Join Up-Lifters!
Looking to learn how to increase your immunity and improve your overall health?
Interested in learning more about holistic living from an Eastern perspective?
Seeking strength and mobility from the comfort of home, while connecting to like-minded individuals who share common wellness goals?
Searching for a space where you can advance your current fitness ability and relieve stress in a comprehensive online platform that constantly over-delivers with YOU in mind?
Interested in learning more about holistic living from an Eastern perspective?
Seeking strength and mobility from the comfort of home, while connecting to like-minded individuals who share common wellness goals?
Searching for a space where you can advance your current fitness ability and relieve stress in a comprehensive online platform that constantly over-delivers with YOU in mind?
Welcome to Up-Lifters......created by Matthew & Kristen Smith, husband and wife entrepreneurs who are combining their passions and missions to provide you with the tools and accountability you need to achieve wellness with holistic nutrition and lifestyle, Strength Smith Training Systems and ModiYoga! Up-Lifters is a private online network where you can connect and learn with like-minded community members who share a similar goal: a healthy lifestyle and routine. |
Meet KristenKristen Kennedy Smith is the founder and CEO of Affirmations & Innovations LLC. Kristen holds a M. Ed. in Instructional Design & Technology and is completing her M.S. in Maharishi Ayurveda. She combines her online education skills with her wellness expertise in yoga, Ayurveda and Reiki to provide her clients with high-end digital wellness programs and services.
Kristen is the founder and creator of the ModiYoga style of yoga and yoga education, developing a system of modifications and adaptations to demolish the harmful stereotypes associated with yoga and to help clients break down the limitations that performative culture and perfectionism have on their yoga practice. She developed an interactive, self-paced, comprehensive certification program where aspiring yoga instructors learn how to hold space for and instruct clients with ModiYoga. Kristen created the ModiYoga Virtual Yoga Studio to provide an online space for everyBODY to release stress, improve their mobility, and to enhance their relationship with their mind and body on the yoga mat. The ModiYoga Virtual Studio is a live studio that uses an easy to navigate platform to access live ModiYoga classes at convenient times for all time zones in North America. All of the instructors within the ModiYoga Virtual Yoga Studio are ModiYoga Certified Instructors and modified, adaptive practice is the norm, not the "other option". In addition to managing and training instructors for the studio, Kristen is an Ayurvedic Wellness Coach, completing her M.S. in Maharishi Ayurveda at the Maharishi International University online. This deep-dive into the sister science of yoga provides Kristen with authentic insight into Yogic Wisdom and tradition, maintaining the wholesome nature of Yoga while developing a modern approach to meet the needs of today's practitioners. Kristen offers Up-Lifters tips and tricks to recover from their daily exercise while relieving stress, as well as full access to the ModiYoga Virtual Yoga Studio with 11+ live classes every week. |
Meet MattDr. Matthew Sabey Smith is the founder and CEO of Strength Smith Training Systems LLC and holds a Doctorate of Acupuncture and Chinese Medicine. As an athlete, Matt achieved a world record in the Drug Tested division of the International Powerlifting League, which he accomplished using the knowledge and expertise which he provides in the Up-Lifters membership.
Dr. Matt got his start as a varsity sprinter on the track team in high school and eventually transitioned to training and competing at the national level in the sport of Olympic Weightlifting and international level in Powerlifting. Today he continues to be a powerlifting competitor and maintains multiple records in the state of Arizona as well as a world record in the squat. Matt’s inspiration came at a very young age learning and training with his bodybuilding father “Rocky” Smith (Former Mr. New England Champion). Using the lessons he gained from his father, Matt began his own research and coaching during his time at Stonehill College (North Easton, MA), which is when he discovered the worlds of Olympic Weightlifting and Powerlifting. Since then Matt has taught several college and master level courses has trained clients in fitness and health across the spectrum including national level strength athletes and collegiate competitors. Along with running Strength Smith Training Systems LLC as an exercise, health and life coach, Matt is also a Doctor of Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine for Mountainsmith Acupuncture & Herbal Medicine LLC. Matt’s goal is to integrate the modalities of holistic Traditional Chinese Medicine and combine their methods with strength and conditioning in order to help modern athletes achieve their optimal performance through education, mindset and science based training approaches. Through Strength Smith Training Systems LLC, alongside his wife, Matt plans to carry on the family strength legacy in memory of his father who created a foundation for it all to become possible. By educating athletes and coaches of differing ages and backgrounds, Matt intends to cultivate an environment where all people are considered athletes, regardless of where their starting point may be. He believes training is a lifestyle, not simply limited to what is done in the weight room or in the sports arena. |
Our Story
Kristen & Matt both attended Stonehill College in Massachusetts, where they connected with their common interest in wellness and fitness.
