We hope to see you there. If you can’t make it – don’t worry! You can still shop using the links below. Let us know if you need a catalog!

Pampered Chef Party

Date: November 4, 2017

Time: 10:00am

Place: Get Fit NH Concord

287 South Main Street Concord, NH 03301

Coach Meagan

Here is the Pampered Chef shopping link https://pamperedchef.com/go/GetFitNH2

Here is the 31 shopping link https://www.mythirtyone.com/163581/shop/Party/EventDetail/10280202

Did you catch that? Don has done the 48 4,000 footers twice. There is no doubt that once Don puts his mind to something, there isn’t much that will hold him back. 

He has a sense of humor that tends to sneak up on you. I emailed him the day he climbed Mt. Isolation. This is what he wrote me back: “Thanks for the note and your concerns. I am OK, just schedule challenged. Yesterday I spent 14 hours climbing my last 4000 footer which made me miss class (I was going to wear my Tu Tu on the hike but my backpack got in the way)”.

As his coach, I didn’t need to learn about his climbing 48 different peaks twice in his life so far to know that though. He has tackled getting to his goals in the last year. When he first came to Get Fit NH he wanted to a.) lose some weight and b.) increase his ability to be active at a higher level. 

In less than a year he has done just that. In his first six months he lost the weight he had desired. HIs goal for the summer was to maintain his weight while he had a bit more of a relaxed mindset and traveled. He did just that. 

Don has also accomplished gaining more energy to do more - hello, 48 peaks! 

I want to take this time to say congratulations to Don. Being a member of the 48 Footer club takes dedication, time, energy, and grit. 

The 5am crew asked Don if they could go hiking with him on his next hike. He said; “Sure, I’m going Saturday.” 

Keep Making It Happen!

Honored to be his coach,
Nancy

Wanna have coffee with me? (you'll have to make your own, though, because we are on a teleconference) 🙂

We can talk about anything. Well maybe not anything, but if it has to do with training or nutrition it's all fair game. 

• Maybe you have a question you've always wanted to ask about "why do we do that?"
• Maybe you're stuck on a plateau and wondering what could be next
• It could be that you are just starting this thing of better health and just needed to be pointed in the right direction. 
• Or you might just not get enough of me through the week and want to hang out (that's what I am guessing anyways)

The cool thing is we are going to do it all online. Thats right, you can have coffee with me while you are in the comfort of your favorite cozy chair and I'm in my kitchen. In the past we have had a great crew show up, great conversation, and a lot of fun. Show up early, because only the first 25 can get in!

When: Saturday, October 21

What time: 9:00am for an hour or so

Where: Meet me here virtually through this link.

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Every Friday the Get Fit NH team does what is called a weekly review. This is a tool Coach Dean introduced a number of months ago to help us (coaches) to pat ourselves on the back for what we did well this week and set our week up for the following week. This tool was implemented to help us “turn work off” on the weekends.

This tool has proven to help my productivity tremendously and I believe everyone could benefit from this tool. If not for work, then just for self-reflection. Here is my challenge to you…

Each Friday, write down:

• 3-5 things you did REALLY well this week/something you are proud of (i.e.: training, meal prep, meal plan, made a good choice at a company outing, could even be meeting a work deadline, etc.)
• What threw you off track and how you could have dealt with that better/what you can do instead next
• ONE thing you want to work on and totally rock next week

This simple exercise is a great way to get your head clear going into the weekend and getting your week set up for success.

Who is up for the challenge?
Coach Meagan

We can guarentee smiles and laughs on this Fun Friday. So start scouting out your costume and the pumpkin you will bring - the bigger the better, of course! 

Whatever pumpkin you bring must go home with you! We don't need any left overs 😉 

Looking forward to the fun!

Coach Meagan

The one and only Deb Kaitz! I asked Deb to be in the spotlight because for 8 years she has been consistent, she works her butt off, she is competitive, she is strong, she is supportive and she keeps us on our toes! I would say Deb is one of the top 10 most competitive people in the gym. We love that about her! Her story is fun, because we weren't all here when she started to see how far she has really come. This woman never turns down a challenge and she rocks her goals. I am so proud of her and she is a true joy to coach! Here is what she has to say...

​"I had actually read about Get Fit when it first opened. I was hesitant to do it because I knew I needed to commit and for me the timing just wasn’t right. When they opened in Concord I thought I would give it a try. They had the two week free trial but I also made sure I was going to commit to giving it a good trial so I prepaid for the following month. 8 years later I am still going strong. In my 8 years I have never missed a day of class just because I didn’t feel like going. For me this is the first training/exercise program that I love. I never get bored as it is ever-changing. Unlike when I was at my other gym. I would go walk on the treadmill and maybe lift weights but never saw any differences in my strength or endurance. 

