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Sometimes You Just Gotta!

It’s not often here at Get Fit NH that we toot our own horn. Coach Dean is humble about his accomplishments and what we have built here, because we both know without you it wouldn’t happen. But we also know but there are times when bringing attention to oneself is not negative but a positive.

Because along with our world class and award winning gyms we offer so much more, when you choose to take advantage of it.

I am positive you will find one thing on this list that you did not know Get Fit NH does to help you get better!

  • 44 different opportunities to train each week. (6 training times 4 days a week in Concord, 5 training times 4 days in Epsom) That is over 2112 in a year!
  • We spend as much time developing your training on a weekly basis as it actually takes to do it! This is not some mish mash of exercises designed to get you tired – it is purpose designed to get you better!
  • Daily emails on nutrition and motivation. Each client has this paid subscription to give quick snip-its of information you digest little chunks at a time.
  • Coach Availability…… Yes, you can email, text, or call your coach as needed. We respond as quickly as we can. If you don’t have your coach’s number- ask.
  • Body composition testing. This is a $40 value, every time you get it done. Get Fit NH doesn’t charge our clients additional fees to have this done every four weeks.
  • Functional Movement Screen. Our way of keeping you as injury free as possible while giving you the best tools to do ‘Prehab’ instead of ‘Rehab’. Personal trainers in NH are are charging $50 for this service while you get this one free as a clients.
  • Nutrition Coaching. The scale is our starting point with our weight, the body composition tells us our starting point with how much lean muscle versus fat we carry on our frames. Get Fit NH assists your nutrition practices  you by reviewing food logs. Your weight and body composition will not make huge changes without changing what we use as fuel.
  • Seminars and Workshops hosted by Get Fit NH range in topics from women’s health, menu planning, Food as Fuel 101, Foam Rolling, Self Defense, and kettlebell training.
  • Holiday “All Team” Training. Our next event is planned for Labor Day morning in Concord from 9-10:30. This event is a Fund Raiser for Cystic Fibrosis, which several of our clients have a very close connection with. World class training and Making A Difference? Win-Win!
  • Do you read your copy of the weekly newsletter? This is news and events specific to Get Fit NH. Knowing why we do what we do in order to help you do what you want to do is often a topic of discussion. But the newsletter is also filled with recipes, inspiring stories to keep you motivated, and health and nutrition tips.
  • Sawabona. Your coach sees you. We are concerned with not only the outside, but the inside. True health is a reflection of the sum of all your life. The daily stresses and challenges. The successes and victories. The kids, the husband, the job. All these things make a difference to you, so they make a difference to us.
  • Mini challenges and contests. 30 Challenges in 30 Days is coming to a close. Do you remember Sizzlin Summer Slimdown? Or the 100 Day pushup challenge? What about Cross Body Mountain Climbers and Get Ups for 30 Days?
  • Continual Education of our staff. Yes, we go back to school often. But the education is ongoing. Through books, online course, videos, and being part of a coaches group we look to be better each day. We wouldn’t ask you to do something we are not doing.
  • Promoting active lives outside of your training. Get Fit NH often has a team going to 5k’s or obstacle races around the state. But hiking, biking, skiing, swimming, sky diving are activities we want to prepare you to do for a very very very long time.
  • Have you remembered the national Ski Erg team? In November we once again will ski for world record rankings.
  • Surviving your first month, Being inducted into the Hall of Fame with a red shirt, seeing the blue of 2 Years Strong, knowing you have become better with 3 years of training, Forged for 4 years, or proudly wearing Get Fit NH’s 5 year shirt lets others know you are a part of something special.

You are a part of a team. A team with coaches dedicated to your health, a group of friends that often become like family who inspire and push you to be better, a community that recognizes the close knit team by the shirts you wear. I am proud to be part of this team. I am excited to Get Fit NH offers a wide range of opportunities for everyone.

Take advantage of it!

Be Better Each Day,

Coach Nancy

 

Don’t Pick The Scab

hYou ever hear that from mom when you were a kid?

“Stop picking at it Dean, it will never get better!”

