1. Client Screening & Fitness Assessment

2. Client Screening & Fitness Assessment
Aim:
To provide Trainee Personal Trainers with the skills necessary to conduct detailed screening procedures and suitable and appropriate fitness assessments in a one to one setting.

3. Session 1 Client Screening
Learning Outcomes: At the end of this session you should be able to: 1. Design an in-depth health/lifestyle screening form and an exercise history and attitude questionnaire 2. Identify contraindications to participation in fitness assessment and exercise programmes

4. Session 1 Client Screening
Conduct the initial meeting with a potential client in a professional and sensitive manner
Gain the information needed from the client to analyse their needs, set goals and design an effective enjoyable programme

5. WHY SCREEN? Identify clients who need special attention
2. Identify clients who should exercise in a special way
3. Identify clients who should not be exercising at all
Helps Trainer gain knowledge of physical ability of clients
Enhances credibility of Trainer as professional
Can help protect Trainer -legal problems
7. Helps to open lines of communication between GP and Trainer

6. Stages of Screening Stage 1: Screening Form: Health history
Health behaviours
Risk factors
Informed consent
Stage 2: Physical measures: Resting heart rate
Resting blood pressure
Height
Weight
Cholesterol (If possible)

7. Stages of Screening
Stage 3: Exercise History & Attitude Questionnaire Stage 4: Fitness Testing: Selection of tests based on data gained in stages 1-3

8. Two Forms
1. Screening Form 2. Exercise History and Attitude Questionnaire

9. Stage 1 Screening Form Areas to Cover Personal Details Name & Address
Contact numbers/e mail
Contact Person
Age

10. Stage 1 Screening Form 2. Health History Medical Conditions Present
Heart conditions
Stroke
High Blood pressure
Diabetes
Asthma
High cholesterol
Epilepsy
Obesity
Medications

11. Stage 1 Screening Form 3. Health Behaviours
Family history of early death from heart conditions or other
3. Health Behaviours
Smoking
Exercise/physical activity habits
Stress
Alcohol intake

12. Stage 1 Screening Form 4. Risk factors 5. Informed Consent
Identified from the health history and health behaviours section
Refer to ACSM Guidelines 2000 for guidelines on referral to a doctor
5. Informed Consent
Obligation to inform client of the discomforts and possible dangers of exercise

13. Stage 2 Physical Measures
A. Resting heart rate
B. Resting blood pressure
C. Height
D. Weight
E. Cholesterol (if possible)

14. Stage 3 Exercise History & Attitude Questionnaire
Completed in addition to the screening form to gain detailed information on the client’s
Present/past exercise, sport or physical activity habits
Attitude to exercise
Goals, reasons for using a PT

15. Uses of the Questionnaire
The information gained from the Ex. History & Attitude questionnaire can be used for:
It helps to identify client goals
Identifies likes and dislikes in exercise and physical activity and sports
Provides information useful for future programming
Aids in the selection of suitable fitness tests

16. Uses of the Questionnaire
Avoidance of repetition of negative experiences
It highlights exercise/programme adherence problems
Time they have available for exercise and convenient times

17. Questionnaire Design
Think about and write down what information you need to have from your client
How to get this information?
Types of questions
Open Vs Closed
Rank Order

18. Question Wording Be concise and unambiguous Avoid double questions
Avoid questions involving negatives
Ask for precise answers
Avoid leading questions

19. Interviewing Tips Initial Meeting
Outline and explanation of meeting
Appearance
Put client at ease
Manner
Confidence

20. Interviewing Tips Interview
Questions clear and concise
Relevance
Tone
Ability to rephrase
Eye Contact
Allow client to finish
Expressive
Subtle recording

21. A final but Important Point
Personal Training is a service
As such it is intangible i.e. It cannot be examined, held, tested etc prior to purchase
Therefore it is a high risk purchase

22. A final but Important Point
The potential client has 2 ways to judge the quality of the service prior to purchase
A referral from a trusted friend
They judge the intangible service by the quality of the tangible materials associated with the service

23. A final but Important Point
At the initial meeting these materials include:
The trainers dress and manner
The quality of the materials
Brochures
Screening forms
Ex. History & Attitude questionnaires etc
Ensure your Tangible materials portray a positive image!

24. Task Pair up with a person you don’t know
One take on the role of the PT and the other the client
Conduct the interview using the sample form provided
On completion of the interview take 5 mins to collate your data and….

25. Task cont’d
Give your analysis of the ‘clients’ current health/fitness levels
State which fitness assessments you would conduct &why
Give a brief outline of the direction you think the programme should take
Ask your ‘client’ for their opinion on your analysis and programme