New Athlete Academy Schedule Is Here

After several successful sessions of Athlete Academy we have decided to keep it rolling! Starting June 8^th we will be running Athlete academy 2 times a week on Wednesday nights from 6-7:15 pm and Saturdays from 9-10:15 am. I can personally say I have incredibly enjoyed working with these athletes on a weekly basis and we want to keep that going from June 8^th on.

Here is how it will work, we will have Athlete Academy on the days listed above. Athletes will have the option of training either one or two days per wek.

As many student athletes do not have time to be in the gym more than once a week while they are in season, that will be the option for them in those cases. However they will have the option to come in 2 days a week during their offseason.

Tuition will run month-to-month (as seasons will only last a couple months so they may be going back and forth between one day and two days a week), 2 days will be $129 a month and 1 day a week will be $99.

I look forward to getting the program off and running and helping these athletes achieve everything they possibly can.

Additionally this summer we will also be hosting the one and only Get Fit NH Speed Academy. This 6 week speed course will run during the summer beginning July 11^th once a week on Monday Afternoons from noon until 1pm. Current Academy Athletes can upgrade for only $49, while athletes not currently enrolled can also participate in the Speed Academy for $149.

For any further questions or concerns please use the contact form here

I cannot wait to get this off and running! Get your athlete signed up today!

-Coach Adam

Current Athlete Academy Schedule & Clinics

It is our goal to make our training schedule flexible for both the in-season and off-season athlete. Choose from 4 times per month or 8 times per month training. We set it up that way so if you miss a week you can come in twice the next week. Just let your coach know your schedule so we can plan your program properly.

Athlete Academy Schedule Starts June 8, 2016

Wednesdays from 6:00pm to 7:15pm

Saturdays from 8:00am to 9:15am

Purchase 4x Per Month $99

Purchase 8x Per Month $129

Athlete Academy Speed Clinic Starts July 11, 2016

This year's Speed & Agility Camp will be held over 6 consecutive Mondays starting July 11, 2016 from 12:00pm to 1:00pm. This year we are offering the camp as a stand-alone option or as a complimentary add-on to Athlete Academy. Please choose your training option below.

6-Week Speed Academy Stand Alone $149

6-Week Speed Academy Upgrade Only $49

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Rock N’ Race 2016 Pickup and Meetup Details

This Thursday is the Rock N’ Race – where did THAT come from?

Anyhoo, here’s the deal on how to get your shirt and bib number, etc.

Coach Meagan is going to pick up the shirts as soon as they are available on Tuesday afternoon and bring them to the Concord gym. She is going to sort them out with your shirt size and number, and then we will do our best to separate the Epsom and Concord shirts. Coach Dean will then pick the Epsom shirts up late Tuesday afternoon and bring them to the Epsom gym.

PLEASE NOTE: Because we have such a big team, and you all did such an amazing job getting your friends and family to sign up, we don’t personally know everybody on the team. If you have a friend or family member (or even you) would prefer to pick up your shirt at one location over the other please let us know and we will do our level best to accommodate. We will be bringing any shirts that do not get picked up directly to our meetup spot on Thursday afternoon, so you can also meet us there. Thanks!

Here are the available shirt pickup times at each gym:

Get Fit NH Concord, 287 South Main St.

Tues: 4:00pm to 7:30pm
Wed: 3:00pm to 7:30 pm
Thu: 4:45am to 12:00pm

Get Fit NH Epsom, 167 New Orchard Rd.

Wed: 9:00am to 7:00pm
Thu: 4:45am to 3:00pm

PLEASE REMEMBER: We are open Wednesday afternoon and evening this week and closed Thursday afternoon so we can all participate!

Meeting Place and Time: We will meet up to pass out remaining shirts/bibs and get a team photo at the Eagle Square Clock (it is still there, right?) at 5:30pm.

If you have any further questions please let me know!

Coach Dean

Happy Belated Birthday to Get Fit NH!

Dan has been with us from Day One! And yes, that is his “Eight Year Swag”!

True Story!

Yesterday was the 8th anniversary of the very first day that “Get Fit NH Bootcamp” was held (There was this little thing called MOTHERS DAY we though deserved top billing 🙂 ) We started at  5:00am in the morning on our property in Epsom, and we haven’t looked back since.

