Fight For Yourself

Independence Day has just passed, but the daily battle is not over. Strike up your own war on nutrition at home. Healthy eating is not easy, but Get Fit NH makes it simple using the “Whole9”.

Healthy eating does not have to be such a hard battle. You know enough, the hard part is putting it into action.

Come see how to take that first step forward to a healthier you. We look forward to seeing you there!

You can learn all about Whole9 by clicking here

Whole9 Nutrition Seminar
Date: Saturday, July 18, 2015 This Whole 9 will be right after a Myzone Match in Concord
Time: 9:00am
Place: Get Fit NH Concord

Motherhood Is Not For Wimps- Training for Childbirth Workshop

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 is hosting a prenatal informational class with Certified Pre/Post Natal Coach (and mom of six) Nancy Carlson on Saturday, July 11th at Get Fit NH Epsom from 9:00-10:00am.

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

Are You Making it Happen or Making Excuses?

S3 V.I.P taught us a lot about what you guys are capable of. It is seriously amazing what some of you guys will do to be a team player and to get results over an assigned period of time. I hope you know that you have set a standard for yourself and you will forever be held to it, because you have proved yourselves!

Attendance. We are seriously just impressed with what some of you all pulled off to make it in here.

• Overslept? You still made it to a later session
• Had a meeting? You still made it to a later session (or often times at 5 AM!)
• Had a dentist appointment? Rescheduled it.

So many of you put training as a priority for this challenge and we are so impressed and grateful for that. Now like I said – you set the standard. Training should ALWAYS be a priority. If for 6 weeks you could make it work then you can almost ALWAYS find a way to make it work. Here is my concern- we are in the first week post S3 and attendance has already dropped tremendously. We know you can make it happen, so we won’t let you make excuses! (There- that was mean Coach Meagan! Roar!)

Now allow me to touch on another point. It is impressive what you guys were willing to do when you were put on a team. When the pressure was on and winning or losing for a whole team could depend on you you delivered excellence. Why is that? Is that because you are competitive? Or is it because you wanted to be a team player? Did you do it for you or was in largely for others as well?

So here is a question, during S3 V.I.P your friend offers you a cocktail (or some pie, whichever is more appealing to you!) what do you say? Many of you reported to your teams that you were so proud that you turned it down. Now post S3 V.I.P your friend offers you the same things- what do you do?

Do you take it because the challenge is over or are you “the weirdo” who passes on the offer, because you don’t eat that way anymore or drink that way anymore? S3 V.I.P was all about you. Just because you the challenge is over doesn’t mean you throw the habits out- stay after it. Everyone got results- everyone. What does that tell you and why would you go back? These habits works! Don’t turn back!

Get in here and keep making it happen,

Coach Meagan

 

Set the Date – S3 V.I.P. Party is Gonna Be Great!

Yeah, it’s true. We are gonna PARTY like it’s 1999! (Do you get THAT reference Coach Meagan?) 🙂

I know it a busy time of year with graduations and all, but we are going to make it worth your while to spend a couple hours with us on Saturday June 20th at 9:00 am for our S3 V.I.P. Winners Reveal Party.

The individual winners and top overall team will be announced at the party; we are keeping them top secret until then. In fact we are thinking about making everyone there take a blood oath not to tell you if you aren’t! You’ll never know who won and the sleepless nights will be unbearable, so take out that phone, open up your calendar, and save the date.

Besides the big winners reveal we will be having some fantastic recipes prepared by Chef Nancy Carlson, who is renowned for her expertise in all things healthy and tasty cooking.

Fun, Prizes, Food, hanging out with me – what more could you ask for?

We want to know how many are coming so we have enough food prepared for y’all, so please RSVP on the form below and let us know you are coming. Thanks!

S3 V.I.P. Reveal Party
Date: June 20, 2015
Time: 9:00am until you are done partying
Place: Get Fit NH Concord

 

Records were set and Greatness was proved at Get Fit Games

What a great morning at Get Fit NH.

We had a great crew show up and participate in the “Get Fit Games”, where we come in, have some fun, and confirm we are getting better.

