Meet Coach Mae Lynn and Matt!

Mae Lynn is a Certified Autism Fitness Professional. She is one of the ONLY ones certified in the whole state- wow! Mae Lynn is the director of Right Fit Fitness. Right Fit Fitness is a division within Get Fit NH who specializes in helping adults with Autism get out, get strong and be understood! We have plans to grow this division in 2020. That’s why we are hosting a certification in January. This community needs more people like Mae Lynn so we can make a positive and INCLUSIVE impact

Matt is her very first client! He has been training with Mae Lynn for over a month now and is actually looking forward to Wednesday’s session, smiling more and his posture has improved drastically!

If this post pulls at your heart strings then please share! We have a a free Try this @ Home workshop for parents and caregivers THIS Saturday, November 2nd 9am-12pm. We are hoping to have 20 new certified Autism Fitness Professionals after we host a certification in January! We are hoping to hire 1 or 2 of those professionals to help Right Fit Fitness be there for our adult Autistic community!

Try this @ Home sign up is here

We are excited to partner with Performance Health again and offer a fantastic class from a reputable Physical Therapist in Concord, Sarah Coulombe. She has helped so many of our clients and even our coaching team remain strong and work through some chronic pain. Sarah is also a certified strength coach, which is helpful for those of you who train with us. Sarah can help us and help you get better both inside and outside the gym.

Let's answer your first question, what is a body, active, mobility (BAM) class? So glad you asked...

The purpose of this course is to increase body awareness through active mobility using body weight exercises and minimal equipment. Learn your joint limitations and how to best promote optimal movement and health of your joints. 

We offered the BAM class over the summer and here is what clients said after they took the class...

Greater awareness of muscle activation and release

Greater awareness of what parts of my body don’t move or that I can’t move.

I noticed I was looser and was  able to control my body better

The instructor was very knowledgeable and helped explain exercises in a way that made sense. She provided modifications for those who needed them in order for all to participate.

​We are going to offer this class once a month until the end of the year, so that is a total of FOUR classes. The dates for these classes will be:

• Wednesday, September 25th 6:30am-7:30am
• Wednesday, October 16th 6:30am-7:30am
• Wednesday, November 13th 6:30am-7:30am
• Wednesday December 18th 6:30am-7:30am

You can sign up for all four dates here for a total of $80 (this will save you some money!)

You can sign up for a specific date here for $25 per class (just in case you cannot make all four dates work)

Or...

 You can drop in the morning of and charge $30 to your account or pay cash

We hope to see you there!

Coach Meagan

Another win for 6:10 AM! With a total of 264 tallies which averaged to 18.9 points per person who participated. That is a full 5.3 points MORE per person than second place, congrats guys!

The winner of the movement challenge earns ALL the bragging rights and even MORE bragging rights when you won the last two challenges in a row- yahoo!

I want to share some fun facts about the 6:10 class, because they deserve some credit and love...

• 6:10 has, hands down, the best attendance consistently as a class
• 6:10 is most likely to make sure we know if they are not going to be in training
• 6:10 fights the most over heavy weights 
• 6:10 is hands down the most possessive over their spots (but we still love you)
• 6:10 folk are ALWAYS pushing each other to lift heavier and finish their reps 
• 6:10 is the sassiest group as a whole, but again, we love them anyways
• 6:10 people drive crazy in the parking lot- so watch out

We love you and we are so proud to have such fabulous people train with us

Keep making it happen,

Coach Meagan

Having a presence and being active in our community is VERY important to us here at Get Fit NH. We know together we can make a big difference and that is why we choose to host a charity training each quarter. We are lucky enough to train some fine individuals who work hard for these non-profit organizations and Fellowship Housing Opportunities has an advocate right here at this gym! 

She asked us if we would be willing to host a charity training on their behalf and we were more than happy to make a difference for this amazing organization. 

We are going to shake up this charity training, though! We usually host these trainings in the morning on a Saturday, but this time, given the nature of this organization, we decided to do a sunset training and call it "Get Fit NH Helping Concord Get Out of the Darkness"

Mark your calendars for Saturday, August 3, 2019 at 8PM! This will (weather permitting) be an OUTDOOR training! Friends and Family are welcome and we would ask for a donation of $10.

Here is some more information about Fellowship Housing Opportunities for the advocate herself!

Fellowship Housing Opportunities Inc., founded in 1966, is a private nonprofit organization located in
downtown Concord, NH. We are dedicated to promoting recovery from mental illness as a provider of high quality, affordable housing and client-centered behavioral services. Our mission is to “Provide decent, safe, affordable housing with support to members of our community who live with a mental illness. We envision a community in which people with mental illness are able to manage daily lives, be good neighbors, access resources, and find acceptance”.