The name has changed (Another True Story, we haven’t called ourselves “Bootcamp” for 4 or 5 years) because we have changed. We have grown into an industry leader, and continue to evolve and get better for one reason.

You.

My life is better because of all the people who have walked through our doors over these last eight years, and for that I am grateful. It is what drives the team and me to serve you to the best of our ability, every day. Do we fail at times? Yes we do. But it is always our goal to learn from our mistakes and use them to serve you better next time.

This last year has come with many challenges, some of which we continue to face. Finding that “just right” next coach to add to the team has been elusive. Thank-you for your continued patience. The hardest part of this job is seeing our students leave, no matter what the reason. We have had and are having students change careers, retire, and move out of state. They take a piece of me with them, and are greatly missed.

My family has also seen challenges this year. Owning a family business is not easy, no doubt about it. Nancy is the glue that holds it all together. You know her as “coach”, but to me she is “incredible mom” and “love of my life”. None of this is possible without her. My kids are growing up so fast – again. Hard to believe our youngest Amy is already 9. Harder still to know my oldest will be 30 soon. It is my deepest desire when I write our “9th Birthday” letter next year that I can say I spent more time with them than I did this year.

What can I say about the Get Fit NH Team? Meagan. Adam. Stephanie. While you may see them for an hour a day at most, they put in an incredible amount of time and effort into making this thing work. While they may be “employees” according to department of labor, to me they are more like family. Sons and daughters who make me want to work harder to help them fulfill their career aspirations and goals. I don’t even want to imagine doing it without them.

So Thank-You. Thank-you for being a part of our lives. Thank-you for the effort you put in to make yourself better so you can serve those special people in your life better. The world needs more of you. I am privileged that you call me “Coach”.

Dean

6:45pm Couple Hits The Spotlight

For my next spotlight, I want to shine the light on two students who continually and consistently are a staple of my 6:45 class. Those students are Audrey Langevin and Eric Hastings! They always make the effort to get here with the exception of extreme circumstances. They also are prepared to come in, challenge themselves and work hard every class every week. Great job guys!
“Hi Adam,

We Chose Get Fit because the fitness place Eric & I was attending closed. I researched online several fitness places in Concord area and Get Fit seemed the best fit for us, plus we could try it for two weeks to see if we liked it. Although I had worked out at the other fitness center for 7 years which was a “kettlebell boot camp”, I quickly realized I had not been working to my full potential. For me it was like starting from ground zero. I was so weak I couldn’t do a plank. It took me a couple of months to get the hang of the routines and to change a lot of incorrect form.

The biggest change for me was when I started the Whole 9 Whole 30 program. I did it for 90 days before I started to reintroduce some foods back into my diet and I still do a modified version of it and haven’t gained the weight back.

Picking stuff up from the floor or ground got a lot easier for me. I used to bend over to pick stuff up now I just squat down, retrieve and I’m up and moving.

My goals are to continue working towards strength and balance. I would also like to get to the point were I’m close to 95% whole foods all the time. 

My favorite part of Get Fit is how I feel getting dressed in the morning, everything fits and its a size smaller than a year ago.

Thank you Adam.

Audrey

Hi Adam,

Why did you choose Get Fit NH? My wife and I had been attending a different type of workout in the Concord area for the previous 7 years but the owner had to close due to a change in his daytime job hours. We wanted to continue with some type of workout but expand it into something more varied that included a balance of cardio and weight training. We researched a few places online and felt that, not only did Get Fit NH offer the variation that we wanted, but Get Fit NH would also let us try it at no cost for two weeks. This would give us an opportunity to see if it was the type of workout we wanted to be part of.

What changes did you notice in the first few weeks? We found that we WANTED to go to our workouts because we enjoyed the workout variation so much along with the instructors and the other participants. Next month will be one year since I joined Get Fit NH. About 6 months after I joined, my doctor noticed a big improvement in my overall flexibility during a physical examination, especially in my hips.

What outside of Get Fit NH has become easier since starting? After a few months of steady participation, I noticed that the everyday activities that require a strong core were easier to do. I could actually feel that the strength was coming from my core and not from my lower back. I truly believe that my body learned to shift the need for strength from my lower back to my core, which of course did away with those occasional lower back issues that I had learned to accept as part of life. My wife and I are long time kayakers and the first time that I went kayaking about 3 months after starting the Get Fit NH program, I noticed that my stronger and more disciplined core made kayaking easier and more enjoyable. 

