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The Prowler

The student-run online newspaper for Starr's Mill High School

The Prowler

The student-run online newspaper for Starr's Mill High School

The Prowler

Ryan Allen

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer

Senior Ryan Allen's is a two-year member of The Prowler staff.  He is a staff writer.

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Thinking about the most important things when on a clean cutting diet. I will be executing a healthy, three-month cut losing fat while retaining as much muscle as possible. It’s important in the cutting cycle not to crash diet (cut too many calories) and sacrifice all of the hard-earned muscle from the gym.

Summer shredding: Three-month cut

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
April 29, 2019
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[Photo] Coach’s Corner

Ben Barkley, Staff Writer
April 24, 2019
Thinking about the most important things when on a clean cutting diet. I will be executing a healthy, three-month cut losing fat while retaining as much muscle as possible. It’s important in the cutting cycle not to crash diet (cut too many calories) and sacrifice all of the hard-earned muscle from the gym.

Summer shredding: Three-month cut

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
April 20, 2019
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[Photo] Coach’s Corner

Jenna Sanders, Sports Editor
April 18, 2019
Thinking about the most important things when on a clean cutting diet. I will be executing a healthy, three-month cut losing fat while retaining as much muscle as possible. It’s important in the cutting cycle not to crash diet (cut too many calories) and sacrifice all of the hard-earned muscle from the gym.

Summer shredding: Three-month cut

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
April 14, 2019
Thinking about the most important things when on a clean cutting diet. I will be executing a healthy, three-month cut losing fat while retaining as much muscle as possible. It’s important in the cutting cycle not to crash diet (cut too many calories) and sacrifice all of the hard-earned muscle from the gym.

Summer shredding: Three-month cut

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
March 31, 2019
Thinking about the most important things when on a clean cutting diet. I will be executing a healthy, three-month cut losing fat while retaining as much muscle as possible. It’s important in the cutting cycle not to crash diet (cut too many calories) and sacrifice all of the hard-earned muscle from the gym.

Summer shredding: Three-month cut

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
March 23, 2019
Thinking about the most important things when on a clean cutting diet. I will be executing a healthy, three-month cut losing fat while retaining as much muscle as possible. It’s important in the cutting cycle not to crash diet (cut too many calories) and sacrifice all of the hard-earned muscle from the gym.

Summer shredding: Three-month cut

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
March 20, 2019

[Video] Coach’s Corner

Ben Barkley, Staff Writers
March 20, 2019
On the left is a picture of me at 180 lbs in March 2018 with minimal to no muscle and the picture on the right is me now at 200 lbs. These tips helped me put on about 15 pounds of muscle in a year and they completely changed the way I look at the gym.

Gym journey can be enjoyable

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
March 16, 2019
The empty field and stadium six hours before the Super Bowl mayhem began. Attending the Super Bowl was a great experience, but pretty underwhelming for me as it was just another Sunday of work.

The not-so-Super Bowl

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
February 12, 2019
The picture on the left is from the first semester of high school, and the right picture is from my last. I went through a one-year fat loss transformation, losing 85 pounds from having a focused mindset, proper nutrition, and weight training.

Muscle motivating mindset

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
February 7, 2019
Some great quality protein options are protein shakes, whey protein, peanuts, sunflower seeds, cheese, low sodium lunch meats, and chicken. Protein is a very important macronutrient, and it should be consumed, but with the right intentions.

Rethinking the regimen, Part three

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
December 5, 2018
Table set up for Thanksgiving with all of the tempting holiday foods. With Thanksgiving and Christmas around the corner there will be many distractions to your goals, but there are five things that can help prevent that.

Top 5 holiday health hacks

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
November 22, 2018
Some healthy options for fats are pork steaks (fatty meats), olive oils, peanuts (any nut), seeds, cheese (not nacho cheese), and eggs (yolk). Fat is a nutritionally dense macronutrient and it should be used for a daily energy supply.

Rethinking the regimen, Part two

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
November 6, 2018

Macros

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
October 15, 2018
Student stands in front of the vending machine holding a “healthy” option of popcorn and “healthier” version of cheetos. The problem with the failed diets and regimens are actually the carbohydrates and everything they do to the body.

Rethinking the regimen, Part one

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
October 1, 2018
Pinewood Studios Atlanta, located in Fayetteville, Ga., visited neighboring schools. The president of the company came to the Willie Duke Auditorium to speak about the past, present, and future of Pinewood Studios.

Pinewood Studios visits the Mill

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
September 3, 2018
Starr’s Mill Thespians perform in the spring musical, ‘The Wizard of Oz.’ Under the direction of drama teacher Savahna Silvas, the show earned the Showstopper award at the 2018 Shuler Award competition. The show also earned nominations for choreography and costume design. Four students from the musical were chosen to audition for the opening act at ThesCon 2019.

Stage is set

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
September 3, 2018
As part of my five-month transformation, I hit the gym everyday, but it took more than lifting weights. Diet, building muscle efficiently, and mindset are needed to create a improved physique.

Macros, muscle, and mindset

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
August 28, 2018
Tara Davis

Tara Davis

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
May 4, 2018
Interact club

Interact club

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
April 30, 2018
Mitchell Sutton

Mitchell Sutton

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
April 20, 2018
Lea Duben

Lea Duben

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
March 23, 2018
Before and after pictures of my weight loss journey. I maxed at 262 lbs. before deciding to lose the fat. I started in June 2017 and finished in February 2018, losing a total of 70 lbs.

From fat to fit

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
March 20, 2018
Nick Nyman

Nick Nyman

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
March 16, 2018
Ashtyn Lally

Ashtyn Lally

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
February 13, 2018
Lauren Presley

Lauren Presley

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
February 8, 2018

Coach’s Corner – Jan. 31, 2018

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
January 31, 2018
Jake Bishop

Jake Bishop

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
January 26, 2018
Kylee Bogumill

Kylee Bogumill

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
December 15, 2017
Coltin Houser

Coltin Houser

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
November 16, 2017

Coach’s Corner – Nov. 10, 2017

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
November 12, 2017
Phillip Pfaffman

Phillip Pfaffman

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
November 2, 2017

Coach’s Corner – Oct. 25, 2017

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
October 26, 2017
Mitchell Prowant

Mitchell Prowant

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
October 19, 2017
Savahna Silvas

Savahna Silvas

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
October 18, 2017
Joey DeLuca

Joey DeLuca

Ryan Allen, Staff Writer
October 12, 2017
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