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Dean and Nancy Carlson earn Masters Level 2 nutrition certificationGet Fit NH has been offering award winning group fitness training at their locations in Concord
and Epsom for more than seven years. In addition to their popular group fitness training, they
also offer comprehensive nutritional counseling.
Get Fit NH Coaches Dean and Nancy Carlson recently completed Precision Nutrition’s Level 2
Master Class, a year long program which provides coaches with tools to allow them to “go
deeper” into truly understanding what motivates, drives, and empowers their clients to improve
their lives. The focus of the course was on real world nutritional challenges and solutions. The
course had both a theory component and a practice component in which coaches were given
specific real world nutritional challenges and they practiced how they would help clients deal
with them. The course encouraged participants to focus on their own growth and develop their
own unique coaching style. Coaches who successfully complete the course earn the title of
‘Supercoach.’
“Going through this course, as challenging as it was, really helped me feel more confident in my
ability to help all our clients — from all walks of life — achieve their own goals through the
power of nutrition. Given the world we live in, clients need that help and care more than ever. I
can’t begin to express how much I enjoy changing lives and truly making a difference,” Nancy
said.
With this nutritional certification, Get Fit NH offers clients a powerful onetwo punch. Get Fit NH
teaches clients that the way to success is through training as well as nutrition. In combination
with their Smart Group Training certification earned this past year, which enables them to
provide a focused, personalized, safe training program for each client, the supercoaches at Get
Fit NH now have all the best tools in their arsenal to help clients eat better, exercise smarter,
and improve their health.
In 2015 Get Fit NH was voted best Boot Camp by New Hampshire Public Television; for the last 7 Years, Hippo
Press voters have honored Get Fit NH as a “Best Of” in the Best Gym category, this year being voted “Best of the
Best” gym in all of New Hampshire for the third year in a row. Also this year, Coach Nancy Carlson received “Best of
the Best” Fitness Instructor honors for the fourth time since 2010. Get Fit NH’s success is due to their continuous
drive to do what it takes to make their clients better. They offer the support of group fitness training, nutrition
coaching, and fitness and nutrition seminars at its locations in Concord and Epsom. Call 3442651 today to make it
happen for you.
We just finished up an incredibly successful summer session at the Get Fit NH Athlete Academy, and we are gearing up for fall!
As we get back into the swing of school and fall sports we know it’s a busy time, but so many of our families have asked us for in-season training we had to respond. Our burden is to help our athletes reduce their potential for injury while maintaining their off-season gains. It is a careful balance of training and recovery that will help keep the athlete healthy and active, not run down and tired.
Our athletes are required to sign and follow the GFNH Code of Expectations. Failure to live up to these expectations can lead to dismissal from the Academy, so please read carefully and be willing to follow. Download your copy here.
The Fall Semester will start Saturday September 12, 2015 and run through Saturday December 19th. Training will be from 8:00am until 9:15am. Each athlete will have a program that is customized for their needs in addition to the Saturday training that they will do on their own. Examples would include an additional strength day, specific mobility work, or recovery training. Each athlete will have an online log as well as a private group the athlete, parents and coaches will have access to.
We are excited to get this program going. Coach Adam has done a tremendous job this summer, and we are looking forward to working with y’all all year round!
Space is limited, so please don’t delay getting in on the action.
If you have any questions please contact us here or give us a call at 344-2651. See you soon!
GFNH Athlete Academy Fall Semester (13+)
Assessment: To be completed by Wednesday September 9, 2015 (New Athletes Only)
Dates: September 12, 2015 – December 19, 2015
Days: Saturday
Time :8:00am – 9:15am
Place: Get Fit NH Concord
Fall Semester Tuition: $269
Please fill out the registration form below to hold your spot, and we will contact you shortly to complete the registration process.
PLEASE NOTE: There is an updated profile and release form we need all athletes and parents/guardians to complete. Thank-you.
Make sure you download and pass around a copy of our brand new “Happy and Healthy Headlines.” Our August edition features Maryann Canary’s one year anniversary spotlight and Linda Bucknam tells us all about travlBudi and how she loves helping people travel easy and have a great time.
When your friends ask what “Get Fit NH” is all about, hand them their very own copy of “Happy and Healthy Headlines!”
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Thanks for choosing to train with us!
Dean
Just as with our protein supplements, we have been picky with the protein bars we recommend as well. For years we have only carried Dale’s Raw Protein Bars, which are a fantastic product.
For a number of reasons we decided we needed to have a “backup” source, and after searching around for quite awhile we decided to bring Quest Bars in, at least on a trial basis.
