CLIENT ASSESSMENT

MATRIX
Name: Carl

FITT Principles What frequency
do you suggest?
What intensity do
you suggest?
What time do you
suggest?
What type of
activity do you
suggest?
Cardiovascular
Activity
3-5 days per week Vigorous to
Moderate
Intensity
30-50 minutes per
session for a
minimum total of
150 minutes per
week
Running,
swimming or
cycling
Muscular strength
and endurance
At least 2 days a
week
Moderate
Intensity
20 minutes Pushups, curls,
squats, dead lift,
sit ups, planks
Flexibility 1 day a week Moderate
Intensity
30 minutes Tai chi

PROS Principles Explain how you
will utilize the
principle of
progression for
each component
of fitness in your
exercise
prescription.
Explain how you
will utilize the
principle of
regularity for each
component of
fitness in your
exercise
prescription.
Explain how you
will utilize the
overload principle
for each
component of
fitness in your
exercise
prescription.
Explain how the
specificity
principle applies
to each
component of
fitness in your
exercise
prescription.
Cardiovascular
Activity
He can increase
his speed,
incorporate new
terrain
He will work out
approximately
every other day in
order to maintain
progress
He will strive to
push himself (but
not to the point of
pain) so that he
feels worn out by
the time he is
finished
These exercises
will help
increase his
endurance for
sports
Muscular strength
and endurance
He will increase
the amount of
weight that he is
using
He will work out
at least two
nonconsecutive
days per week,
making sure to
work all the major
muscle groups of
the body
He should work
with enough
weight that by the
time he is done he
cannot do another
rep
These exercises
will help build
his strength for
sports and add
some bulk/tone
to his muscles
Flexibility He can increase
the difficulty level
and learn new
moves
He will work on
his flexibility at
least once a week
via tai chi, and
stretch after
every workout
session to
maintain progress
He should allow
himself to stretch
his muscles as far
as he can without
causing pain (mild
discomfort is to be
expected)
This exercise will
help him to
move more
gracefully and
fluidly when
playing sports

CLIENT ASSESSMENT
MATRIX
Name: Sally

FITT Principles What frequency
do you suggest?
What intensity do
you suggest?
What time do you
suggest?
What type of
activity do you
suggest?
Cardiovascular
Activity
5-7 days a week Light to Moderate
Intensity
10 minutes twice
per day
60-150 minutes
per day to start
Brisk walking,
water aerobics
Muscular strength
and endurance
Starting at 1-2
days per week
Moderate
Intensity
15-30 minutes Weight
machines and
body weight
exercises(ensure
to work all
major muscle
groups): bridge,
sit ups, leg
raises, ect
Flexibility 1 day a week Moderate
Intensity
20 minutes Tai Chi

PROS Principles Explain how you
will utilize the
principle of
progression for
each component
of fitness in your
exercise
prescription.
Explain how you
will utilize the
principle of
regularity for each
component of
fitness in your
exercise
prescription.
Explain how you
will utilize the
overload principle
for each
component of
fitness in your
exercise
prescription.
Explain how the
specificity
principle applies
to each
component of
fitness in your
exercise
prescription.
Cardiovascular
Activity
She will increase
the amount of
time per week
that she works out
up to 150 minutes,
then work her way
up to 300 minutes
per week
She will work out
all but 2
nonconsecutive
days per week to
maintain progress
She will push
herself so she
reaches 70-80% of
her target heart
rate, unless she
experiences pain
or dizziness
The exercises
chosen promote
functional
cardio activity
(and involve
little to no
sweating)
Muscular strength
and endurance
She will increase
the amount of
weight that she is
using
She will work out
two
nonconsecutive
days per week
Use a heavy
enough weight
that by the time
she completes her
final rep that she
could not do
another
The exercises
chosen all
promote
functional
strength
Flexibility Increase the level
of difficulty if
possible, or the
amount of time
per day
She will work out
at least once per
week to ensure
that she
maintains her
progress
She will allow her
muscles to reach
the edge of her
ROM to where she
feels some mild
discomfort but not
pain
The exercise
chosen will help
with functional
movement
through her
daily activities

