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Over this next coming week we'll be announcing some special offers regarding our programs 👀.

These programs were developed by the StrengthSolutions team and tested ourselves to see their effectiveness, ease of follow, and difficulty.

The most efficient and powerful programs we have created they are sure to change your life and how you view training.

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Meal preps are an excellent way to make sure that you stay on track with your diet over the course of time and here are some tips for making it a valuable tool for yourself and not something you dread.

1. Specify a day during your week that you plan on doing your meal prepping. Whether it's a weekend or just your day off cook and prepare all your foods and dishes on one day so that you aren't scrambling through out the week trying to prep for the next day.

2. Grab multiple sized containers for certain things like dips and dressings or containers that are separated so that you can place your foods and portion them properly.

3. Make sure, make sure, make triple sure that you prepare foods you enjoy. It's going to be detrimental to your progress if you prepare a week's worth of food and you hate every second of eating it. It might even be beneficial if you have the time to create maybe a couple different dishes so that you have some variety through out the week and you don't get tired of eating the same thing over and over again if you have that issue.

Finally!!! We want to let you know that our stamps programs are going to go on sale next week!! Usually priced at 149.99 they are going on sale for 25% for a short period of time. These programs are phased work out programs designed to be simple and easy to follow but will take your training and performance to the next level! let us know how to purchase them or go to ssempowered.com

Hi everybody! The holidays are coming up and we know this can be a stressful time for people in many ways, but there's a special kind of stress for those who are dieting around these times. If you've recently made a lot of progress or also just got on a diet and are finally making it into a daily habit we're here to talk to you about what to do and how to think of food.

Food is more than just what we put in our mouths and what we use to fuel our bodies. Food is so connected to humanity and rooted in our minds and history. Food encompasses family, culture, social experiences, self care etc.

Food brings people together, is part of our lifestyles and ethnic backgrounds, it's the center point of getting together with friends for a nice dinner, and it can even be comforting to us in times of stress. It can even bring back an old memory of when we were children or times we had spent with a loved one.

There are times where we should be strict with ourselves on our diets and there are times where we need to give ourselves some grace and enjoy the moment.

All in all, this holiday season don't stress. Enjoy your time with family, enjoy your time with those around you and enjoy the food, as it is a time to be happy. One or two days of being off your diet will be better for you in the long run as opposed to restricting yourself or avoiding get togethers in order to keep yourself on your diet 100%. This goes for any social interaction with food as well.

If you're having trouble keeping track of your food or keeping yourself accountable with foods that are high calorie and not nutrient dense, then you should find a way to set yourself up for success.

But the number 1 most simplest thing you can do is…... KEEP IT OUT OF THE KITCHEN. Keep it out of the pantry and keep it off the grocery list.

Food changes and our relationship with food is based off behaviors and habits we have created throughout our lives. To change this, it takes a fair amount of wrestling with your mentality. Would you rather be working for better habits and set your self up for success or against yourself and making it hard to succeed.

Instead of working against yourself and letting yourself fall into temptation, just keep it out. We are not saying you can’t have these items but set yourself up so that you have a barrier between you and theses foods. Create the distance to give yourself time to think and make better decisions.

You will be doing yourself a huge favor by keeping these items out of sight and out of mind until you can mange to use them in moderation. Don't restrict yourself, because that will result in even worse behavior, but the best thing you can do is just make it a little harder to get to these food items that set you off!

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Top tips to reduce stress and anxiety (the first one we think you can guess)

-Exercise: Exercise has been proven time and time again to be a great stress reducer. Some studies have shown that even as little as 10-30 minutes of moderate physical activity have been shown to boost mood, and energy. It can be going to the gym, going for a walk, quick mobility session, or just partaking in your favorite way to exercise.

-Engage in your hobbies: look life and stress are always going to be there. Put aside at the very least an hour of your day to engage in the thing that make you personally happy. The things that are close to your heart and mind. If it's playing video games, going for a bike ride, listening to music, art, reading a book, etc. Engaging and setting aside personal time is one of the best ways to reduce stress. (And not doing so is one of the best ways to increase feelings of stress, anxiety, and loss of control)

-Unplug: we love you all for engaging with our posts on social media and social media in general can be a fun escape from the world. But having a constant influx of information and sometimes constantly digesting media that sometimes has an affect on our self esteem, self image, and feelings of success isn't always the best. Unplug from social media for a while each day. Or perhaps even for a longer period of time. Resetting your life and mindset can have such a positive impact on your mental health and stability.

If you need more tips and tricks DM us and let's talk? We're always here for you.

What is one thing that we hear the fitness world say that actually stalls most people’s progress?

That you can’t over train.

This is especially true if you are natural and don’t eat a nutrient dense diet. Yes calories matter for muscle gain and weight loss, but when we are trying to build muscle it’s about how well we recover and adapt.

Let’s take a cut on your arm for example. Let's say it starts healing and then you cut it again before it’s ready. Well then you didn’t really heal and build tissue over the top. This happens when people keep on training and training and don’t allow the muscle to grow and adapt.

This is why for most people we recommend the least effective dose. What is this? It’s like when you are in small pain and take ibuprofen instead of OxyContin. It’s finding the perfect dose to grow muscle for you and adapt to be better next time. Your body and life is all about adaptations whether it’s muscle growth or a skill set you want to get better at.

If you are wondering what your least effective dose should be then reach out to us and we can coach you. We have STAMPS programs that can help you reach your goals.

Get STRONG!!!

The scale can lie to to you, the mirror can lie to you but what doesn’t lie to you is your strength. You are either are getting stronger or getting weaker .

Strength is one of the best measurements for success. If you are getting stronger you are building a better metabolism, and you are preventing a future injury. If we focus on strength and get stronger, then we will optimize our nutrition and get the nutrients you need into the body. This is because the body needs all the nutrients so it can to build muscle , bone and other human physical necessities.

So how do you get stronger?

It may not take as much as you think. This is all dependent on where you start. If you are not actively strength training it could be as easy as one to two days a week for 30 min. It’s all about least effective dose.

Please share like and comment. If you need help feel free to DM us

Do you live with pain? Is it part of your everyday life.

Many people walk into the gym and think let’s bring on the pain or they walk in and think this is hard because of their current pain. If you are one of those people then you need to reevaluate your fitness routine.

Fitness can be used to heal the body. Have you heard of physical therapy? Well that’s just strength training in it’s core. For the average person if you just use your fitness routine to assist in life, you will feel good and get the aesthetics you want. By fixing pain you will have better posture, less likely to be irritated and you will feel empowers. So next time you walk into the gym fix your pain and use fitness as practice and your everyday life like the game.