My New Shoes

Cara is one of our shining superstars in Epsom and here she tells you a little bit about her journey with us:

“Shoes. Many women get excited about new shoes! There are shoes for different outfits! Boots…high heels…sandals…the list goes on! We talk and laugh about shoe addictions! I remember some of my favorite shoes which represent moments in time. Some of my favorites were my shoes I wore on my wedding day…and shoes I wore at my college graduation…I LOVED those shoes. My babies first shoes. Some represent memories, milestones, and emotions tied to special events in our lives. Since those mile stones some very special shoes found their way in my life. The shoes I bought when I began to take my health seriously. They are just an average pair of sneakers but represent so much more to me.
Looking back , my journey began after 2010 when I had reached my highest weight ever close to 300 pounds. Take a good look at that picture, it’s not pretty. Today I’m over 100 pounds down . I started with Get Fit NH July 2013 after spending a year trying to move more, walk and build a foundation so I could even get into a gym without dying. I didn’t buy any new shoes for that. I just thought I would try . The workouts absolutely leveled me to dust each day. I hurt a lot and it was difficult to move both in and out of the gym. I was sore for weeks.
It was the coaches and my classmates cheering me on that kept me from walking out. About 3 months in I decided my old falling apart shoes were not cutting it and bought some new shoes. They represented hope and the possibility of reaching my next goal. They gave me strength and energy to power through to the end of those last seconds of each part of the workout. They held me up, and got me step by step to each goal I set.

Although I was attached to those shoes, I recently retired them to the basement into the pile of yard work/camping/other shoes. They have lost their tread, shape, and are more like a sock now and an old best friend. They will still be there if I need them, but they have a new purpose now.

I have new shoes now. They are bright pink and happy, light and springy. They hang on to my feet so I can keep working hard. I have separate shoes for the gym , shoes for hiking, and shoes for running. All 3 are my favorite new shoes. These shoes are all about that what I once thought was impossible, is now possible. They are about where I am going next, the mountains I have yet to climb, and the miles to run and walk…and to keep pushing forward. I would and could give away every other shoe in my life to have just the ones I need to move in …to continue to keep moving forward in my steps to a healthier me.

Cara”

Keep up the great work, Cara!

-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!

March Madness Epsom Style

March Madness isn’t just for Basketball

During the month of March we turned up the action in Get Fit NH Concord and Epsom. Things were hopping and a bit crazy. For the first time ever Concord had a challenge completely different from Epsom.

In Epsom each training time battled against all other training times in a sled push challenge. While we had some veterans push the 135 – pound sled, others pushed for the very first time. What a great feeling to drive that much weight down the length of the gym and back. For each lap they earned points for their team. As a coach there isn’t a better feeling than seeing huge numbers rack up as the month went on. There were numbers from 2,565 pounds to 76,275 pounds pushed through the whole month. Dan from the 6:15 training time pushed the most with 565 laps during the whole month. The prize? Take home dinner cooked by Coach Nancy. Team 6pm won this challenge with a total of 1928 laps pushed and a whopping total of 259,200 pounds pushed in March. With that number they would have pushed 43,200 elephants back and forth in the gym. Now that is Madness.

Congratulations to all. And enjoy your dinner 6 pm!

I Hit a Plateau, What Do I Do?

Has this happened to you? You were getting results steadily for months and then all of a sudden you are at a standstill? Scale isn’t moving, bodyfat won’t budge, FIT3D scans looks pretty much the same?

First of all, congratulations. Hitting a plateau reveals that you have successfully made a change. Your new habits have taken you in the direction you were trying to go – score! So, now what? You still aren’t exactly where you want to be, so what is something else you can work on adopting as part of your day to day routine?

•    You already stick to the 90/10 rule.
•    You are training consistently (2-4x each week as recommended by your coach)
•    You’re drinking at least 64 oz of water each day
•    You take a multi vitamin
•    You take your fish oil

If you have those things down and you have hit your plateau, then it doesn’t hurt to do a period of focused nutrition. Luckily, we are always rolling a 21-day Jumpstart, so your opportunity is always there. The Jumpstart isn’t just a one and done challenge. It is something you will benefit from doing 3-4 times a year. Nutrition is a skill. You can always work on mastering your skill. There is always room to improve and learn something new.