What are your goals? To continue participating in this well thought out and disciplined workout for as long as we are in the Concord area.

What have you accomplished so far? I feel that I have added a high level of cardiovascular fitness to my life, something that I was missing. I have always worked to keep my strength up but I did not pay attention to my cardiovascular fitness and my core strength. Get Fit NH has such a well rounded approach to working out along with the dietary classes and guidance that they also make available.

What is your favorite part of Get Fit NH? The whole Get Fit NH experience is my favorite part. As I mentioned previously, I enjoy the varied workouts, the instructors and the other participants very much. Add to that, the number of time slots available to work out, the discipline and timing used by the instructors during the entire workout session, and the cleanliness of the facility make the entire Get Fit NH experience my favorite part.

Eric Hastings”

Keep up the fantastic work and effort!

-Coach Adam

This Just In: Watching TV More Leads To Less Reading

I love to read. There are some really smart people out there, and you won’t find many of them with your butt plopped on the couch in front of the TV. I hear often “I don’t have time to read” from people who just finished telling me about the last nine episodes of House Hunters. Word.

Here’s some suggestions:

Negative self-talk is not harmless, it is not humility, it is not anything less than poison for the soul. Greg Woods tell us why If You Want To Get Better, You Must Think Better

There are worse role models for active aging than this guy.

Jayne passed this article onto me, and it should make us think twice about “settled science”.

I really, genuinely, truly don’t obsess over becoming a millionaire, but these are some good traits to possess, regardless.

And finally for today, this article on nutrition for ahem, maturing athletes (that’s you), reveals why digestion is so important as we get older.

Happy Reading!

Coach Dean

And The Answer Is……

This morning’s question was “Why?”, as in “Why do you train at Get Fit NH?

“For myself, my family and for my community. Thank you for making a difference in my life. Have a great day” – Chris 5am.

Chris has a pretty fantastic reason. How about you? Why do you train each day? As I asked this at each training time, I heard many different responses.

• Health
• Fitness
• Family
• Its Fun
• I like it
• Its my habit
• This is where I want to be
• To move
• To be more flexible
• To be stronger
• To not have another knee replaced
• To age gracefully
• This is my family

So many reasons why.

My Why?

I want to be able to sky dive at age 93. I didn’t particularly care for skydiving the first time, but if my grandkids ask, “Hey GiGi, do you want to go skydiving with us?”, I will have a choice.

Its my Why? It gets me up in the morning. It reminds me to always move. It’s because I love my grandchildren. But more importantly it is because I love myself enough to give myself a choice.

How about you?

Coach Nancy

Sizzlin’ Summer Slimdown 2016 Is Here!

The Sizzlin' Summer Slimdown Countdown Is On!

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Don't Delay. Register Today!

What Is Sizzlin' Summer Slimdown?

S3 is our annual "Summer Is Coming" transformation contest. This is a great opportunity to focus in, stay accountable and get some work done. We have done different kinds of S3 challenges over the years and what we have is learned is that we work better on a team. Last year we had record breaking results and a fantastic celebration at the end. We plan to break last year's records and have an ever bigger celebration!

Here's What You Get

Before I go any further I want to whet your appetite, so here's a rundown of what you get when you signup:

Exclusive Downloadable Sizzlin' Summer Slimdown Handbook (.pdf), which includes:

• Super Simple Daily Meal Plan
• Sample Weekly Meal Plan
• Meal Plan Templates
• Grocery List
• Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner recipes
• Super Shake Guide
• Plant-Based recipe guide

6 weeks of nutrition accountability, education and coaching using Habit Catalyst

6 weeks of Private Facebook support

6 weeks of access to FitClients.com, our new Goal Setting and Tracking app.

How Much For All This Awesomeness You Ask?​

Only $39 for Get Fit NH Clients!​

Not a current Get Fit NH Client?

We got you covered!

For the first time ever we are offering two options for non-clients to play - sweet!

Option #2: Friends and Family $77

You get all the same great support, accountability and tools that our clients are using, plus you get to experience all that Get Fit NH Awsomeness for a crazy low price!

