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Get Fit NH Bootcamp 3.0

On May 8, 2008 we held our first training session with 9 crazy people (some who are still with us) out in a grassy part of our backyard. We had an absolute blast getting our face in the dirt, getting wet when it rained, running around our house – good times!

Get Fit NH Bootcamp was born.

It really was like military bootcamp in a lot of ways. Back in the “early days” we had a training manual from our friends Cynthia and Keith down at Cynergy Crossfit in Hanson, MA, the couple who introduced us to the “fitness bootcamp” concept in the first place. Although our training philosophies are not the same, we owe them a debt of gratitude for so freely sharing their time and knowledge with us. This is the phase I would call “Get Fit NH Bootcamp 1.0”. Back then the training was mostly calisthenic based – very little equipment, body weight intensive. Effective, but as we learned, limited in long range effectiveness.

Bootcamp 2.0 came about 6 months later. We built and opened the first of our two training facilities in October 2008. With the winter months ahead, we revamped our training, shortly after that introduced “Sven”, and over the next couple years added more tools (such as resistance bands, TRX, Kettlebells). We opened a new location in Concord and thanks to our incredible clients outgrew that and moved into a larger facility in Concord. One of the things that our clients continue to tell us is that they love the fact they never get bored, and our training philosophy was largely built around keeping the training constantly changing. Our clients have seen incredible results and the training has proved incredibly effective.

So if it ain’t broke, why fix it?

Toward the end of last year Nancy and I began to have discussions regarding our training, not because it is necessarily broke, but because we wanted to make sure it was the best it could be!

We sat down and crunched the numbers; since May of 2008 we have approximately 40,000 training hours (that’s a bunch) with our clients. We have attended numerous conferences, earned additional credentials in both training and nutrition, read dozens of training books, listened to CD’s and have an ever expanding library of training resources and DVD’s. We have added staff (CJ, Tyler and Dennis) and gathered their input and viewpoint. We have learned and continue to learn how to design the most effective training for our clients. We have collaborated with and mentored under some of the finest coaches in the country and even world. As we have grown, our training has changed to reflect both the latest science AND (sometimes more importantly) the proven real world effectiveness as shown with our clients results. Our long time clients have seen this shift, sometimes noticeable, sometimes not so much.

Hi Dean & Nancy,

Last June when I signed up for my 2 week trial of Get Fit NH Boot Camp I really did not know what to expect. There was a girl I worked with that encouraged me to try it out. I would hear her come up the stairs ever so slowly, then pause outside my office door (she looked like she was in a lot of pain from something). I asked her if she was okay?

A few days later the same thing happened and she told me that she was going to boot camp. She said she had lost 20 pounds and I should try it out. So I took her advice and tried it. The first week was painful but I did not let it discourage me. I went the 2nd week – still painful but not as much. I was determined I was going to keep going. I find myself getting stronger and stronger. Accomplishing things I never thought I could.

I felt very good about the whole thing when I got on the scale for my 2nd fitness evaluation and I had lost 15 pounds. I had been trying everything and it just wasn’t working for me. I really do enjoy going and I even look forward to it. I find myself with a lot more energy and just happy again. I have a wedding to attend next September in Oregon for my niece and I have already bought a dress – 1 size down from what I would normally wear. I really hope that about a month before the wedding that I will either be bringing that dress to be altered or getting a new one in a smaller size. Keep pushing me – I have goals to attain!!!

Terry Reed

So here it is…

Bootcamp 3.0!

In fact our clients are experiencing it already. A radical new philosophy? Not at all, but rather the culmination of what we have learned to date about training, human physiology and performance, body composition and just plain having fun training!

We are committed to delivering the most effective group personal training anywhere, and to the concept of continual and never ending improvement (Kaizen).

And here’s the best part – you still won’t get bored! 🙂

We are excited about these changes, and are confident that our clients, who already get tremendous results, will crank their training up to a whole different level.

We look forward to seeing what you are going to accomplish this year.

Make It Happen!

Dean, Nancy, CJ and Dennis

Full Schedule both locations on Monday

In honor of Dr. King we are going to exercise our rights with a full Get Fit NH Bootcamp schedule on Monday.

Make It Happen!

