Dean
Dean
Just wanted to say thanks again to all our fantastic clients for choosing to make us part of your lives. We had a great time Saturday, and we look forward to getting together as a “family” soon!
Make it Happen!
Coach Dean & Nancy
Just a quick reminder that Phase III of the training year is coming to an end soon, which means we will be taking a recovery week from August 29th and be back on Tuesday September 6th. This marks the last full recovery week of this year, and while we will have two shorter breaks, you are gonna want to take advantage of this one!
If you have not already, please mark it on your calendar!
Now if you are a fairly new client recovery weeks may be a new concept to you, so we have put together some resources to further explain “why we do what we do”.
Rest, Recover and Regenerate – It’s NOT optional
As always your coaches are here to answer your questions and guide you through your Get Fit NH Bootcamp withdrawals! 🙂
Make It Happen!
Coach Dean
Don’t Forget!
This Saturday we are getting together for a great time to unwind, eat some great food, and see what you come up with in our Super Sidedish Showdown contest.
I am looking forward to tasting your culinary creations and discovering what great healthy and tasty dishes you come up with. Our grand prize winner will win a $50 Gift Card to the Concord Co-op, and we are also going to have a special guest speaker, so don’t miss it!
It’s not too late to tell us your coming, but I do need to know how much tofu to order (I am KIDDING! :)) so please let us know you are coming if you haven’t already by filling out the form below
Date: Saturday, August 20, 2011
Place: Get Fit NH Epsom
Time: 4:00pm – 7:00pm
See you there!
Jodi Naughton of 4:15pm Concord fame asked me to pass along this info to you, and I am glad to do so!
Jonathan Vinnenberg is a senior at Bow High School, and for his senior project he has organized a 5k, 100% of the proceeds which will go to supporting an orphanage in Haiti. Details to support this worthwhile cause are below, as well as a link to a signup form and waiver in .pdf format.
Lace up the shoes and get after it!
Details: Run For The Orphans 5K
Place: NHTI Cross Country Course 31 College Drive Concord, NH
Date/Time: September 1, 2011 @ 6:00pm
Thanks!
Thanks to my friend Jen Brickey down at Fusion Workouts we have been introducing our clients to a great new nutrition bar that we are really excited to be carrying.
Dale’s Raw Foods is a small Florida based company that specializes in (oddly enough) raw food products, and particularly high quality vegan based protein products. One of the reasons we decided to partner with Dale is because many of us cannot tolerate dairy or whey based supplements well, and this is just one more great option as we seek to get enough protein in our diets.
Here’s the lowdown on the Raw Protein Bars:
…and they taste INCREDIBLE! We are currently stocking Chocolate Almond Coconut, Chocolate Chia Maca, Strawberry Banana, and Blueberry Macadamia (my favorite).
We also are stocking 1.3 pound bags of Dale’s Raw Protein in both Vanilla and Chocolate. A great option if whey cannot be part of your diet.
Ultimate Muscle Protein Update
Our favorite protein supplement UMP has been a staple here ever since we opened, and will continue to be so. In all the years we have carried UMP Sandy and Roger have never raised the prices, and I know personally that they have been absorbing increased production and material costs for awhile.
It’s rare to find a company that is so concerned about both it’s distributors and their clients like Beverly International, which I am sure is one of the reasons they held off so long.
Nothing too drastic, but we are increasing the prices of UMP on our end by $3, which means the best tasting whey protein supplement on the market is now going to cost $35. Just so you know, retail on this product is $48.50, but we do our best to make sure all our high quality supplements affordable.
If you have any questions about Dale’s or UMP, Let Us Know!
Coach Dean
Brittany and mom Deidre!
It has been our privilege to work with Brittany over the last few months; we even got to go down and watch her knock some heads in the New Hampshire Roller Derby League as “Slick Tracy” 🙂
One of the things I love about Brittany is in spite of some pretty big challenges she continues to train and get better. We train a lot of clients with some form of orthopedic challenge or another, and to see Brittany move it is hard to tell anything is seriously wrong. She could have quit, but chose not to. Instead we modified her training where necessary and worked on what she could do, rather than focus on what she was “currently unable” to do.
