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The Coach · Est. 2019

Built by
Tysef Meacham.

1st & Goal Athletics exists to close the gap between training, recovery, and rehab — three things most people chase at three different places. Tysef Meacham built one room on Route 35 in Ocean Township where they finally work together.

Tysef Meacham, founder of 1st & Goal Athletics, performing fire-cupping bodywork
Tysef Meacham — Founder & Performance Coach
The Mission

Strength for everyone, not just the strong

1st & Goal Athletics streamlines strength training, recovery, and injury rehabilitation — improving fitness fundamentals and effective rehab so everyone can regain their strength and well-being.

He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.” — Isaiah 40:29

Clinical Partners

Recovery, built in

The recovery and diagnostic work runs through partners we trust — so a program here is backed by real clinical testing and bodywork, not a vending-machine protein bar.

Fusion Chiropractic

VO₂ max testing · metabolic testing · chiropractic adjustments

The clinical read on what's happening inside — so programming is built on data, not guesswork — plus the adjustments that keep you moving.

Arctic Fire & Cryo

Whole-body cryotherapy · local cryotherapy · infrared sauna

The recovery layer baked into the Division I and II training programs, not sold as an upsell — the whole-body chamber between hard sessions, and localized cryo when it's one joint or one muscle giving you trouble.

Nutrition & Weight Loss Center

Full nutritional support — Dr. Tricia Talerico

The nutrition side of every division — a personalized plan with follow-ups and InBody scans, because you can't rebuild tissue out of nothing.

Who You Actually See

The people behind it

Every one of those partners comes with a name and a face. You are not handed off to whoever is on shift — these are the people reading your testing, writing the nutrition side of your plan, and running the recovery floor.

Dr. AJ Belcastro, D.C., of Fusion Chiropractic

Dr. AJ Belcastro

D.C.
VO₂ max testing · metabolic testing · adjustments

Fusion's whole premise is that healthcare should hand you answers, not guesses — advanced testing, chiropractic care and lifestyle medicine used together to find what is actually behind the pain, the fatigue, or the ceiling you keep hitting. Dr. AJ reads how your body moves, fuels itself and handles stress, and that read is what your programming here gets built on.

Fusion Chiropractic
Dr. Tricia Talerico, D.C., M.S. Clinical Nutrition, of Nutrition & Weight Loss Center of Ocean

Dr. Tricia Talerico

D.C., M.S. Clinical Nutrition
Full nutritional support · InBody scans

A Doctor of Chiropractic with a master's in clinical nutrition, Dr. Tricia practices functional medicine — treating the body as one connected system rather than a set of separate parts, and going after the root cause instead of the symptom. Genetics, environment and daily habits all get counted. Her side of your plan is the food, the supplementation and the follow-ups that make the training hold.

Nutrition & Weight Loss Center of Ocean
Julianne & Melissa Kopec, Owner & Operators, of Arctic Fire & Cryo

Julianne & Melissa Kopec

Owner & Operators
Whole-body cryotherapy · local cryotherapy · infrared sauna

Arctic Fire & Cryo is owner-operated, and Julianne and Melissa run it themselves — which is why the recovery half of a Division I or II program is a room you walk into and get known in, not a chain you swipe into. The whole-body chamber between hard sessions, localized cryo when it is one joint or one muscle giving you trouble, and the infrared sauna when the whole system needs to come back down.

Arctic Fire & Cryo

Come run a drive.

First session starts on the table. Book it and we’ll find your starting position.