When I started at Get Fit I had really no upper body strength to speak of. I remember when we used to do testing in class. When we did the pushup test I got 0. I couldn’t do a pushup and in my life I had never been able to do one. Determined to get one I worked on this. And by the second testing day 3 months later I could do more than one pushup. When we moved into the “new gym” that had a pull up bar - again I couldn’t do pull ups but again I set a goal that I would get one pull up by the end of the year and I did. I have always been strong willed and if I set a goal I don’t like to fail. I feel like I set reasonable goals for myself and have been able to hit them. In the most recent movement challenge I set myself a goal of 50 movements during the month. I looked at what we had to do, did the math and knew exactly what I needed to do to reach that goal. The results for me can’t be measured by my weight because I think I weigh exactly what I did when I started. My results are measured in my strength. I play golf and had to relearn all my distances since joining as each club hits so much further. I am excited to say my Iron’s go about 40 yards further than previously. The other benefits for me would be my skiing improved dramatically and I can climb hills on my bike so much better than before training. If you are going to try it, commit - buy a month. 2 weeks free trial will make you sore from muscles you haven’t used, but too short to see results. COMMIT!

8 years strong! Can you remember what you were doing 8 years ago? She is one of many who have been here for over 8 years and we are SO lucky to have these people train with us. Thank you, Deb for you incredible commitment and fantastic competitive "can-do" attitude. You are a rockstar!

-Coach Meagan

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It is not always easy. It is often filled with pain, and struggles, and tears.

And yet beautiful it remains.

One of the most beautiful things to ever happen in my life is captured in the picture to your right.

For those of you who don't know him, this is our son Derek, born November 7, 2001. He was a big surprise in our lives, born over 14  years after son number two, Jeff.

And then he was gone, taken by SIDS less then a year later, on October 14, 2002.

As I am writing this, the 15th anniversary of that date is tomorrow.

Tomorrow.

Such a enigmatic word.

For with tomorrow comes new hope that just maybe it will be better than today was. As the book of Lamentations says, there are new mercies that come with the rising of the sun each morning.

But tomorrow all too often in our lives serves as a convenient way to put off today, as we slave away to the tyranny of the urgent.

We fool ourselves into thinking that we will get it done "tomorrow", when the truth is, if we let it, something else will come up that further delays our good intentions.

I'd like to sit here and share that Derek's death took care of that once and for all in my own life. 

It didn't.

God chose to give us three more beautiful children after Derek was gone, and I can't even imagine not having Andrew, and Karalynn, and Amy in my life. 

I have seen my two older boys follow the paths God has given to them, and also be shaped by the events of those days. I am so proud of them for the men they have become and love their wives and our grandchildren dearly.

And what can I say about Nancy? We have been through some wars together. No man could ask for a better life partner, soul mate, and friend. Without her I am nothing.

And yet so often the very people that make life worth living are pushed aside, as all the things that I "have to take care of" are given priority, as if my family is just a task I can move down my list.

I won't lie. It's been a tough week around the Carlson household. Emotions run high this time of year. I haven't been the husband, father or boss I should be this week. I am grateful for the patience and mercy that has been shown to me. 

When it comes down to it, I think anniversaries such as these are a mercy in themselves, as painful as they may be.

They serve as a reminder that no matter how much time I think I have, in reality I have no control whatsoever.

As I walked out the door to go to work that crisp autumn Monday morning I never expected to get a call less than 5 hours later that my son was dead.

Some would call what happened 15 years ago a tragedy.

But the real tragedy would be to forget.

To learn nothing from the journey we have been on since that day.

I could fill pages with stories of the kindnesses that were shown, the struggles that we shared, and the lessons that we are still learning.

If there were no Derek, life would have been very different. 

But avoiding that heartache would have cost so much more. A price too steep to pay.

Tomorrow.

Someday for each of us there will not be another one. We all know that, but it is so much easier to push it into the back of our minds and not think about it. I am right there with you.

But today I am going to think about it for awhile as I celebrate Derek, whose short life made such a lasting impact on my own.

And Your Today?

Hug someone a little longer. Take steps to mend a relationship. Let someone know you care about them. Say "thank-you" to someone for a kindness shown. Ignore another's offense toward you. Work hard to become the person you want to be, for there is joy in the journey.

Don't put it off to a tomorrow that may never come.

- DC

by Dean Carlson, Pn2

We have a picture in our head of the "ideal body". But are the pictures in the magazines a realistic picture of what is achievable? Do you have to look like superman or a supermodel to be healthy? And at what cost?

Regardless of your goals, there is going to be work - hard work - to lose fat and get leaner. And there are amazing health benefits to doing do. But there are trade-offs, particularly as you get leaner and leaner. This infographic outlines them and shows you what's involved. We'll take a look at the extremes on both sides, and then have you consider what's healthy and achievable.

Click Here for a fully printable version of this Infographic

For a complete explanation of the infographic, including a review of the research by our friends at Precision Nutrition, check out the accompanying article: The cost of getting lean: Is it really worth the trade off?