Let me give you an example of a real Get Fit NH student. She gave me permission to share her story with you all. In May 2015, we had our annual Sizzling Summer Slimdown (S3) challenge. During the challenge, this student did so well! She was 100% compliant and lost 16 pounds. After the challenge was complete, I challenged her to lose a certain bodyfat percentage by September. She did monthly bodyfat scans and each month her bodyfat dropped a little more. In September, she didn’t meet that goal, but she didn’t give up there. She was disappointed, but she kept moving forward. She stuck to her 90/10 rule which was a new habit and we added a water goal. She nailed the water goal and each month she came in and measured less than the month before. Fast forward 10 months later. This student is STILL holding on strong to her habits. Since May, she is down 35 pounds and 10% bodyfat! At her last appointment, we discovered she hit her plateau. Her bodyfat for the first time in 10 months stayed the same and her weight for the first time in 10 months didn’t budge. She was disappointed, but that is nothing to be upset about.

There are many ways for you to climb over your plateau. The 21-day Jumpstart is a good starting point. The next step may just be to take a focused nutrition course with Coach Nancy. She offers a 10-week nutrition course, Essential Nutrition. While the Jumpstart tells you WHAT to eat, Essential Nutrition teaches you HOW to eat.

I know all of you came here to make it happen. When you are healthier, you are automagically happier and THAT is our mission!

Make it Happen!
Coach Meagan

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.

Guess what!?!

Our annual Sizzling Summer Slimdown (you know it as “S3”) is just around the corner! Last year we had SO much fun and had some record results. We are very excited to kick off S3 2016.

Here are some teasers:

– FIT3D (aka “The Truth Booth”) Will Be Your Secret Weapon
– Partners
– Cash Prizes
– Custom 6-Week Habit Course using Habit Catalyst
– All New Accountability and Tracking Tool “Fit Client”
– Fat Loss Nutrition Plan
– “Meals Made Easy” Workshop
– Private Facebook Group
– …..that’s enough teasing for one blog!

We are fine tuning the details each day. Ok one more teaser then I am done! This year we are inviting non Get Fit NH family members to participate! So if you have a significant other or a friend who you are trying to get on board with this healthy life style thing then this is your chance! Everyone wants to work hard for cash!

Stay tuned for the rest of the details!
Coach Meagan

Thank-You For Voting. It’s Time To Vote!!! (WHAAAAT???)

Voting season is here and in high speed!

Thank you all so much for your votes in the 2016 Hippo “Best Of”Awards.

Thanks to you Get Fit NH was recognized for the 7th year in a row for “Best Gym” seat Coach Nancy earned her 6th “Best Fitness Instructor” award. You Rock!

Could you please help us out again?

We are asking for you to put your voting caps back on for the 2016 Capital Area People’s Preference Awards also known as the Concord Cappies. Voting starts TODAY and goes through April 30th.

Please Vote for Get Fit NH in the following category:

Health and Beauty
Question #34
Best Fitness Center
Get Fit NH

We lost last year to a franchise gym, but we are confident that you can help us win this year, and we created a link to take you right to the voting. You’re Welcome! :0

Click here at http://VoteGetFitNH.com, where you will find the voting categories. Please nominate other local, deserving businesses too!

We are grateful that you choose to train with us, and thank-you for voting!
Coach Meagan

P.S. You will receive a confirmation email from “Polldaddy” after you vote. Please “confirm” or your votes won’t count! 🙂

Yet Another Awesome Spotlight

This week I am pleased to share Carlene’s success interview with you! Carlene is pretty humble, so I am going to take the opportunity to really shout out how far this woman has come. I think your jaw will drop too. You will read in the interview that Carlene says she has lost about 20 pounds, but let me put that in perspective for you and for her too.

Carlene is good about having her body composition done regularly. Since her first body composition in September she has lost 22 pounds of fat. Yes, that is 22 pounds of excess fat. The kind we all want to go away! She is making that happen. Oh and lean weight? Yeah, she has 8 new pounds of lean weight- 3 of those pounds being muscle! Forget about pounds for a minute and let’s talk about body fat. Carlene has dropped 9% body fat since September.

How is she doing it? Hear it from her!

– Why did you seek out Get Fit NH?

I wanted to get into a regular exercise routine, because at the time, I wasn’t doing much of anything, and I’m not disciplined enough to do things on my own!

-What did you learn after your first two weeks/since you have been training with Get Fit NH?

So many things! I know in the first two weeks, I realized that my body wasn’t in the shape my mind thought it was in. I had to mentally accept where I was, and work with that. I’ve also learned that I’m generally a pretty competitive person, but the best thing for me is to compete with myself, and not compare myself to the people around me. Once I was able to do that, I’m able to accept myself for where I am, and where I can be, and know that it’s just steady persistence to get there. I still sometimes wish I could do things that others around me can do, but I also know I’m doing more than I was doing when I first started. It also feels good to encourage people who are new to keep at it, and they’ll see themselves improve.

-What results have you seen since training with Get Fit NH?