By my count our athletes set 16 personal bests! Big shout outs to Ronald Weilnau, Vickie Carrier, Glenn Foley, and Tom Haubrich for coming out for their first Get Fit Games experience! Now that is what it is all about! Make sure you look out for the next time we host Get Fit Games. If you wanna get better, you gotta measure!

Here’s the highlights of this mornings games.

Proud of you all!

Adam Rosenthal 

Deadlift, Silver level achieved

Vertical Jump, Personal Best

Scott Lebrun

Deadlift, Personal Best

Vertical Jump, Personal Best

Long Jump, Personal Best

Jenn Stevens

Deadlift, Personal Best

Vertical Jump, Personal Best

Inverted Row, Personal Best and Silver level achieved

Front Plank, Personal Best and Bronze level achieved

Dick Boddie

Deadlift, Personal Best and Get Fit “Fit” level achieved

Push up, Personal Best

Vertical Jump, Personal Best

Chin up, Personal Best

Long Jump, Personal Best

Front Plank, Personal Best

Adam Davidson

Push up, Personal Best

Long Jump, Personal Best and Gold level achieved

Ronald Weilnau

Deadlift, Get Fit “Fit” level achieved

Chin up, Silver level achieved

Front Plank, Get Fit “Fit” level achieved

Glenn Foley

Deadlift, Gold level achieved

Front Plank, Silver level achieved

Tom Haubrich

Deadlift, Get Fit “Fit” level achieved

Vertical Jump, Bronze level achieved

Chin up, Bronze level achieved

Long Jump, Gold level achieved

Front Plank, Gold level achieved

Ski Erg, Get Fit “Fit” level achieved

Vickie Carrier

Deadlift, Gold level achieved

Push up, Silver level achieved

Front Plank, Silver level achieved

Great job to all this morning! We are so proud of you for measuring your greatness, until next time…

Make it happen!

Coach Meagan

 

 

The Rock N’ Race is almost here – shirt pickup and meeting place details here!

Don’t forget! This Thursday May 21, 2015 is the 13th annual Rock N’ Race 5K run/walk to benefit the Payson Cancer Center at Concord Hospital. You guys are amazing, as the “Get Fit NH & Beat Cancer” team is 91 members strong and has raised $4005 so far – Wow!

Here’s the deal for T-shirt and bib pickup: Coach Adam will be picking them up Tuesday afternoon and bringing them to the Concord gym. We will separate them out and do our best to get ALL of Epsom’s out to the gym for pickup Wednesday afternoon.

Please Remember: We are open Wednesday in both locations for the afternoon classes only, and will be closed Thursday afternoon and evening so we can all participate.

For those who are not able to pick up Wednesday, not a problem. We will be in the Concord gym Thursday afternoon until approximately 3:00pm, so you can pick Concord shirts up then.  All remaining shirts will be brought with us to the race Thursday afternoon.

Meeting Place and Time: We will meet at the Capitol Building steps at 5:30pm to hand out remaining shirts and get a team photo.

If you have any questions drop us a line or give us a call.

I am proud of all you all and I know you will have a blast!

Make It Happen,

Coach Dean

Memorial Day Training

Family training day coming up! On Memorial Day we will have an all group training at Get Fit NH Concord starting at 8:00 AM sharp! This will be our one and only training for that day, so don’t miss out! We always have a great time when we get the whole Get Fit NH family together under one roof. We guarantee fun and sweat for all!

See you there!

Memorial Day Training
Date: Monday May 25, 2015
Time: 8:00am to 9:30am
Place: Get Fit NH Concord

Get Fit Games are Coming Up

We’re springing into summer with our quarterly Get Fit Games! On Saturday May 16, 2015 we will host a series of competitive events at our Concord location. There are 7 different parts to this event and they include:

1.) 3 repetition maximum Deadlift

2.) Front Plank for time

3.) 4 minute Push Up challenge (from the floor or incline)

4.) Vertical Jump

5.) Long Jump

6.) Chin ups/inverted row

7.) 1000 M Ski Erg Sprint

If there is a piece of this puzzle that you are currently unable to participate in due to an injury then we would encourage you to STILL participate, but skip that part. This is a FANTASTIC event to measure progress. Everyone has a little competitiveness in their heart so come on out and show us what you’ve got!