Read What Diedre Accomplished in 2010!

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!

Dean,

I now feel confident that I will live a much longer and healthier life. Below is a copy of my blood work results just 6 weeks or so after I started boot camp. Today (about a year later) I received my latest blood work results:

	Start	Now	Variance
Cholesterol	212 mg/dl	165 mg/dl	47 mg/dl Favorable
Triglycerides	157 mg/dl	79 mg/dl	78 mg/dl Favorable
HDL Cholesterol	49 mg/dl	54.2 mg/dl	5.2 mg/dl Favorable
LDL Cholesterol	132 mg/dl	95 mg/dl	37 mg/dl Favorable

How awesome is that? If you are able to offer a 5:00pm or 5:30pm class in Concord in 2011 (DONE! 🙂 I will definitely go back to 4 sessions/week and make an even bigger difference in my health. I have also committed to quit smoking on November 18th of this year, National Smoke-out Day, I have no doubt that will impact my health even more!

Thanks so much for your help, support and patience in this past year. As you can see you have made a real impact on my overall health. My Doctor even wrote a comment on her note to me about keeping up with my boot camp.

Dee

Jill’s Transformation Story

Get Fit NH client Jill has often taken a backseat as her husband Karl lost an amazing 102 pounds over the last 12 months. But this women has her own amazing story to tell. Prepare to be motivated…

Jill’s Transformation

Jill before starting with Get Fit NH

I have always been heavy, but I haven’t always been huge. And I was huge and unhappy! In middle school I was active and fit. I played softball, karate and cheerleading. In high school I was still into softball and karate, and was coaching 6-7 year old cheer, but the activity level was slowly decreasing and my weight increasing. In college I maintained my weight fairly well. Both my roommates were health conscious and fit, and it helped me maintain, but I was still a size 16.

When I graduated and moved home I tried staying active, but walking every once in a while is not staying active. I really started packing on the weight when Karl and I bought a house and moved in together. Although we shared in the responsibilities of cooking, we ate crap food. We ate what was easy. Pizza, subs, deep fried anything, and we would attempt to justify our bad eating habits with a small side salad smothered in dressing. We would eat in front of the TV and stay on the sofa until bed time, needless to say, we were anything but active.

One of my unsaid reasons for losing weight was to be healthy enough to have children, and to be there for them. In the back of my mind I was scared that I was going to be too fat to do the things I would want to be able to do with my children.

I knew we needed a change, and it had to be something that both of us could attack and stick with. I knew this wasn’t something I would be able to accomplish by myself. I was starting to buy size 20 pants and saw 240 pounds on the scale, and was becoming so uncomfortable in my own skin. I found a Get Fit NH card during a massage from Heidi at Chichester Massage, and checked out the website. It looked like something I could do, but the real test was going to be getting Karl interested. I asked Karl to check out the website, and prayed it was something he was interested in, because we needed something!

Our first class was fun and encouraging. It was a back to basic’s night, filled with lunges and squats. Even though I was paralyzed for the next week, I was having a great time and the 6pmers couldn’t have been more encouraging. It was encouraging to hear Brian and Dr. Dave were sore after that first workout too!

It wasn’t until the S3 competition that Karl and I really started getting serious about what we were eating. Dean and Nancy have been so helpful and supportive between the newsletters, seminars, pep talks before, during and after class, emails and fitgoal.com. I love the recipes that Dean and Nancy and the rest of the family provide, and I love even more that I have a willing subject to try all these new and different recipes on. If you’d had told me a year ago, that my new favorite dish was going to be Denise’s vegetable lasagna, I’d have told you you’re crazy. Our big change was following the meal plan that Dean and Nancy gave us, without that we would not be seeing the results we’ve seen.

Jill has a new body AND a new attitude!

I am so much more comfortable in my own skin now. I am liking the way I look and liking how my clothes are fitting. Not that we are ready to start having children, but I feel much more prepared now that I am on the track to reaching my goal weight and knowing how to eat to live. Not live to eat.

People are always asking what our ‘secret’ is, and I find it a little funny that people think it’s a secret.