Option #3: 6-Weeks Training  for $367

We are opening up two of our training times* in our Concord location so you can experience Get Fit NH's award winning Smart Group Training during the contest! You will receive all the care and attention our training clients receive, as well as all the great S3 tools.

S3 + Training = Awesome Results!

*7:25am and 6:45pm training times only

Here's How It Works (Please read and follow carefully)

This year is the S3 Buddy Challenge. You will need to find a partner, but if you don't have one, don't worry! THIS IS IMPORTANT EITHER WAY: After you register you will receive an email with a link to the "Team" form. Just type in "need a partner" when you fill out that form and we will find you someone to buddy up with. If you do have a partner then you will fill in their name and your team name. (Best one I have heard already is "Thelma and Louise")  This contest is all about teamwork, lifting each other up and helping each other out. You can only win the contest if both partners give it all they got!

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This years contest Tools

Habit Catalyst

Habit Catalyst is our nutrition education and accountability tool. Every day you will receive an email asking you if you completed your habit for yesterday, along with a lesson to help you build those great nutrition habits. Around 50% of the scoring for the contest will depend on you checking in daily and get the habits done. You can go back and read the lessons at any time, but you cannot go back to check of your habit.

Fit3D

Fit3D is an innovative 3D body scanner that captures a 3D, 360° image of the human body and extracts the most commonly used measurements tracked for fitness progress, all with just a 40 second scan. You will be using Fit3D three times during the contest to measure your waist and hips; once before the contest, once at the mid-point, and at the end. The more you lose off your waist and hips, the more points you score!

Fit Clients

FIt Clients is our brand new Outcome Goal and Accountability tool. You simply enter in your goal (Lose 10 pounds, lose 2 inches off my waist and hips) and a time frame to reach that goal, and Fit Clients prompts you to enter your measurements on a weekly basis. It then will show you if you are on/off track. Super Motivational!

how does my Team Win?

Scoring Habit Points

You earn points for your team based on your percentage of daily habit tracking compliance using Habit Catalyst. Each team members score will be calculated, and then the team will be awarded the average. Here's the scale:

• 90% or greater compliance = 100 points
• 80 - 89% = 80 points
• ​70 - 79% = 70 points
• ​60 - 69% = 60 points
• 50 - 59% = 50 points
• <50% = 0 points

Here's an example:

Bruce achieves a compliance score of 92%  = 100 points

Wayne achieves a compliance score of 78% = 70 points

The team would score the average = 85 points​

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Scoring Results Points

This one is really simple. You earn 10 points for each % average that you lose off your waist and hips. Each team members score will be calculated and added to the team total.

Here's an example:

Bruce loses 4% off his waist and Wayne loses 6%. The average is 5%, so the team earns 50 points.

Bruce loses 3.5% off his hips and Wayne loses 1%, so the average would be 2.25%, or 22.5 points.

The team total "Results Points" would be 77.5 - easy peasy!​

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Bonus Points

Your team will earn and additional 10 points each by completing the mid-contest Fit3D scan by May 21st. Those 20 points could be huge, so don't miss them!

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So what would "Team Batman's" Final Score be: 85 habit points + 77.5 results points + 20 bonus points = 177.5 total points. Can you beat that? 🙂

Ummm, I think you forgot something...

I did? What's that?

Oh, you want to know what the prizes are? Good call!

This year we are getting down to brass tacks and doing a cash prize based on the number of entries we have in this years contest. 50% of all entry fees will go to the prize, to be split between the winning team. That's right - it's WINNER TAKE ALL. The remaining 50% is put toward the expenses of running the contest, the PAH-TAY, that kind of stuff.

How's this for some motivation? If we had done a cash prize last year EACH member of the winning duo would have taken home over $1000. Cha-Ching!!!

Key Dates To Remember:

• Monday April 11th:    Sign ups open
• Wednesday April 27th:   Sign up cutoff
• Saturday April 30th @ 9:00 AM:  Kickoff meeting, First scan due, and Meals Made Easy workshop at Get Fit NH Concord
• Monday May 2nd:   S3 begins
• Saturday May 21st:   Halfway scans due. We will be open 8-10 AM. You can also do them during regular hours anytime that week. Count for 10 points per teammate.
• Saturday June 11th:   S3 ends and we are open 8-10 AM to get final scans done
• ​Tuesday June 14th:   Last scan due by 7:45 PM
• Saturday June 18th:   Reveal Party @ 10:00 AM in Concord

Registration Is Over - Let's Get Ready To Roll!

