Q: Do I need a blender for Full Strength?

You don’t have to use a blender, but if you want to experience Full Strength in all its glory, I highly recommend you use a blender.

When Full Strength is properly blended, it has a thickness and a smooth, creamy milk shake like texture that’s distinctively its own. It’s part of what gives you that satisfied "I’m full" feeling.

From an "on the go" standpoint, any good shaker cup mixes Full Strength really well to make a delicious shake. My personal favorite is the Blender Ball. To get your complimentary Full Strength Blender Bottle free of charge, join the Inner Circle.

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Q: I like a thick shake. How do I blend a thicker shake?

Instead of a full 16 ounces of ice cold water, try using a little less. 14-15 ounces will make a significant difference, but you can even use as little as 12 ounces. I also like to use more ice cubes—6 to 7—to thicken up my shake. But the key is to experiment with your shakes until you find the thickness that’s just right for you.

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Q: Can I mix fruit with Full Strength?

Yes, you can mix fruit with Full Strength. But I want to make something perfectly clear…

I’ve been drinking nutritional shakes for over 15 years, and I can honestly say that I’ve NEVER had the desire to add fruit or other ingredients to my Full Strength shake. I love Full Strength in its purest form…cold, smooth and delicious.

So here’s my request for you. Try Full Strength on its own, with just cold water and ice, for the first week. Then decide if you want to add a banana to the chocolate or some berries to your vanilla Full Strength shake. You may find (as many others do) that an extra dose of fruit isn’t needed.

Two things to keep in mind: First, adding fruit increases the caloric value of your shakes. Secondly, the natural sugars in fruit will impact the body’s glycemic response. Of course, there’s nothing necessarily wrong with this. But you need to be aware of what you’re putting in your body.

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Q: How many Full Strength shakes should I drink a day?

I recommend 2 Full Strength shakes a day. Personally, I prefer to drink one shake in between breakfast and lunch around 10 am and one in between lunch and dinner around 4 pm. Eating smaller, more frequent meals keeps my energy levels more consistent and I gain 3 to 4 hours of freedom with each meal, which makes me more productive and less prone to going into any meal looking for a truck-load of food.

But if you’re one of the many who normally skip meals, Full Strength stands on its own as a meal. For example, instead of skipping breakfast and starting your day off with a nutritional deficit, drink a Full Strength shake. You’d be surprised how much clearer, stronger and more energized you’ll feel drinking a Full Strength shake instead of missing meals, loading up on junk food, snacks or drinking multiple cups of coffee.

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Q: Are you going to make Full Strength with strawberry, raspberry, tangerine fruit and knuckle berry flavors?

This is one of the questions I hear most. "Oh, so you’ve only got chocolate and vanilla?" Yes, that’s what I offer. And here’s why…

Rather than fracturing my focus and attention on creating a suite of flavors, I poured hours of research and development into the performance of the shake. This, combined with countless taste tests, enabled me to concentrate on making what many consider to be the best tasting and best performing chocolate and vanilla shakes in the world.

Many shake companies like to use what I call the flavor confusion principle. They market 55 different flavors to you. So you try 12 of them and find that none really, truly leave you with a feeling of fullness and satisfaction. Next thing you know you’ve got 12 containers of unused shakes in the back of your food pantry, destined for the trash-can.

Full Strength not only delivers immediate feedback with its incredibly delicious taste, but it also energizes you, enhances your focus, and helps you feel clearer and stronger within 15 to 20 minutes of drinking a shake—as well as 3 hours later. It delivers a lasting experience, along with a great taste, so you don’t need dozens of flavors to try to cover up the short-comings of lesser ingredients or formulas that other shakes suffer from.

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Q: I’m not strength training regularly right now, is there too much protein for me in Full Strength

Some people still view protein with the old mindset of "it’s only a muscle-building nutrient". Nothing could be further from the truth. More and more research every day is being released on the weight-loss enhancing factors of protein, as well as its essential requirement for the body’s healthy function, from brain chemistry to your immune system.

Protein is the single most important nutrient for the body. It’s a life-enhancing and life-building compound. Regardless if you’re strength training or not the 40 grams of protein included in a serving of Full Strength properly serves the cellular needs of the body and supports health, cognition and strength.

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Q: Do I need to continue to take my multivitamin?

Full Strength features high-quality vitamins, easily absorbable minerals, and a bevy of antioxidants in a rich, tasty delivery form. So you don’t really need to take any other vitamins with what is already provided in Full Strength. That said, continuing on with your multivitamin shouldn’t cause any problems.

Check out the nutrition facts box here.

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Q: Why is it when I drink Full Strength, all my cravings for junk food go away?