Fellowship Housing Opportunities owns and maintains and manages seven multi-family properties in Concord, NH all within walking distance of downtown. These seven properties allow us to provide needed housing for over 60 individuals. Three of our independent apartment properties are subsidized by the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) which allows our tenants to receive government assistance in paying their rent. Our tenants receive on average about $900 a month for their disability payments. Very difficult to live in Concord on $900 a month.

Tenants in these apartments only pay 30% of their income for rent. Our three remaining independent properties are unsubsidized but housing vouchers (Section 8) are accepted and rents are below fair market value. Our seventh property is a 24-hour staffed, licensed community residence that is also subsidized by HUD. This residence houses twelve individuals who require 24-hour assistance in caring for themselves and managing their medications. Residents in this home are learning how to care for themselves and their home, how to shop for needed supplies and how to interact appropriately in public in the hopes that they will someday be able to move into one of our independent apartments where they can live with or without assistance from our staff.

Your donation to Fellowship Housing Opportunities will help us continue to provide affordable housing options to people in need in Concord and beyond. Our goal is to expand our reach in the next few years by purchasing additional properties so we will be able to help even more people.

We are so excited to bring Sarah Coulombe to Get Fit NH for a very personal and focused mobility class. Sarah is a Physical Therapist at our our favorite Chiropractic Office, Performance Health. She has helped many of our clients and Coach Adam battle some serious, chronic pain. I asked her to do a write up about the class she will be offering and her and Coach Adam took it one step further and included a video! This class will be held at Get Fit NH on Wednesday mornings from 7:30-8:30AM. Payment will be handled through Performance Health NOT Get Fit NH. So you can choose to call them and pay via credit card or write them a check directly! Here are the details from Sarah herself!

Body. Active. Mobility. B.A.M. Course

Do you wish you had more mobility and flexibility? Do you constantly feel stiff and immobile? Or do you feel very unsteady like you don’t have control over your own body? The purpose of this course is to increase body awareness through active mobility using body weight exercises and minimal equipment. Learn your joint limitations and how to best promote optimal movement and health of your joints. 

Come join Sarah Coulombe, a Physical Therapist from Performance Health as a guest instructor to bring you this unique 6-week body control class. The class is based on recent course work including Functional Range Control and Kinstretch. Due to her background as a Physical Therapist and Certified Functional Strength Coach, she can help you reach your goals!

A free introduction class will be taking place on July 24th from 7:30-8:30am at Get Fit NH. Each class builds on the previous.  If you would like to continue with the 6-week course, you will have the opportunity to register for the final 5 sessions on July 24th.  The classes will be held each Wednesday from 7:30-8:30am from July 31st - August 28th. Cost for the 6-week course is $130.  

It is my absolute pleasure to introduce Mae Lynn and her son Henry to you. Mae Lynn came to me a few months ago confessing her hopes and dreams to change the community of adults with Autism. Her passion and drive is truly inspiring and contagious, I just couldn't say no! I am going to let Mae Lynn share in her words the really exciting news...

My full time job for decades has been to make the best life I can for my son, Henry, 23. Because there is seemingly no place in the real world for those with autism once they leave school, his life is a lonely one, and I know he isn’t the only one. So I’ve been working hard to try to think of ways to include adults with autism in the community. I’ve discovered since Henry left the school system that there is a very big difference between being “in the community” and “included in the community.” Henry and I are out and about all the time. But there might as well be a giant bubble around us for all we are actually part of anything.

My dream is to eventually create a place where people like Henry can feel included. My gym, Get Fit NH, has always been that for me: a home away from home where people know me, look forward to seeing me, and genuinely care about me. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if Henry and others like him could have the same experience?

I believe that people with autism cannot be included if their fundamental differences are not understood and accounted for. I’m happy and proud to say that I became a Certified Autism Fitness Professional this past November. This means that I am qualified to develop and provide fitness programs that are appropriate and empowering for individuals on the autism spectrum. The Autism Fitness approach uniquely takes into account the physical, adaptive, and cognitive deficits present in ASD. 