It’s not only that it’s kinda gross, but my mom cared that whatever cut, slice or scrape I happened to have at that moment got better.

So what does that have to do with training?

Well actually it has everything to do with the next recovery week we have coming up in a couple weeks, the week of August 26th.

As we have explained before (Minimum Effective Dose, Recovery Is Where The Magic Happen, I Hate Recovery Weeks) it is not the training that gets you better, it is training + recovery that causes us to lose fat, build muscle and look and feel better.

And that’s where the scab analogy comes in.

Recovery = Healing.

Just like you wouldn’t keep picking at a scab and expect quick healing, you can’t keep training a tired body and expect it to get better either.

You must let it heal.

There are a lot of things that help our body heal better from training.

  • Post-training nutrition
  • Good nutrition in general (lean protein, lot’s of veggies and fresh water, less sugar)
  • Proper sleep (8 hours is a great target)
  • Massage, ART, Chiro when necessary
  • Other soft tissue work such as foam rolling and stretching
  • And other methods such as icing, contrast showers, etc.

Evidence and experience tells us that complete recovery weeks are a huge part of recovery, healing, and just plain getting better!

In fact the hardest part of most recovery weeks is between your ears. You will not “de-train”, get fat, lose muscle and turn into a couch potato in a week, so just stop picking the scab!

Recovery Week Schedule and Upcoming Dates to Remember

Recovery Week:  August 26th – September 1st.

Labor Day, September 2nd:  Working for the Cure for Cystic Fibrosis Fundraiser at Get Fit NH Concord

 

 

 

 

Performance Project Signup Is Here – Space Is Limited

winnerAs promised the signup for the “Performance Project” is here, but I need you to do me a big favor.

ONLY signup for this go around if you are 100% sure you can be there ready to rock. Our plan is to make this a regular event, and I assure you we will get you in on it. Please don’t signup and then not show, as that steals a spot one of your team could have taken.

I also promise you will not go into this blind, but have the opportunity to review the specific assessments and performance standards ahead of time.

Don’t wait until the last minute to sign, because we absolutely are cutting off at 40 of the Get Fit NH team.

Make It Happen!

Place: Get Fit NH Concord
Date: Saturday August 17th
Time: 8:00am to 10:00am
Agenda: Pure Awesomeness!

Pumped for the Performance Project

winnerWe have been working on this project for awhile, and we are ready to get the show on the road!

For those of you who are looking for a competitive outlet this is right up your alley. For those of you who want to better keep track of what you are achieving, this is for you too!

There are many different ways of measuring the results that we are getting with our training program. We do FMS screens, weight, measurements, body composition, we have done before and after pictures, and we have always done some variation of strength and performance testing protocol.

But we are also never are satisfied with the status quo, so we are cranking it up one more notch.

Boo-Yea!

On Saturday August 17th from 8:00am to 10:00am we will be introducing the Get Fit NH Performance Project. This is a variation on a protocol developed by my friends and fellow coaches Ryan Ketchum and Wil Fleming at Force Fitness in Bloomington Indiana.

The Performance Project consists of seven assessments that cover everything from absolute strength to metabolic and aerobic capacity.

The fun part is the scoring is scaled much in the way that the decathlon is, and is broken down by individual events and overall score. Not going to reveal too many details here, but you are going to have a blast.

One of the other key points is that you do not have to do all 7 events, and in some cases you won’t be allowed to. You must screen clear in the FMS to be able to do all seven, but that’s ok. Just like with any training we do we train the clear patterns hard and correct the others.

So mark down the date and clear your calendar. For this first run through we are going to cut it off at 40 athletes, so be looking for the sign up coming your way soon.

Are You Psyched or What?

The Get Fit NH Performance Project

Place: Get Fit NH Concord
Date: Saturday August 17th
Time: 8:00am to 10:00am
Agenda: Pure Awesomeness!

 

 

You Refer – Get Fit NH Rewards

Words can’t thank-you enough for trusting Get Fit NH enough to share us with your friends, family, co-workers and neighbors, which is why we have a Rewards Program!