MyZone March Madness MEPS Challenge Results!

DING DING DING!!!

We have a winner!!!

Over the course of the last month 24 teams battled it out for the ultimate bragging rights in our first ever Myzone March Madness Challenge, with all participants working extremely hard and adding up a RIDICULOUS number of MEPS over the course of just 4 weeks.

In the consolation bracket the winning team was G2 Heff and Wolfe – Congrats!

Unfortunately in this competition there can only be one winner, one prevailing team, one King of the Hill, but  know that I am proud of you all. You worked extremely hard and killed it!

Now on to the main event….

The winning team is, drum roll please…………..isssssssss………wait for it…………

BAM!!! (No really, that’s the team name) 🙂

As the winner of our first ever Myzone March Madness Challenge “Team BAM!!!) gets to design their own sweet T-Shirt and they get bragging rights. Both pretty awesome prizes. Congratulations, and Keep Making It Happen!

Coach Adam

Get Fit NH named “Best of the Best” Gym in NH for Fourth Straight Year

Consistency plus innovation key to making clients better and succeeding in business

Hippo Press voters have once again named Get Fit NH, with locations in Concord
and Epsom, “Best of the Best” gym in all of New Hampshire. This makes four “Best
of the Best” nods in a row for the popular gym, known for its unique high quality
group training format. Get Fit NH Coach Nancy Carlson also continued her award
winning ways , bringing home the “Best of the Best” Fitness Instructor in all of New
Hampshire honors for the third straight year and for the fifth time since 2010. “All
of the trainers at Get Fit NH consistently work hard and take great pride in what we
do for our clients. We never stop learning and finding new ways to make Get Fit NH
and our clients better every day. We feel we offer the smartest and best training
available so consistently earning these awards year after year is especially
gratifying to us,” said Nancy.

Get Fit NH strives to offer clients the latest state of the art fitness knowledge and
technology. In the last few years, owners Dean and Nancy Carlson have added new
innovations at the gym such as BioForce HRV heart rate variability testing, which
monitors readiness for exercise, Fit 3D body scanning for viewing and tracking
progress over time, Grateful Plate personalized nutrition coaching, and MyZone,
which allows coaches and clients to monitor degree of effort while training.

Get Fit NH is one of only a handful of gyms in the country to have earned Smart
Group Training (SGT) certification. SGT is built around the Functional Movement
Screen which allows personalization of the routine within a group setting to
maximize each client’s results. Get Fit NH asks each new student to come in for a 2
week free trial before joining. These two weeks allow them the best chance to see
for themselves what taking advantage of the innovative approach at Get Fit NH will
do for them.

The success of Get Fit NH is due to their continuous drive to do what it takes to make their clients better. To this
end they offer professional group fitness training, nutrition coaching, and seminars at two locations in Concord and
Epsom. See their website, www.getfitnh.com or call 344-2651 today to make it happen for you.

2016 Rock N Race Is Here: Let’s Do This!

All right Rockstars, here’s the one time a year you will actually get me to enthusiastically embrace running, so don’t miss it!

This event is one that we hold near and dear to our hearts, as so many of our families have been directly impacted by the scourge that is cancer. Please join a team, any team, and support the 14th Annual Rock ‘N Race to benefit the Concord Hospital Payson Center for Cancer Care. The “Get Fit NH & Beat Cancer” team has been a top fundraiser for this important cause over the past few years, and we want to continue this tradition.

As many of you know our own Tom Barker lost his dear wife to cancer last year, and I hadn’t had the signup 10 minutes before Tom joined the team. Many others in the Get Fit NH family have been deeply affected and lost loved ones, so whether you join their team or ours, please just get on board.

Deadline get a custom T-Shirt is April 15th, and you will save $6 on registration if you signup before May 2nd. I know those seem like a long ways away, but don’t let it sneak up on you.

Please Signup Today!

2016 Rock ‘N Race
Event Date: Thursday, May 19, 2016
Event Time: 6:00 PM
Event Location: Concord State House Plaza