The couple advanced quickly in strength training, most recently Powerlifting, where they both hold Arizona state records in their classes, and Matt achieved the World Record for Back Squat.
Prior to Powerlifting, both Matt and Kristen practiced consistent workout regimens which included everything from interval training, short and long distance running, Crossfit, cross-training, Strongman workouts, and competitive Olympic Weightlifting.
The pair have a strong motivation and will to better themselves and those around them, which started early on at Stonehill College with their contributions leading college level classes on the topics of inclusion and fitness as undergraduate students. Kristen and Matt both continued on to teach elementary education, where they developed their coaching and instruction abilities with compassionate hearts.
As Matt went along his path to achieve personal training, strength training, and coaching certifications, as well as his Doctoral Degree in Chinese Medicine & Acupuncture, designing the Strength Smith Training Systems, he encouraged Kristen to pursue her passion of yoga further to become a certified instructor while she worked to achieve her Master's Degree in Instructional Design & Technology.
When Kristen observed the intimidating, performative nature of most yoga studios, she was inspired to take things a step further and create a safe space to learn and practice yoga, the ModiYoga Virtual Studio.
Matt and Kristen have a shared mission to support the health and wellbeing of those who seek to better themselves with consistent fitness and yoga routines in a motivating community of like-minded individuals.
From this shared mission and vision, Up-Lifters was born.
The couple advanced quickly in strength training, most recently Powerlifting, where they both hold Arizona state records in their classes, and Matt achieved the World Record for Back Squat.
Prior to Powerlifting, both Matt and Kristen practiced consistent workout regimens which included everything from interval training, short and long distance running, Crossfit, cross-training, Strongman workouts, and competitive Olympic Weightlifting.
The pair have a strong motivation and will to better themselves and those around them, which started early on at Stonehill College with their contributions leading college level classes on the topics of inclusion and fitness as undergraduate students. Kristen and Matt both continued on to teach elementary education, where they developed their coaching and instruction abilities with compassionate hearts.
As Matt went along his path to achieve personal training, strength training, and coaching certifications, as well as his Doctoral Degree in Chinese Medicine & Acupuncture, designing the Strength Smith Training Systems, he encouraged Kristen to pursue her passion of yoga further to become a certified instructor while she worked to achieve her Master's Degree in Instructional Design & Technology.
When Kristen observed the intimidating, performative nature of most yoga studios, she was inspired to take things a step further and create a safe space to learn and practice yoga, the ModiYoga Virtual Studio.
Matt and Kristen have a shared mission to support the health and wellbeing of those who seek to better themselves with consistent fitness and yoga routines in a motivating community of like-minded individuals.
From this shared mission and vision, Up-Lifters was born.
What you will receive:
- Holistic nutrition and lifestyle workshops and webinars from an Ayurvedic and Traditional Chinese Medicine Philosophy
- A private "Up-Lifters" App and community with forums to meet community members
- Access to daily strength and conditioning programs, which can be done with or without equipment, designed by Matt, creator of Strength Smith Training Systems
- Pre-Recorded ModiYoga Classes
- Video Tips & Tutorials for EVERY exercise included in the daily workout program
- Modifications 101 Tutorials by Kristen for your ModiYoga practice to promote mobility and prevent injury
- With more to come as we grow...
We are offering our services and this valuable community for a one time sliding scale payment!
Why we want to make this accessible:
Our combined services, education and expertise hold extreme value. We are confident in our products and coaching abilities and know that our clients achieve optimal results when they commit and hold themselves accountable.
We do not do anything halfway, we are notorious for taking risks and doing things our way...and our way values you and supports you in a live, interactive environment which over-delivers for the monthly investment.
We are ready to dedicate our time and talents to help you achieve your wellness goals in this unique opportunity to learn from both of us at the same time. This does NOT happen often, as we are both highly passionate entrepreneurs with massive goals for ourselves and our clients.
The time is now to become an Up-Lifter, and we can't wait to see you there.
We do not do anything halfway, we are notorious for taking risks and doing things our way...and our way values you and supports you in a live, interactive environment which over-delivers for the monthly investment.
We are ready to dedicate our time and talents to help you achieve your wellness goals in this unique opportunity to learn from both of us at the same time. This does NOT happen often, as we are both highly passionate entrepreneurs with massive goals for ourselves and our clients.
The time is now to become an Up-Lifter, and we can't wait to see you there.