I will reiterate – eat real food, most of the time. Relying on supplements for your nutrition is not the way to your best body, but they do have their place.
Click Here To Download Your “Choosing A Protein Bar” Cheat Sheet
As always, let us know if you have questions, we are here to serve!
A number of y’all have been asking about the events for the strongman/woman contest we are having on the 22nd, so I wanted to give you a sneak peek into the events.
But first things first!
If you haven’t signed up for the Run for Heroes 5K yet, please do so ASAP. You must sign up through this link, not just fill out our RSVP. Thanks!
Speaking of RSVP, please let us know you are coming to our party on Saturday the 22nd. Get all the details and RSVP Here. Don’t Forget The Summer Side Dish Contest!
Guys I am afraid we are taking the strongman contest just a wee bit too seriously. We are going to have a lot of fun doing some stuff we normally don’t get to do, so I would encourage you no matter how strong you think you are, get involved – life is too short to be a sissy! 🙂
Here are some of the events we are planning on doing.
Get out of bed, come on out, have some fun, eat some food, and win some prizes!
Hey Get Fit NH family, I want to introduce you to a new friend of mine and ask for your help to support a great cause. Alex Hoeker is a senior at Bow High School, and for his senior project he is organizing and running (no pun intended) an event he has named “Running for Heroes” 5k, with all proceeds going to the Wounded Warrior Project. As you most likely know Coach Meagan and I are service veterans, and we also have family that have served or are serving; in Meagan’s case her husband is a veteran and my oldest son Tim is currently active.
In communicating with this fine young man over the past couple weeks I have been impressed that his senior project truly is secondary to his passion to support the Wounded Warrior Project. I have worked through the numbers with him and Get Fit NH is getting behind the project in a couple ways. We are not only going to be a Gold Sponsor, but I want to use our influence and more importantly the influence of you, the Get Fit Family, to get out in support. We want to help Alex get at least 100 runners for his event!
What can you do to help?
But enough from me. I want you to read what Alex has to say about his project. Read it, be impressed and then get on board! – Coach Dean
From Alex:
Hello everyone, my name is Alex Hoeker, and I’m passionate about giving back to our nation’s service members – the few who fight to protect the freedom of this great country. Often times many of these inspiring individuals come home with wounds you can and can’t see, like a missing limb, combat stress, or depression. Because they’ve risked everything for us, I’m committed to raising awareness and funds for these wounded service members and their caregivers.
I am proud to host the Running for Heroes 5k benefiting an organization whose mission is to honor and empower Wounded Warriors. Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) has a big, audacious goal: to foster the most successful, well-adjusted generation of wounded service members in our nation’s history. I’m challenging myself to help WWP reach this vision, and I need your help.
Please join my effort and give what you can by registering for this event or donating towards the cause. This Running for Heroes 5k is a fantastic way to help support our veterans, and with your $30 registration fee, help can be given.
Nobody should be left behind, help me see that happen.
Please go to http://www.lightboxreg.com/running-for-heroes to register for the event and feel free to send me any questions at aphoeker@gmail.com.
Thank-you,
Alex Hoeker
Just wanted to let you all know we need to raise our prices on Dale’s Bars. We have seen three price increases over our past three orders(!) and we are no longer able to cover our costs at our current pricing. We remain committed to bringing you the best supplements at the lowest prices that make sense, and well, losing money just doesn’t make sense! 🙂
Effective Monday August 4th prices will be as follows.
Dales Raw Protein Bars
$3.00 each
2 for $5.50
Box of 12: $32.00
Thanks for your understanding.
Dean
There are about a kajillion protein supplements out on the market, some excellent, some not so much.
At Get Fit NH we have narrowed the choices down a bit to just 2 brands and 3 products.
We get quite a few questions on why you would want to choose one over the other, so we created a “Cheat Sheet” to help you out.
While we don’t want to rely on protein supplements for all our nutrition needs, they can be very helpful in a “Supershake” and on the go. If you are going to supplement, quality is important!
Click Here To Download Your “Which Whey?” Cheat Sheet
Enjoy!
Yeah, I thought that would get your attention! I am really excited to finally reveal a top secret project that we have been working on in collaboration with Performance Health Spine & Sports Therapy. Many of you have benefited greatly from working with Dr. Coapland, CJ, and now Dr. King, as they have helped keep your body working in tip top shape.
I greatly value our relationship with Performance Health. Because they speak the “language” of the Function Movement Screen (FMS), and because they are so good at what they do, we can more quickly get to the root of what may be causing movement pattern restriction or pain, and then work together to make sure you are getting the best care both in and out of the gym.