There is no better way for us to share our passion for helping people move better, get healthier and look and feel great than when we have our amazing clients tell them for us, so thank-you very much.

Here’s our Referral Rewards partners for July (so far). Keep spreading the word!

(P.S. – That’s $500.00 in them there pictures that clients just like you have earned – just sayin’) 🙂

Get Your Feet Wet with the Merrimack River Trail Triathlon!

 

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Merrimack River Trail Triathlon

Compete as an individual or a team, families welcome!

4K Off Road Bike through cornfields

3K Run along the proposed Greenway Trail

3K Paddle on the Merrimack by canoe, kayak, SUP

 

 

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Merrimack River Trail Triathlon
Sunday, July 21st , 2013
10:00 Individual, 11:30 Team Start
6 Loudon Road, Concord (behind Buffalo Wild Wings)
$20 Individuals/ $10 per team member

Merrimack River

Every entry supports construction of the Merrimack River Greenway Trail, a paved off-street path following the Merrimack River and eventually linking NH’s North and South Rail trails for 114 continuous miles.

Help us make it a reality!

Register at http://www.mrgt.org/events or 8:30 Race Day

Questions? Contact Tom Walton 603-223-1537

Recovery Week 1st Notice – Minimum Effective Dose

calendarCan you believe summer is upon us? With that comes the second recovery week of 2013. Holey Moley this year is cooking by!

Now is a good time to evaluate where you are with your goals for the year. Half the year is over, which means you should be halfway to your personal, professional and health goals. Take some time to see where you are at and adjust as necessary.

Why Recover?

Over the years I have written extensively on the benefits of rest and recovery as it relates to your overall training and health. Please check out the following articles to remind yourself why you need to back off at times:

Recovery Is Where The Magic Happens

I Hate Recovery Weeks

Rest, Recover and Regenerate, It’s Not Optional

Minimum Effective Dose

I don’t know if Coach John is the one who coined the phrase Minimum Effective Dose (MED) as it relates to training, however I was reminded of it as I read is latest book, “Intervention”.

You see training is not about how hard you can thrash yourself in a given “workout” or how many “workouts” you can do in a month. It’s about getting the training effect you want, in the minimum amount of time.

Why?

Because the less time you are in the gym, the more time your body has to recover. You see you don’t get results from just training, your results are based on how well you recover from your training.

Now that doesn’t mean you don’t train hard when you are in the gym – you should train to the maximum of your ability and according to your training plan. Going through the motions ain’t gonna cut it.

But unless you allow your system to recover, heal and grow, you are just spinning your wheels.

More is not always better!

You don’t need to do 2 a days to get results – train hard, recover, and repeat.

I guess it comes with the territory, but I have always found it strange that because I am a coach people think I “workout all the time”.

Are you nuts?

I am up most days before 4:00am, I have a family, and a business to run. Getting 4 days of training a week is tough enough, what gives y’all the idea I have time to burn all day in the gym? I want to get in, get done, and get out. Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE training, but it is not the only thing on my plate.

And it doesn’t need to be. In the past 8 weeks Nancy and I have trained exactly 32 times, approximately 1 hour sessions, 4 days – just like our Team Training schedule.

In conjunction with S3 we can both say we are in our best physical condition in a long time, if not ever. And we are nothing special, believe me. If we can do it, so can you.

Train hard. Eat right (you KNOW what that means, don’t make it harder than it needs to be) and get some R&R.

Don’t argue, just Make It Happen!

Recovery Week Schedule and Upcoming Dates to Remember

Recovery Week:  June 23 to June 30. Training resumes Monday July 1st.

4th of July:  Exercise Your Independence: All Team Training and Brunch. 8:00am Thursday July 4th at Get Fit NH Concord

Schedule Change: The week of July 8th we will be training Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday due to a training conference. Please make note!

 

 

 

 

2013 Summer Athlete Academy Starts June 21st

We are only 6 weeks away from starting our 8-Week summer Strength and Conditioning Academy for Transformation Athletes (14+).