If you ask anyone how to lose weight they will tell you “be active and eat right.” It’s actually putting that to practice that is the hard part, so I would have to say my ‘secret’ is my determination. I’m determined to meet my goals. I am determined to cook healthy for myself and Karl, and not let his diabetes get the best of him. I am determined to love the way I look!

I am writing this during a recovery week, and realize how much I miss my Get Fit NH family. It’s with their help, and Karl’s support that I’ve been as successful as I’ve been, and know that I can reach my next goal.

My next short term goal is to feel good in a bathing suit in February. Longer goals include losing another 30 pounds, becoming more adventurous with vegetables (Karl’s always been the one who will eat anything – I’ve always been the picky eater) and making sure we are eating them every day, having kids, and loving my life and myself!

Be Like Jill. Become part of the fitness revolution that is truly creating change – Mind and Body. At Get Fit NH results are not automatic, you have to work for it. But our clients are proving every day that you don’t have to settle for second best.

Click Here to Read More Amazing Stories About How Get Fit NH Clients Are Making It Happen Every Day

Get Fit NH Bootcamp Client Orientation

Increase the value of your investment!

You DO NOT want to miss new client orientation! These sessions are available for all our clients, but if you have started with us in the past couple of months, you will absolutely want to be there.

Bring your “New Member Welcome Guide” as we will more thoroughly explore the information in there, as well as go over your goal worksheets and our accountability program.

New Client Orientation details for January 2011:

Get Fit NH Bootcamp Concord – Tuesday January 18th @ 6:45pm

Get Fit NH Bootcamp Epsom – Saturday January 22nd @ 9:30am

Clients from either location can attend the session that fits their schedule best.

No excuses – Make It Happen!

Get Fit NH Bootcamp Weather Cancellation Policy

This is Bootcamp in New Hampshire for crying out loud! What do you mean cancel?

Seriously though there are rare times when we do cancel classes for weather related reasons. If we decide that classes will be canceled you will be notified via our email newsletter and posted on Facebook (http://facebook.com/getfitnh) on the following schedule:

Morning bootcamp cancellation details will be sent by 4:00am

Afternoon and evening bootcamp cancellation details will be sent by 3:00pm

Of course if there is statewide power outage that is subject to modification, but we will do our best!

And absolutely use your own best judgement. We have clients from all over the state, and it may be worse conditions where you live. We will not hassle you (too much 🙂 for missing class on days of inclement weather.

If you have any questions, please give us a call or send us an email.

Thank-you for choosing to train with us!

Motherhood Is Not For Wimps- Training for Childbirth Seminar

Childbirth is usually the most challenging athletic event most women will ever train for – being a mom is definitely not for wimps!

It’s an exciting time at Get Fit NH Bootcamps as many of our families are getting bigger, and we want all of our moms to have safe and healthy pregnancies.

To that end, Get Fit NH Moms is hosting a prenatal informational class with Certified Pre/Post Natal Coach (and mom of six) Nancy Carlson on Saturday, January 29 at Get Fit NH Bootcamp Epsom from 9:30-10:30am.

During this fun and informative seminar you will learn how exercise is not just for you, but for your baby. You’ll go home confident of the “do’s and don’ts” of exercising while pregnant. Also included are tips on “eating for two”, examples of healthy and tasty foods as well as additional resources that will keep your growing family healthy and feeling great!

To register for this seminar please call (603) 344-2651 or RSVP to nancy@getfitnh.com

Top 5 Things To Do Differently THIS Year

1. Don’t Starve Yourself- I’m speaking mostly to women here but really why do we try this one? We know we can’t keep it up forever. We know when we take that first bite of something yummy we won’t stop eating until it is all gone.

Let’s be sensible. A eating plan should be something we can stick with for a lifetime. Jutta Matta, PhD at Stanford University in CA, said, “A diet plan shouldn’t be done just to fit into a pair of jeans; it’s a healthy habit to manage or ward off chronic illness. You need to think of it as something you can do all your life.”

She also says, “If you believe a diet is complicated, that things are hard to calculate, chances are good you’ll quit the program before reaching your goal.”

My suggestion is to stick to getting in protein, produce, and water every meal and snack. Be creative, call it the PPW plan. Say it with me PPW- protein, produce, water!