Fitness and physical activity should be fun, accessible, effective, and not overwhelming. I have learned that there are concepts and activities that work enormously well for athletes with autism. I’m thrilled to announce that the first step to making my dream happen is in the works. On November 2 at 9am at Get Fit NH I will be presenting “Try This @ Home” - a workshop for parents and caregivers of individuals on the Autism Spectrum. This workshop will be an introduction to the unique ABA-based Autism Fitness approach. At this workshop, proactive parents and caregivers can learn how to set up an environment for their athlete to achieve success in physical fitness. Believe me, your athlete will surprise you! I have been working with Henry for a few months now and his swim coach and physical therapist both commented on how much stronger he is.

As if that isn’t exciting enough, in January 2020, Eric Chessen himself, founder of Autism Fitness, will present a weekend-long Autism Fitness Level 1 Certification right here at Get Fit NH. This training is for fitness professionals, physical therapists, educators, anyone who is currently bringing physical fitness to the autism population. Autism Fitness education provides adaptive programming solutions that will enable support professionals to deliver fitness programming to anyone with developmental deficits to create powerful daily living outcomes that last a lifetime. 

Join us! We are going to build a team of professionals first here at Get Fit NH and hopefully all over our state who “get” athletes with autism. The lives of those with autism and their families, as well as the community in general, will be better for it.

To register, click the links below.

Free Try This @ Home Workshop November 2, 2019 9am-12pm - Click here to register

Autism Fitness Level 1 Certification January 18-19, 2020 9:30am-5:30pm - Click here to register

Starting  Saturday, June 15, 2019 for 6 weeks Get Fit NH will be hosting an hour session all about golf and slow pitch softball to get players ready to hit the course and field this summer! 

What is the class all about?

This class will help in several key aspects regarding these two sports.  Firstly mobility and flexibility specific to these sports to help decrease risk of injury while playing.  Secondly working on rotational control and power, a.k.a hit the ball farther and have more control for both.  

What types of exercise will be we doing?

Mobility work along with power work using things like medicine balls, bands, and occasionally weights in order to compliment what you already do in training.  This will allow for a more focused time to work teaching power and safety during rotational exercises (i.e. swinging a club or a bat).

Will this put me over the top if I’m already training 4 days a week?

No, with this being a less intense and a more focused hour of training. It should not put you in a position to increase risk of injury.  

Is this only open to Get Fit NH clients?

No, however due to the nature of the class it is going to be capped at 20 participants so hurry and reserve your spot!

When? Where? And How much?

• 7am-8am every Saturday morning for 6 weeks beginning 6/15/2019
  • Due to recovery week this will exclude 7/6/2019
• At Get Fit NH
  • 287 South Main Street, Concord, NH
• $99 for the entire 6 weeks

If I have any questions who should I contact?

Coach Adam Gray

Adam@getfitnh.com

Where do I sign up to reserve my spot?

Right Here

 On Saturday, May 11, 2019 we will host a charity training to support our Rock n' Race Team, Get Fit NH & Beat Cancer. Proceeds from this event go to the Payson Center right here in Concord. To read extensively on where the money from the Rock n' Race goes check out this link.

We have all been impacted by cancer and this cause deserves our support. If you can't get out there and walk or run with us then come on down to our charity training on May 11th at 8AM. Your friends and family are more than welcome to join us. The cost for this event is $10 and we will put all funds toward our team. The Rock n' Race is Thursday, May 16th at 6PM. If you have not joined our team yet you can do so right here (Get Fit NH & Beat Cancer is our team name)

Mark your calendar for these events and the changes to our schedule! 

We will be CLOSED for training that night. We will be open for training in the morning on Thursday, May 16th. We will be OPEN Wednesday, May 15th for all EVENING trainings ONLY so that those who are unable to participate in the event do not miss a night of training 

Thank you for understanding and for your support. Let's make it happen,

Coach Meagan

We are going to be giving away one of those things on June 1st! Your chance to win is pretty easy. Talk to your friends, family, co-workers about Get Fit NH. Share our Facebook video on your page. If you refer someone to us in April or May and they sign up we will put your name into a drawing to win and when you win you will get to choose what you want us to buy you....pretty cool, huh?

It is April 4th, so we are a little late to posting this idea (it came to me in the middle of the night last night, always keep a notebook next to your bed!) so with that being said anyone who currently has friends or family in trial and have not signed up yet we will absolutely include your name in the drawing! 

But the prizes go even deeper than this! We will also put whoever you referred into a drawing and pick that name on June 1st as well. They will have an opportunity to win a new pair of training shoes or a $50 gift card to Under Armor. EVERYBODY WINS!

So if you have Facebook and you haven't liked our public Get Fit NH page then start there by clicking here and share our video! Start checking in so your friends can fully understand just why you are so awesome! I am super excited to buy you and your friends stuff!

Let the games begin,

Coach Meagan