art of Aikido

Do I Need to Supplement with Protien?

A question I get a lot with the individuals I work with is this, “Should I take a Protein shake?” . Adding supplements to ones diet has gotten out of control. People are supplementing when they don’t need to and people that need to don’t. There are so many different types of supplementation out their it can be confusing even to the professionals. A lot of times we get away from the basics of nutrition and make things much more difficult than they need to be.

Being that this is a strength and conditioning newsletter and protein is the building block of muscle, we will focus on it. Now lets get simple, the Recommended Daily allowance for protein is .8g per kg of body weight. To figure out your body weight in kg divide your bodyweight in pounds by 2.2 and this gives you your weight in kgs. So for the average 200 pound person you would need roughly 73g of protein a day. Now some people achieve this and some don’t. So to make it simple you need to follow your diet by writing down everything you take in over the course of the day. When possible take down the serving size information from the food packaging. If you don’t know that information do a google search for “nutritional information of food” and several sites will come up that will give you info on the nutritional composition of food. Then total up the grams of protein you are taking in. Do you meet the recommended allowance, are you under or over. Now .8g per kg of Body weight is the allowance for the average person. If you are an athlete or an active adult you need to increase that amount to 1.2-1.7b per kg of BW. Take that same 200 pound person and they will need a range of about 108-155 g of protein.

So do the math, track your diet, and answer your question. If you are not getting enough protein and you are an athlete or active adult then yes you may want to consider protein supplementation. If you are getting enough through your diet alone than you don’t need to supplement with protein. Yes, it is that simple.

Quote of the Day 2/8/08

"What does it take to be a champion? Desire, dedication, determination, concentration and the will to win."

-Patty Berg

-Founding Member of the LPGA Tour and winner of 60 events

Quote of the Day 2/7/08

"If I don't practice the way I should, then I won't play the way that I know I can."



-Ivan Lendl



-Tennis Champion and Former World #1 Ranked Player

Quote of the Day 2/6/08

"Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you."

-Arnold Palmer

-Golf Champion and winner of 7 Major Titles

Quote of the Day 2/5/08

"Develop success from failures. Discouragement and failure are two of the surest stepping stones to success."

-Dale Carnegie

-Writer and Famous for Lectureing and writing on self improvement

Quote of the Day 2/4/08

"Success is a lousy Teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose."

-Bill Gates

-Founder of Microsoft & One Rich Dude

Quote of the Day 2/1/08

"There are no shortcuts in life. Only those we imagine."

-Frank Leahy

-College Football Hall of Fame Coach from Boston College and another Jesuit College in the Midwest

Quote of the Day 1/31/08

"A winner is someone who recognizes his god-given talents, works his tail off to develop them into skills, and uses these skills to accomplish his goals."

-Larry Bird

-Basketball hall of Famer