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Strength Embodied

We help create a space where
power is shared between trainer and client.

Congratulations to those who have been selected and will begin the program September 3, 2025.

Welcome to the Strength Embodied  

Our Approach:

Our program is called Strength Embodied. It is unique in that it places the knowledge of weight lifting in the participants’ hands, which departs from the traditional paradigm of a participant working indefinitely with a coach.

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Our Mission:    

Our mission is to work with low-income survivors of gender-based violence to teach them strength training fundamentals they can use as a form of self-care, health, and community.

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History:    

This organization was born from a powerful experience my colleagues and I had in the fall of 2019. We partnered with a well-respected organization, Sanctuary for Families (Survivor Leader Division) to provide strength training fundamentals to a group of survivors of domestic violence. The goal was to help these individuals on their journey toward regaining self-sufficiency and autonomy in their lives. Over a period of 6 weeks, participants met twice weekly with a trauma-informed strength trainer and journaled their experiences throughout. 

 

This proved to be a powerful experience for clients and trainers alike. Blog post of original pilot and community.

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The first step is to match a qualified Trauma-Sensitive fitness professional with a client. Once paired, the client will engage in a program with the following parameters:

  • 9 weeks

  • 2- 60 minute sessions per week

  • Initial assessment to measure progress of intervention

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Throughout the program, participants will learn how to:

  • Learn the fundaments: 8 basic movement patterns

  • Personalize mobility work/movement prep

  • Assess one's own progress

  • Evaluate each movement to ensure appropriate weight is used

  • Claim space and share space in gym environment
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Upon graduation of the program, each participant will receive: 

  • Logbook

  • Journal

  • 1-year free membership to the local rec center for graduates

  • Peer support

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  • Pre/post survey

  • ParQ

  • Time of day and location options

  • Just like taking a course: notes, doing, and reviewing

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  • Health benefits

  • More tools the better

  • Community

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  • Anyone who is in a safe space and has their basic needs met

  • Those who wish to get involved on the ground floor in a new and evolving project

  • Anyone who wishes to give feedback to help shape the program

  • Those able to obtain doctor permission (if ParQ determines)

  • Those who have a support system in place

  • Those who are open to strength training

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What Else Should You Know?

  • You must be able to commit

  • Minimum of 24 hours' notice is required to cancel or reschedule with trainer

  • You must contact trainer if you need to cancel or reschedule or are running late

  • The trainer might have their own lateness policy

  • 2 cancellations are allowed without rescheduling for both trainer and client

  • The trainer will try to reschedule but understand they may not have the flexibility twice without rescheduling

  • More than 2 cancellations may result in forfeit of continuing the program (each individual situation will be reviewed by trainer and a M.I.N.E. representative)

  • No showing (standing the trainer up) is not allowed

Next Steps:

What to do if you are interested?

  If you would like to be notified for the next Strength Embodied class, pleas contact us. We would love to have you be a part of our community. Please register on our Join us page and join our email list. 

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