Core Strength Training requires a great integration with lower body and upper body and possibly the best exercise for achieving this would be the CHIN UP! Many of the people we see when they first start training lack a considerable amount of upper body strength. And women find chin ups significantly more difficult than men. Funnily enough, this exercise is their most hated when they start, but becomes their favourite when they become good at it! Unfortunately, many people don't persist to learn good technique and build the strength to be able to lift your body which often leads to injuries and lack of ability, as many common movements such as lifting a box require strong upper body muscles. Just because pull-ups and chin-ups are hard, it doesn't mean women can't do them! In fact, you should be able to lift your own body with your arms. In nature, this sort of movement is very basic and in fact a matter of survival, in fact it mimics the skill of rock climbing!

Just because the weather is cold, miserable and wet doesn't mean you can't do a great workout right inside your own home. Actually most of the bodyweight exercises are the hardest to do and you can have lots of fun with the different combinations. Bodyweight exercise got its name because your own body provides all the resistance needed to help you get fit. You can address every muscle in your body with hundreds of exercises that can be performed in a small space and adapted for your fitness level. It’s a simple answer to the challenges of weather, time constraints, finances, or just plain boredom.

In this article, I am going to share with you a snapshot of one of my lessons from my Metabolic Typing Nutrition Program I teach each week. This would be the MOST IMPORTANT lesson I go through in my 6 lesson course and basically is something you never cease to do. Like anything the more often you practice, the better you get. Or should I say, the better you get at listening to your body’s needs and therefor better equipped to make the right choices. All too often people say to me “just give me a plan to lose weight and I will follow it”. This is impossible for anyone to know exactly what foods YOU are going to need each and every day, as we all so completely different. You can give you a basic plan to work from but the real art of getting the results you are looking come from having a great understanding of your body's needs in with vitamins and minerals needed to sustain life.