Do you agree that body weight training is an essential foundation on which to build overall fitness?
It all depends on the assessment and the goals of the client. My typical client is usually deconditioned and/or has a list of conditions that I need to consider. My first goal is to get them to the point where they can control their own bodies, but that does not mean that we do body weight training (and I assume that most people do not consider it to be body weight training to teach somebody to get up from a chair unassisted).