You Rock Brittany – we will miss you!
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Hi Guys!
As both of you know, I found out very recently that I tore my ACL in my left knee. Not only did I completely tear it, but I tore it 3 months prior to learning about it, and continued my daily activities as if nothing was wrong! I was diagnosed shortly after I joined Get Fit NH Boot Camp, and was really worried it would impact my ability to participate from that point forward.
I started Physical Therapy with Concord Hospital Rehab Services, and both of the Therapists were extremely impressed with my involvement in boot camp. In reality, they both encouraged me to keep attending!
It’s one month into PT, and both of my therapists are incredibly impressed with my progress and muscle strength! They both agree that Boot Camp has undoubtedly helped me in strengthening key muscles, as well as increased my balance! I’m so sad that when I move north I won’t have boot camp to look forward to (yes, I really did just admit that!) anymore.
I want to thank Dean and Erin for being great coaches, and for helping me adapt exercises, and pushing me so hard. The road to recovery after surgery will be far easier thanks to the help both of you have given me! Thank you so much!
– Brittany
Caliente Chicken with Normandy Vegetables
It’s no secret that eating supportive healthy foods in the right amount at the right time is essential to weight management, health and performance.
It’s also no secret being consistent with the above can be really, really hard. Most of live a lifestyle that makes preparing “3 squares” a day challenging at the least, and at times practically impossible.
Believe it or not, Nancy and I are no different from you. Two training facilities, 10 training sessions a day, 3 kids at home, a business to run – it can get pretty busy around here. We are not immune to the temptation to go through the drive thru, and no matter how “healthy” the menu, that’s usually just not a good choice.
Nancy is fantastic at getting organized in the kitchen, having good choices on hand, and she cooks a lot of meals. But there are days it just isn’t going to happen. The hardest time for us is dinner on training days. Nancy is coaching a class at 4:00pm, and I am watching the kids until it’s time for me to drive to Concord to coach the 5:30pm. Believe it or not I actually do cook evening meal once in awhile, but usually I am finishing up paperwork and spending some time reading to the kids or playing with them.
So when our friend and fellow coach Jason Yun told us about “The Meal Movement”, we were ready to listen. Especially when he told us that fitness professionals were an integral part of designing the program.
Monterey Jack Chicken Sticks with Caribbean Blend
What if I told you there was a way to get the “PP” part of PPW (Protein, Produce and Water) in an easy to prepare, great tasting, and relatively inexpensive way?
That you could literally have at your fingertips 100’s of different combinations of great tasting PPW meals that you could prepare and eat in as little as 5 minutes?
I didn’t believe it either, because when it comes down to it, most food from the “big boys” of weight loss (you know who they are JC, WW, NS) are full of artificial ingredients, heavy on the starches, and taste, well – sorta nasty.
But I trust Jason, so when it told us the food was 98% unprocessed and tasted great, we suspended the skepticism and placed an order. It took about 10 minutes, and we got to choose from 15 different types of breakfasts, 22 vegetables, 28 lunch/dinner entrees, and 10 different snacks. For our first order we ordered everything on the entire menu so we could get a good idea of what we liked.
Check Out The Complete Menu Here
Three days later the food arrived via FEDEX, packed inside a styrofoam cooler in dry ice. Out of the cooler and into the freezer it went.
Mesquite Chicken with Summer Squash
No time like the present, so for dinner that night we had our first “Meal Movement” meal. Nancy chose the Caliente Spicy Chicken with Normandy Vegetables, and I had the Monterey Jack Chicken Sticks with the Caribbean Veggies. In your package you also get a “Sweet Garlic Vegetable Sauce” which I really like. You can either prepare the meals in a conventional oven or microwave them. Being marginally impatient, I chose to “nukem”. The pictures in this post are all foods we prepared and ate – they taste as good as they look!
In our little dinner party of two, the verdict was unanimous – the Meal Movement food was really good! The vegetables were crisp, the protein was seasoned nicely, it was enough food – what more can you ask for?
First Impression – The Meal Movement is a winner!
