Here is an article about my brother Brooks and his wife, Anna Santini at North Mountain Pastures. Brooks provides Garage Strength with poultry, eggs and lamb all raised on pasture. The article is well done and quite enjoyable.
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Wednesday, March 24th, 2010CONGRATS!!!!
Monday, March 8th, 2010Garage Strength athlete and shot putter, Amanda Hottenstein, placed 5th in the Pennsylvania State Indoor Shot Put. Amanda has been training for the past 8 months in preparation for these coming months. She has been training well and working hard! Amanda is now headed for the US Indoor Nationals in Boston, Massachusetts. As the outdoor season commences, Amanda will be looking for the County title and striving toward a record breaking season.
Amanda Hottenstein, 5th place Indoor State Shot Put.
Amanda's distance and placing.
Garage Strength athlete, Dakota Davis, finished 5th at this past weeks regional wrestling tournament. Dakota’s fifth place win was his 100th win in varsity wrestling! Dakota is now headed to Hershey for the Pennsylvania state tournament for wrestling. This is quite an accomplishment. Check out this article for a nice write up on Dakota.
Dakota Davis, 100th win, state qualifier
Ryan Mauerer won this past weekend’s Regional Wrestling tournament. Ryan has now qualified for the PIAA state wrestling tournament for the 2nd year in a row. Ryan came back from a serious illness at the District tournament and ended up winning all four of his matches in the Region. Look for Ryan to wrestle well, alongside Dakota in Hershey, Pa this coming weekend!
Garage Strength Athlete Update
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010Congrats to Amanda Hottenstein! Amanda has qualified for the Pennsylvania Indoor State Championship in the women’s shot put. Over the past few weeks, Amanda has gradually improved her best mark and this past weekend she threw 38′10. Amanda’s best throws are yet to come and I look forward to seeing her continue to improve throughout the year.
Congrats to Ryan Mauerer! Ryan won his second straight Berks County Wrestling Championship last weekend. Ryan avenged one of his two losses on his way to the finals and wrestled a very solid tournament throughout the County Champs. Ryan’s best wrestling should come during the PIAA state tournament in March!
Congrats to Dakota Davis! Dakota finished 3rd in the Berks County Wrestling Championships last weekend. Dakota lost in overtime to the County champion who was also a state qualifier. Dakota wrestled back to a solid 3rd place finish.
Congrats to Liz Hornberger! Liz has been playing very well as the point guard for Muhlenberg High School. She is their leading scorer and one of the best scorers in Berks County. Currently, Muhlenberg is 11-3.
I am excited to watch these athletes and more continue to compete well and grow as individuals throughout the season!
Paleo Diet in the News
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010The New York Times has done a brief bit on the Paleo Diet and what it is like to eat a Paleo Diet in New York City. The article is decent and relatively interesting. I tend to prescribe a Paleo-like diet. I will throw in more fermented vegetables and raw dairy products than the Paleo’s but in all reality, the principles are quite similar. Enjoy the read.
Nutrition Discussion
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010A client has passed on a good nutrition round table with Gary Taubes and a few other nutrition “experts.” This is video 1 of a 5 part series.
One issue I tend to have with Taubes is that he never points out any difference between grass fed animals raised on pasture and factory farmed animals. He certainly recognizes there is a nutritional difference between the types of farming but neglects to promote one or the other. Taubes told me personally that he feels it is up to him to find out exactly “what a good diet is.” I see and understand this but I believe he can do a lot of justice to the world by really promoting sustainably farmed animals because that is part of a good diet. Enjoy the video.