If you have been to Get Fit Games before then you know it is time to get back in here and see where you have gotten better! If you have never been before then mark your calendar! You don’t want to miss out on an opportunity to measure your greatness!

When: Saturday May 16, 2015

Where:  Get Fit NH Concord

When: 8 AM

Make it happen!!!

Coach Meagan

S3 V.I.P. What You Need To Know

The excitement is building as S3 V.I.P. get closer – just 10 days to go. If you are not in yet, you are missing a lot!

Is it Diet and Exercise or Exercise and Diet? As Coach Nancy reminds us, good nutrition and regular intense exercise are like the wheels on your bicycle – You have to have both if you really want to make progress. The good news is when you train at Get Fit NH you already have the exercise portion, so as you have figured out by now, S3 V.I.P. is going to be focused on “the other wheel” – getting your nutrition in a place to supports health and fat loss.

Step 1: It starts with our Custom Nutrition Guide, created especially for Get Fit NH by our friends over at Whole9. Read about why we chose Whole9 for our introductory nutrition coaching by clicking here. The only way to get your hands on one of these is to attend a Whole9 seminar, and we have added one just for S3 V.I.P. next Saturday, May 2 at Get Fit NH Concord. Be sure to talk to your coach about getting there.

Step 2: It’s not enough to know what to eat. In fact I bet you probably have a really good idea of that right now. The important thing isn’t just knowing what to do, it’s actually doing it. And that’s where the Success Checklist comes into play. While it’s up to your coach how they choose to have you track, we are all going to be tracking at least the things on this card. There are hard copies in the gym, and you can also download the checklist in either .pdf or Excel format.

If these habits look familiar, that’s because they should! Principles of good nutrition do not change. Not everybody is going to (or has to) eat the same foods, in the same amounts at the same time. However there are principles of good nutrition that apply to everyone. Eating for health and leanness is a skill, and developing skill takes practice. The Success Checklist is where you measure how practice is going.

S3 V.I.P. 7 Habits

1. Did I plan and/or prepare every meal I ate today?
2. Did I eat vegetables every time I ate today?
3. Did I eat lean, complete protein every time I ate today?
4. Did I eat healthy fats every time I ate today?
5. Did I drink only zero sugar beverages today? (Exception: post-training)
6. Did I avoid all added sugars when I ate today?
7. Did I eat/drink complete lean protein within 1 hour after resistance training today? (n/a = not training day)

Now you may be looking at that and thinking “I don’t even know where to begin! What’s a healthy fat? Lean, complete protein? Vegetables? Never heard of them! :)”

GOOD NEWS!  That is where the Whole9 Nutrition Guide and your Team Coach comes in to play. Those two incredible resources will help you get and stay on track.

Speaking of on track, here’s a handy calendar to help you remember important dates and checkpoints. Let’s get ready to roll!

Coach Dean

 

We Have a Family Member in Need!

Who remembers Coach CJ? He was one of the Get Fit NH originals and then moved on to further his career with Dr. Brett Coapland at Performance Health. For those of you who have been coached by him you know that this guys knows his stuff! He is super smart and incredibly athletic, which is why his recent medical condition has taken us back quite a bit. To read more on CJ’s current condition or donate please click here

We want to do everything we can to help CJ and his family so here’s the challenge! We are picking only exercises the start the letters C or J (Chins, Chripees,Cross-Countries, Jumping Jacks, Jumping Chins, Jump rope…you get it! We are setting out the challenge board where you can challenge anyone in any training time to an exercise for a given amount of time and if they do it you will donate X amount of dollars. Once they complete their challenge they will cross it off the board and you can add your donation to our envelope. You can also challenge coaches too! I hear Coach Adam loves a challenge to do chirpees for  5 minutes.,,,he told me!

Are we ready to raise some money for our buddy, CJ? We’ll run this challenge through May 8th!