Nothing since has changed my mind. Everything we have tried to date has been good if not excellent. Chalk it up to different tastes, I am not a huge fan of the shaved chicken for instance, and I like the mixed vegetable blends better than the individual veggies, but the good news is I don’t have to order anything I don’t want. There is such a wide variety of choices I can’t see many people not finding a bunch of choices they really, really like.
Spicy Chicken with Sicilian Blend
There are two primary ways I suggest the Meal Movement food can be integrated into your nutrition program.
The first I’ll call “The Total Package”. This is for the person who is really struggling getting a handle on what to eat, how much to eat, and when to eat it. My recommendation is to order 28 days of food – Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and Snacks – and just eat!
A couple things will happen. You will begin to see the effects of eating PPW, without having to think about food preparation. Your body will feel better because you are actually eating real food, every meal, every day. You will begin to understand portion control – once your plate is empty, you are done!
The second strategy is the one Nancy and I have been using. I’ll call it the “Life is Crazy Package”, and it consists of always having some Meal Movement food in our freezer. I am writing this note on a Tuesday, and it’s now 3:45pm. Nancy is headed out to the gym, the kids need attention, and I have about an hour before I head off. Before I go, I am going to head to the freezer, grab a protein and a bag of veggies, heat them up and get to eating. It just works!
Click Here to take a look at the Meal Movement website. Explore and discover for yourself all the different combinations and choices you have with The Meal Movement.
Ask us questions. We will be glad to sit down and put together a menu with you, then help you place the order or place it for you.
In the near future we will do a “Meal Movement” workshop where you can get your questions answered and you can try the food out for yourself.
Look at this as another tool in your toolbox. Learning to eat a supportive “diet” is challenging, but actually applying that knowledge can be even harder. We believe that integrating the Meal Movement into your busy lifestyle is just one more way to make your life easier and get you closer to your goals.
Make It Happen!
Coach Dean
Barbara’s daughters came in from Delaware, California (and Tilton 🙂 to suprise her at the 6:15am class.
I think the surprise worked – Happy Birthday Barbara!
We got some fantastic before and afters of Get Fit NH Bootcamp Superstar Judy Swain. She shared some pics of the dress she wore to here sisters wedding before she started with us, and now the dress is swimming on her! We got a couple pics of Judy in her training gear as well…Wow, great job Judy!!!
Judy in her own words
Judy's dress then and now
“Remember S3? (Sizzlin’ Summer Slimdown that started at the beginning of the year) One of the “What do I want to accomplish in my fitness program” on my Goals Assessment sheet was to do stretch/mild exercise on the non-bootcamp days and during recovery weeks.
Even though we were in Delaware for the recovery week, I managed to use the tennis ball for self massage, the wall to stretch my shoulders and the somewhat inferior stretchy theraband (so glad I now have my own purple band) to do band walks in the our hotel room.
But the best part was in the S3 “Why do I want to accomplish these goals?” where I put down I wanted to be able to enjoy our grandchildren. I can and do! Our little grandson is a bouncy machine at just over 22 pounds. He loves to use his little legs while you hold his hands to bounce over and over and over ferociously.
Judy is looking and feeling great!
Even at 22 pounds, that’s 2 more pounds than I usually lift at bootcamp, and hanging out in that squat position my non-dominant forearm felt it only slightly.
My 2 other S3 “What do I want to accomplish in my fitness program” goals were to have nutrition ingrained (natural to plan/prep/deal appropriately with surprises) and to think and act like a thin person. I think I’m getting closer to those as well.
The bootcamp benefits just keep coming! Since I joined the bootcamp family I’ve lost close to 60 pounds. Thanks so much!”
Judy from 6:15
That's Robin In The Middle! 🙂
We received a bunch of great entries for our “Bounty is Off the Slamball” contest, but alas we could choose only one winner!
The top secret design has been handed off to Craig at Shirtmasters (no pressure to get it done now – huh guys?) so he can put his highly skilled eye to work on a proof.
So thank-you to all who entered, but a special congratulations to 9:00am Epsom superstar Robin Weddleton for submitting the winning design!
Robin will have the distinction of getting her hands on the first shirt produced, as well as copy of the best nutrition info on the planet – Precision Nutrition!
Thanks Robin!
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