I get a lot of questions from women asking me if I want to lose weight and tone up how many days should I be training and should I be doing cardio? So I decided to sit down with Craig (my partner in business and in life), fondly known as Coach Sausage in our program. One night on a round table I called him sausage and the name has stuck with him ever since. ?Prior to meeting Craig I was stuck on the merry go round of restrictive diets and training two hours per day fasted. I was desperately trying to maintain a certain body weight and lower level of body fat. I fell head over heels with lifting as well as head over heels for Craig and I ended up competing in powerlifting for a few years. Now I just lift because I love it.When it comes to training context is important. I think the better questions to ask yourself would be:1️⃣ What is my goal?2️⃣ What is my current state of metabolic health. So when I talk about metabolic health markers I mean resting temps and pulses, sleep, digestion, mood, energy, sex drive and menstrual cycle or menopausal issues and,3️⃣ What do I enjoy doing? In this episode Craig talks about ? Why he programs the way he does for the women in our program? Why strength training is so beneficial for women, why its great for fat loss and how it can improve the resting metabolic rate? The three things you need to build muscle ? How many days per week should you be training (hint you can strength train 2,3,4,5 and 6 days - programming is important)? The different types of cardio and why and when they are appropriate? Can you do other exercises and play sport outside of lifting? Recovery and why it’s so important ? Weight/fat gain when moving to a pro-metabolic diet, when its appropriate, when its not appropriate and how we minimise weight/fat gain with women in our programLINKS7 Day Eat More, Train Less & Get Results Challenge: https://www.nustrength.com.au/7D-challenge-V1Follow Kitty Blomfield on Instagram @kittyblomfieldFollow Craig McDondald on Instagram @iamcraigmcdonald