The anticipation was quite high as the Supreme Athlete Mentoring Program (SAMP) was expecting some very important guests. Fred Matthis of Fox 61 would be paying the academy a visit to interview members of the program. On this same night we would have Chris Tuttle Pro Body Builder and registered Dietician come and enlighten the youth demographic on ‘Sports Nutrition’.
Initially Fred of Fox 61 would arrive and begin to setup for his night of documentation. Fred learned of the SAMP through local sports figure & community advocate Maurice ‘Splash’ Eastwood. As a camera guy who follows all CT sports he was intrigued by the description of the SAMP provided by Maurice Eastwood. Fred would interview president of the SAMP Antwan Harris and get a brief interview to get some background information on how the program came about. He would then interview a couple student-athletes, Jocelyn Polansky and Tylee Flowers about their perspective on the program.
Once those interviews were done we would resume the normal program operation until the other guest arrived. Student-athletes lined up, warmed up and went right into a rigorous ‘Tabata’! Fred was able to use his camera skills to capture some of the ‘Huffs and Puffs’ during the 8 round Tabata. Shortly after finishing Chris Tuttle got underway with his discussion on ‘Sports Nutrition.’ This was priceless for student-athletes to be able to hear from a pro competitor how to fuel your body so that you can perform like a ‘Lamborghini’. Chris’s presentation was enlightening, friendly, and engaging. There were questions come from all of our kids and the facial expressions from around the room were all the same. Eyes were wide open, posture was upright, the student-athletes jaws were on the floor in amazement as Chris shared fact after fact.
At the end of the presentation Chris decided to show the crowd his ‘Shredded’ physique as he is under a month in preparation for his 1st body building show of the year!!! We were pleased to add such value to our programming by having guests come and spend sometime with the SAMP.