CLIENT ASSESSMENT
MATRIX
Name: Jennifer

FITT Principles What frequency
do you suggest?
What intensity do
you suggest?
What time do you
suggest?
What type of
activity do you
suggest?
Cardiovascular
Activity
5 days a week Moderate
Intensity
15-30 minutes Brisk walking
Muscular strength
and endurance
2-4 days per week Moderate
Intensity
20 minutes Body weight
exercises: sit
ups, bridge,
pushups, squats,
lunges
Flexibility 1 day a week Moderate
Intensity
30 minutes Yoga

PROS Principles Explain how you
will utilize the
principle of
progression for
each component
of fitness in your
exercise
prescription.
Explain how you
will utilize the
principle of
regularity for each
component of
fitness in your
exercise
prescription.
Explain how you
will utilize the
overload principle
for each
component of
fitness in your
exercise
prescription.
Explain how the
specificity
principle applies
to each
component of
fitness in your
exercise
prescription.
Cardiovascular
Activity
Work up to a
minimum of 150
minutes per week
She will work out
all but two
nonconsecutive
days per week to
maintain progress
She will need to
push herself to the
70-80% range of
her target heart
rate, unless she
experiences pain
or dizziness
Walking is a
good exercise to
increase
endurance, it is
a functional
exercise and she
can do it with
her children
Muscular strength
and endurance
Increase the
amount of reps or
sets being done
She will work out
two to four
nonconsecutive
days per week
(working all major
muscle groups)
She will challenge
and push her body
so that she feels
muscular
exhaustion in all
the muscles that
she works
Exercises of
functional
fitness will help
her in her
everyday life
Flexibility Try different (and
more challenging)
poses
She will work out
at least once per
week to ensure
that she
maintains her
progress
She should allow
herself to stretch
her muscles as far
as she can without
causing herself
pain
The exercise
chosen will help
with functional
movement
through her
daily activities

CLIENT ASSESSMENT
MATRIX
Name: Justin

FITT Principles What frequency
do you suggest?
What intensity do
you suggest?
What time do you
suggest?
What type of
activity do you
suggest?
Cardiovascular
Activity
3-5 days per week Moderate to
Vigorous Intensity
At least 150
minutes per week
total
Running,
jogging, playing
sports
Muscular strength
and endurance
3-4 days per week Moderate
Intensity
15-30 minutes
1-3 sets (12 reps
each)
Pushups, sit ups,
lunges, squats
Flexibility 1-2 days per week Moderate
Intensity
20 minutes Tai Chi

PROS Principles Explain how you
will utilize the
principle of
progression for
each component
of fitness in your
exercise
prescription.
Explain how you
will utilize the
principle of
regularity for each
component of
fitness in your
exercise
prescription.
Explain how you
will utilize the
overload principle
for each
component of
fitness in your
exercise
prescription.
Explain how the
specificity
principle applies
to each
component of
fitness in your
exercise
prescription.
Cardiovascular
Activity
He can change the
type of terrain
that he runs on
He will work out
basically every
other day, the
days he does not
work out will be
nonconsecutive
He will strive to
push himself (but
not to the point of
pain) so that he
feels worn out by
the time he is
finished
These exercises
will help
increase his
endurance for
sports
Muscular strength
and endurance
He can increase
how long he works
out, and then
incorporate new
exercises
He will work out
every other day to
maintain progress
He will push to
exhaust all major
muscle groups by
the completion of
his workout
These exercises
will help build
his strength for
sports
Flexibility He can increase
the difficulty level
and learn new
moves
He will work on
his flexibility at
least once a week
via tai chi, and
stretch after
every workout
session to
maintain progress
He should allow
himself to stretch
his muscles as far
as he can without
causing pain (mild
discomfort is to be
expected)
This exercise will
help him to
move more
gracefully and
fluidly when
playing sports