This is an interesting phenomena and an important part of the Full Strength experience. I know when I drink Full Strength, literally 5 minutes later, I’ll be totally free from any sort of craving.

Here’s what’s happening… most cravings start from nutrient deficiencies. Your body needs vital nutrients but your brain tells you that you need much more--like a double-double with cheese. This results in a craving. Cravings are actually a brain chemistry addiction where you satisfy hunger by feeding yourself with things that are quick, convenient and taste good…but not necessarily good for you.

The problem is, filling yourself up on sweet or fatty foods that don’t deliver what your body really needs leaves you craving more and more. Why? Because even though you’ve consumed 1200 empty-calories of junk, your body still needs those vital nutrients.

So when you feed your body with quality nutrition, you eliminate cravings. And that’s exactly what Full Strength does. It nourishes your body and mind so thoroughly, cravings are virtually non-existent.

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Q: Why does Full Strength have a Nutrition Facts Panel instead of Supplement Facts Panel?

There is a big difference between a Nutrition Facts Panel and a Supplement Facts Panel. A Nutrition Facts Panel is only for food products, while a Supplement Facts Panel is strictly for a supplement to food—not an actual food product. Since Full Strength is a food, it’s labeled as such. It meets the requirements of a whole food, not just a supplement to the foods you eat.

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Q: Is 300 Calories too much for me?

For most men, the portion controlled 300 calories in a Full Strength shake is the perfectly balanced meal that makes 5 to 6 meals-per-day simple, effortless and enjoyable.

When you eat 5 to 6 smaller, more nutritious meals-per-day (which you should be doing), your food is more easily absorbed and processed by your body than the traditional 3-square-meals-a-day plan. Smaller, more frequent meals deliver sustained energy and better metabolism for a leaner you.

Full Strength’s intelligent design also makes you less susceptible to habitual snacking and full-on eating binges that are destructive to your health. Instead of reaching for snacks, sodas, candies or other empty-calorie foods, you’ll enjoy a Full Strength shake that keeps you feeling full and satisfied for 3 hours or more.

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Q: What is the difference between Full Strength and other "protein" and meal replacement shakes?

The guiding intention in the early creation of nutrition shakes, almost two decades ago, was to deliver a full meal – an actual meal replacement. But over time, nutrition shakes seem to have fallen into two categories: one serving dieters and the other catering to only athletes and bodybuilders with protein-rich formulas.

Full Strength is the world’s first fast performance food. It was designed to deliver a level of nourishment, satisfaction and pleasure that no other shake has ever produced. Designed with Performance Balance™ Technology, it integrates low-glycemic carbohydrates, heart healthy rolled oats, the highest quality proteins, probiotics, antioxidants, vitamins, and mineral—all into a delicious, smooth shake. Click here to find out more.

If you really want to experience the difference between Full Strength and other "protein" or meal replacement shakes, try each for yourself. Pay attention to how they taste, how you feel, your energy levels, and your mental focus. Then take another assessment after 15 minutes, then an hour, two hours and finally after 3 hours. Click here to send me an e-mail with your review of Full Strength.

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Q: Can women drink Full Strength?

While Full Strength is built for a man’s health system, it’s perfectly suitable for women as well. It doesn’t have any ingredients that undermine a woman’s femininity and it won’t give you hair where it’s not wanted. In fact, women love the shake almost as much as men do. Many women are using only two-thirds of a packet of Full Strength. From a calorie standpoint most women don’t need a full packet of Full Strength.

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Q: When are you coming out with a "ready-to-drink" version?

Not anytime soon. To be honest, I’m very adamant about not creating a ready-to-drink. Here’s why…

Most companies have become trapped in the convenience paradigm. Don’t get me wrong—I know the importance of convenience—but too few of these companies are ignoring the consequences of their choices in the name of convenience.

Just think about the additives and preservatives that must go into a ready-to-drink nutritional shake so it can safely sit on a shelf at room temperature for 2 years or more. In contrast, if you leave a Full Strength sitting around for a couple days in a glass after mixing it, you get the vivid understanding there’s actual whole food in Full Strength.

I’m creating high-level quality nutrition that fuels your body and mind. If someone is too busy to commit 60 to 90 seconds to use a blender or a shaker cup, then Full Strength is clearly not for them.

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Q: Why can’t I buy Full Strength at my local nutrition store?

Full Strength is a premium product that’s hand-built in small batches and intended for an elite audience. It’s not a mass-produced or mass-distributed product.

Furthermore, I want to be in direct relationship with the people who most appreciate this quality and authentically value excellence in their lives. This relationship is important to the future of what I want to do.

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