The Get Fit NH Difference
What makes Get Fit NH different? There are a bunch of training facilities in the Concord area, so why us?
We get this question a lot and it is important to us that you know and understand how we are different. As a coach I am passionate about educating my students about fitness and health and to warn against potentially harmful exercise practice.
| “The Other Guys” | Get Fit NH |
| Specific pre-designated load – for example 100 push-ups or front squats with 135lbs. | Specific exercise for YOUR best load. |
| Little emphasis on form and quality. | Form first, load second. Work on mastery. |
| Path of least resistance – for example creating momentum to complete more reps. | Path of MOST resistance- make it heavy. Keep momentum out of it. Body control. |
| Minimum coaching standards. | Expert coaching – high level certifications and/or college degrees. |
| High Risk Exercise – for example olympic/power lifts for high repetitions and speed. | Focus on risk vs. reward benefit. Our primary goals are to help our students lose weight, build muscle, and feel good – not injure them so they are unable to train. |
| Highly competitive. | We are a personal development company disguised as fitness. Our goal is to make YOU the best YOU can be. |
| Injury is accepted as “part of training”. | Proactively work to screen for and prevent injury through our Functional Movement Screen (FMS) and Smart Group Training. |
Allow me to go a little deeper…
Olympic and power lifts are not meant to be done in sets of 30 or for time. They are highly skilled movement patterns and are meant to be explosive and powerful over short periods of time with plenty of rest. Subjecting your muscles to extremely high stress repetitively is not always appropriate, and can set you up for injury.
As I am sure many of you have noticed, we are form sticklers here at Get Fit NH. We take coaching very seriously and our entire staff hold several certifications. We are required to and also take pride in constantly continuing our education. Our number one rule is to keep you safe during your hour. If you get hurt that often means you will not be able to train and while you are not able to train you are not able to effectively work toward your goals. The Functional Movement Screen is our extra preventative measure to keep you safe and training hard.
Everything we do has a purpose! As one of our mentors Martin Rooney says, “We don’t do something for nothing.” There is a reason and functional translation behind everything we do. When programming your training we take into consideration what is called risk versus reward benefit. Is the risk of injury greater than the intended benefit of the exercise? That is yet another preventative measure we consider to keep you safe and training hard.
At Get Fit NH we do appreciate competitive nature, but we are more concerned with your competition within yourself. We want you to be the best you can be, not necessarily try and keep up with the person next to you and risk getting hurt and having poor form.
I sincerely hope you found this blog informative and helpful. If you have questions about how we are different we would be more than happy to go into more detail with you. It is important to us that you know and understand the training you have committed to.
Make it Happen,
Coach Meagan
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