2. Don’t Go It Alone- Find a partner, write out your goals and share them with others. Get a support group. Support groups like AA are successful not only for the advice, but the emotional help from others who are going through or have conquered their addiction. Support is vital to reaching your goals quicker. It is easy to cheat on your eating plan, or skip your training session if no one knows about your doing it.

3. Don’t Buy Before You Try- Our two week free tryout to Get Fit NH Bootcamp is for your benefit as much as ours. So many people in January with high enthusiasm sign up for a year at the local gym and buy an online meal plan without testing it out first. Two weeks into the year, they realize they dislike the food choices and the hours the gym offers, don’t match with their schedule. Feeling frustrated, they stop going to the gym and head to their local grocery store to stock up on cookies and donuts.

4. Don’t Make It Complicated- Save your sanity! When thinking of a getting healthy, seek out the experts. Researching the latest fitness gaget or buying a fitness video is not the same as having the hands on benefit of a personal trainer in the room who knows you personally. Although we might do research on the internet if we think we have a problem, we wouldn’t (or shouldn’t) rely on the information there to treat and cure us, we visit our personal physician. The same is true for fitness, although magazines can list out exercises to ‘trim the tummy’, they can’t correct form or help you know what exercises are right for you.

5. Don’t Quit- Our motto is Make It Happen. We strive to instill this in our training sessions because it affects our mental and physical state. There will be days when life gets in the way and fitting it all in becomes hard. We have to fight through it. As a mom I can describe it like this: you walk into your house exhausted. Its trashed. You have company coming and you only want to go to bed. What do you do? You can grumble and complain, yell and scream, cry and pout; but in the end you pick yourself up and do what it takes to make it happen. The cleaning might not be the best cleaning you’ve ever done and dinner for company might include easy to prepare dishes but in the end you do what it takes. You work through it all. You make it happen.

Yes, there will be days when it is more a mental workout than physical. Guess what? By overcoming the mental the physical gets done. It’s a double win, since the physical gets done the mental side gets a prize, a boost, a high five of sorts.

The flip side is true as well. When the mental side looses and the physical side loses too. They bring each other down one more notch. Its like they are scolding each other and they both walk away pouting.

Dig down deep and Make it Happen!

The coaches at Get Fit NH Bootcamp are trained to help you. We strive to help each person each day. Our program is unique. You can not buy it anywhere else. It delights us to help you reach your health and fitness goals. Together lets make 2011 your year for a better healthier you.

To your best health,

Coach Nancy

My Health and Training Goals For 2011

Happy New Year!

Just wanted to share an outline of my health and fitness goals for 2011 in three areas. I look forward to seeing yours as well!

Training:

192 training sessions this year. That breaks down to 4 per week, with 4 recovery weeks per year. (Sound familiar? 🙂 Just like you, I have to make time to get this done. Believe it or not, your coaches have stuff to do outside the gym too!

Nutrition:

Protein, Produce and Water every 3 hours. Limit splurge meals (anything outside of PPW and training/recovery shakes) to 2 per week. I love eating, and when I eat nutritious food I just feel better. Over time my cravings for sugary, salty snack foods has diminished, so it does get easier. I am also convinced that if junk is in the house I will eat it, and once I start it’s challenging to limit myself. As a FFB (Former Fat Boy) I tend to gain bodyfat very easily, so keeping junk out of the house is key. Planning and preparation are absolute necessary to keep me on the right track.

Recovery:

Get a minimum of 7 hours sleep per night. This is probably the most challenging and most important. The alarm goes off at 3:40am four days a week, so if I am not in bed by about 8:30 this doesn’t happen. But recovery sleep is extremely important for overall health, bodyfat control and stress reduction. You cannot be at your best if you consistently lack good sleep.

I also set goals every year for each of the following “categories”:

1) Spiritual Development
2) Family
3) Personal Development
4) Household
5) Business
6) Financial

What about you? You can either let life happen or you can make it happen. You can’t control what comes your way, but you don’t have to sit around and be passive. Time is precious, don’t waste a minute!

Make It Happen!

Dean

Get Fit NH Bootcamp “Best of 2010”

As we approach the New Year it seems like an appropriate time to reflect on the blessing and challenges of the past year, evaluate progress toward our goals, adjust and get ready for an even better 2011!