I’ve lost about 20 or so pounds, but I can also tell that my core strength has gotten MUCH better! I’ve surprised myself with what I’ve been able to do in my last couple of workouts! For example, I was able to hold myself over the chin bar for two seconds and slowly come down for almost three sets! I did it without even thinking about it the first time around. That’s an improvement over just holding myself up when I first started! I’m really looking forward to the weather being more consistent so that I can get out and ride my bike—I think I’ll see a big difference right away that I’ll be able to go longer distances and up more hills much sooner than I was able to when I started riding last season.

– How did you earn those results?

I’ve built my morning routine around making sure I come in to train every morning. I think I’ve only missed a session three times since December, and that was because I was sick. When I come in, I know I’m going to challenge myself to do the best that I can do, no matter how I feel. Also, I did the 21-day jumpstart detox in January, and that helped me get on track with nutrition. I learned that I can’t eat a lot of carbs or else I get off the rails and start gaining again. Proteins make my workouts go SO MUCH better!!

– Why do you continue to train at Get Fit NH?

I enjoy the people in my class, and I like the way I’m getting a full body workout without having to think about it. I enjoy the variety of things that we do, and that I never know what we’re going to do until I walk in the door. I also want to train to do a century ride at this year’s Pedaling for Payson, so I need to keep up the strength in order to do that

– What would you want to tell someone who is thinking about starting?

I’ve been telling people that it’s really fun, because there are a wide variety of things that we do. I really appreciate the fact that the coaches are very attentive to making sure that injuries don’t happen by focusing on each individual’s form and range of motion. Even with a big class, there’s still a lot of individual attention. This isn’t like any other gym … everyone there, coaches and clients, wants everyone to succeed.

Carlene is a superstar. I absolutely love her work ethic and positive energy. She brings so many smiles to our 7:25 family. Carlene has taken advantage of all of the tools and you can too! I am so incredibly proud of Carlene and her dedication to get better!

Keep making it happen!
Coach Meagan

Let Yourself Recover Already, Would Ya?

With recovery week right around the corner, I decided to write something in that frame of mind. Recovery is important, but not just in the instance of when we go on our week breaks. It is important on a day to day, week to week, and month to month scale.

Imagine that your body is a house. Let’s say, for the sake of argument, that house has a mold problem (let’s call that your assorted health problems that may or may not occur). Now, the team that comes in to clean it out is your exercise. You think the more they can do, the better. They come in, they spray the house down, they scrape all the mold away, put in new ventilation and all that (I am certainly not an expert, so please don’t quote me on any of this). After a week, you get the word your house is completely mold free, but you say “Well, I’m not sure…”, and do it all again. This repeats and repeats and repeats. Before you know it, the pressure washers and scrapers are eating away at the interior of the house, and you have actually started to do more harm than good to the inside of the house. Not to mention run up a huge tab.

Sometimes exercise can work in the same way. We run ourselves ragged trying to fix problems with our bodies, so much sometimes that we actually make ourselves worse. Too much of a good thing can be bad in a hurry – morphine can take the pain away, but too much will kill you. I have started to see it more and more; having clients walk in the door 2-4 times a week, then spinning and doing all kinds of other stuff because they think if 4 days a week is good, then 6 days is better.

I’m here to tell you that is not the case. This is not your fault – we have been conditioned to think that the more exercise we can possibly get, the better it is for us, and that there is no point where that line graph takes a dive. This is portrayed by the media, by the big companies that control it. Now, I’m not going all conspiracy theory on you, but it makes sense doesn’t it? Coca-Cola isn’t going to tell you it’s product is unhealthy. Instead, it’s going to champion exercise and sponsor exercise events. It’s going to tell you how important it is to get as much exercise as possible because it draws attention away from the fact that the soda mutilates the inside of your body. It’s the reason we see commercials all about getting out and exercising, but nearly nothing about healthy eating.

You have also probably been lead to believe that if you beat yourself into the ground with exercise, it will undo what those foods have done or will do. The only thing you are really doing is breaking your body down by not giving yourself the time to recover and making things worse.  Of course, I am not saying that if you like to run or bike that you shouldn’t do it. You should do the things that make you happy, we would never want you to be miserable. This is for those that don’t like doing any of that, but think that it is some secret shortcut to getting healthy… “If I train 4 days a week at Get Fit, I can lose 45 lbs in 6 months…but maybe if I train 6 days a week I can cut it to 4 months”. While you might lose some weight initially, I guarantee you will start having injury problems and the like. It’s as simple as giving your body a chance to recover, some good sleep, some good protein, and taking a daily dose of chill pill. I promise if you follow that formula, you will get where you want to be.

Make it Happen!
-Coach Adam