We are about to crank that up another notch!
I am pleased to announce that CJ Best will be available for Onsite ART/Body Work at the Concord location starting next Thursday, July 30, 2015. This service is being offered exclusively to Get Fit NH clients from both locations.
Here is CJ: “I want to bring manual therapy into a training environment for many reasons. It can improve joint mobility in a very short amount of time. It can also act as a neuromuscular reset so the soft tissue is primed for the best use in a subsequent training session. Manual therapy post training can aid in recovery as well. The biggest reason to pair ART with strength training, in my opinion, is performance enhancement. Soft tissue that is stiff and tight can’t help generate force. Therefore, if the tissue is released, strength goes up, simple as that. When very specific manual therapy addresses mobility restrictions it allows the person to get into challenging positions with more ease, and this helps increase stability.”
In other words – CJ is going to help fulfill the mission of Get Fit NH. When you move better you can exercise harder, and that in turn helps you Lose Fat, Get Lean, and Look and Feel Great!
For those of you who already are patients of Performance Health, you know the benefits of this kind of work. Because CJ knows you and your history, he can quickly get down to work and help you get ready for the training session to come or facilitate recovery post-training. For new clients, CJ will act as liaison to the doctors at Performance Health by looking at your FMS and making the appropriate decision as to the next step in your care.
The really unbelievable thing is how affordable this is for you. Appointments will be in 10 minute blocks for the incredibly low fee of $10/block. Take THAT ridiculous co-pays! 🙂 Please note all billing will be done through CJ and Performance Health.
Scheduling an appointment is also super easy. Just go to Get Fit NH’s blog page here (if you are reading this you are probably already there) and follow these steps:
Appointments are available Thursdays from 5:30am to 10:30am, as well as 4:00pm to 6:45pm.
I cannot emphasize enough how excited we as a team are to have CJ back in the house. I know our clients appreciate high level service and top level care, and this is just one more way we can serve you better. I expect to see that schedule fill up fast, so don’t delay in making an appointment. If you have any questions, please let me know.
Make It Happen! – Dean
CJ Best
CJ graduated from the University of Southern Maine with a bachelor’s degree in exercise science, where, during a senior independent study, he developed and helped implement a strength and conditioning curriculum. After graduation, CJ accepted a position as an intern Strength and Conditioning Coach at North Carolina State, where he coached various teams from baseball and basketball, to wrestling, track sprinters, and jumpers, to swimmers and more.
CJ then dove into the world of triathlons as an Operations Manager for Endorfun Sports, who produced 5 large races per year. In 2010, he formed his own company, Best Strength and Conditioning, LLC, where he coaches athletes and active individuals to this day. To add to his repertoire, CJ engaged in the world of endurance sports, taking up cycling and running, culminating in a 50-mile ultramarathon.
In 2014, CJ’s desire to help his clients went one step further when he earned his Massage Therapy License, and two certifications in Active Release Techniques ®. His passion for learning fuels his desire to teach the people with whom he loves to work. He learned from some of the most progressive minds in the fields of strength and conditioning, manual therapy, and human movement, attending seminars featuring Charlie Weingroff, DPT, CSCS, Stuart McGill, DC, and Mike Leahy, DC. He also attended the Boston Sports Medicine and Performance Group in both 2013 and 2014.
At Performance Health Spine & Sport Therapy, CJ utilizes his expertise in exercise science and manual therapy to educate his clients, assist in recovery, alleviate pain, and enhance performance.
Hello party people, how is everyone feeling? Great glad to hear you are all feeling fantastic, because I have some exciting news.
I saw Coach Nancy was doing the Great Burpee Challenge with her Epsom crew, so I thought we needed to try to keep up in Concord too.
For all those Myzone users out there (and if you are in Concord why wouldn’t you be a MyZone user??) we have a challenge coming your way to keep you busting it in and out of the gym this summer.
Over the next 5 weeks The Great Summer Exercise Challenge will be taking place. Fairly simple principle, you will have 5 weeks to earn 3500 MEPs, if you are able to accomplish that your name will be entered into a drawing for a REALLY SWEEEEEEET PRIZE!!!!!! Don’t everybody jump through the roof all at once. 🙂
That’s not all however, an additional ticket will be added for every 500 MEPs you earn over that 3500 threshold. You earn 3500 you get 1 ticket, 4000, two tickets, 4500, three tickets, etc.
So use this as some added fuel to push yourself to the next level in class and stay active outside of class as well all the way up until recovery week. Enjoy your summer and lets have some fun and win some cool stuff, sound like a plan?
Coach Adam
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