The goal of this training program, like all we do at AR, is to give each athlete who walks through our doors the tools to do one thing – Get Better.

Sounds like a no brainer?

Maybe not.

Almost anyone can train a teenage athlete to get stronger, but that is only a small part of the picture.

  • How does that new found strength translate to the court, the field, the water, or the track?
  • Is the athlete remaining flexible and injury free?
  • What about agility, coordination, reflexes and reaction?
  • Leadership, focus and teamwork?

There is no magic here. No tricks to jumping higher and running faster. As an athlete you must walk in the doors with focus, determination and the willingness to work hard and then some.

The Athletic Revolution Summer Academy will by coached by Level 1 Youth Fitness Coach Erin Constantin and Level 2 YFS Coach Dean Carlson. (Click Here for Bios)

AR Athlete Academy is a 3 day a week program, Monday, Wednesday and Friday, from 10:00 to 11:15am.

Enrollment is limited, so please don’t delay getting your registration to us immediately. Once we receive your registration we will give you a call so we can schedule an initial athlete assessment and answer any questions.

Athletic Revolution Athlete Academy (14+)

Orientation & Assessment: June 21st
Dates: Full Training runs from Monday June 24th through Friday August 16th (8 weeks)
Days: Monday, Wednesday, Friday
Time: 10:00am – 11:15am
Place: Athletic Revolution Concord
Academy Investment: $299/8 Weeks

Please fill out the registration form below to hold your spot, and we will contact you shortly to complete the registration process – Thanks! If you would like more information, please contact us here.

(Please note that clinics and academies are not eligible for the 2 week trial, however your champion can still experience our core offerings for 2 weeks free after attending a clinic/academy)

Monday Motivation: Express Yourself

Get Fit NH is all about training, but we train so we can do other activities. I love to be challenged. My first 5k was with friends early on a Thanksgiving morning. I was scared but I felt such accomplishment at the finish line. Whether this is your first race, first adventure race, first off road race, first time with a kettle bell, have fun. We look forward to the pictures you send us after hitting that finish line.

So don’t hold all that new found energy inside – Get involved in some fun stuff and Express Yourself!

Rock and Race Is This Thursday: Pick Up and Meeting Details

We will be picking up your shirts and bibs on Wednesday and getting them sorted for you. They will be available to pick up starting Thursday morning.

We will be meeting at our traditional spot at the Clock Tower near Eagle Square at 5:30pm Thursday to hand out the rest of the shirts and bibs and get a team photo.

If you are unable to race this year but can still make a donation to the Payson Center for Cancer Care, please click here

 

Kettlebells: Basics to Mastery

Important: To enroll click on the link below. If you are current or former client, please use your username and login. If you don’t know it, you can recover it on the enrollment page. Please do not create an account unless you have never trained with us before.

Click Here to Sign Up for Kettlebells: Basic to Mastery

 

May 18, 2013 Hike for Mike

This is a walk at Jessica and Mike Bate’s house in Chichester starting at 11am.  Jessica is a crazy 5am client in Epsom and it is her husband Mike that we are walking for.  You can find more about the walk or make a donation at Cystic Fibrosis Hike For Mike

 

Color Vibe 5K

  • Date: Saturday, May 25, 2013
  • Place: New Hampshire Motor Speedway
  • Time: 9 am
  • Cost: $49.75

Join Team “Get Fit NH” Here!

 

4th Annual Leap 5K Road Race and Walk

  • Date: Saturday, June 8th
  • Place: Trinity Baptist Church Concord NH
  • Time: 9am
  • Cost: $20 adults  $10 ages 15 and under

Register for this race benefiting the Leap Preschool Program by clicking here

 

 Race to cure Cystic Fibrosis

This is a 5k /15k run or walk around beautiful Bow Lake.

  • Date: Saturday, June 15, 2013
  • Place: Start line Grange Hall (Water St & Province Rd Intersection)
  • Time: 9 am walkers 10 racers
  • Cost: $25

Amy from Chichester Massage will be at the event and we all know what that means. (Chair massages). To register or find out more about the event go to Bow Lake Dam 5k/15k

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