CLIENT

ASSESSMENT
MATRIX

Name: Carl

FITT Principles

What
frequency do
you suggest?
At least 30
minutes of
moderate
cardio 5-7 days
a week with
vigorous 3-5
days as well to
increase lung
capacity and
strengthen
bronchioles.

What intensity
do you
suggest?
Moderate to
begin with.
Warm up 6-8
minutes with
vigorous
cardio worked
in after warm
up. Followed
by a cool
down of about
6-8 minutes.

What time do
you suggest?

Muscle
strengthening
3-5 days per
week.

Follow up
warm up time
with vigorous
activity for 3040 minutes or
as tolerated
by client.

Exercising on
Airdyne or
rowing
machine for
30-40 minutes
at a pace that
will increase
cardio
endurance but
also be
tolerable for
client.

Cardiovascular
Activity

Muscular
strength and
endurance

Minimum of 30
minutes per
day of
moderate with
a maximum of
60 minutes of
vigorous or as
tolerated.

Also do reps
with dumbells,
machines, and

What type of
activity do
you suggest?
Running on a
treadmill for
a warm up of
about 6-8
minutes at a
moderate
pace in a
warm moist
environment
or having
client swim.
Also doing a
cool down for
the same
duration as
warm up of
6-8 minutes.
Cardio
activity is not
restricted for
client since
he has EIA
and has a
rescue
inhaler for
use when
needed.
Airdyne
bicycle or
rowing
machine
requiring
both leg and
arm muscles
for
resistance.
Also
incorporating
dumbells,
machines, or
elastic bands
for
resistance.

elastic bands
in sets of 8-10
and repeat this
3 times
alternating
between upper
and lower
body muscle
groups.
Focusing on 30
minutes with
each session

Flexibility

Flexibility
training 3-5
days a week

Mild intensity

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.

Cardiovascular
Activity

Begin with a
warm up of 6-8
minutes and
ideally we
would like to
have client up
to 30-40
minutes of
vigorous
activity
followed up
with a cool
down of the
same duration
as warm up.
Building
endurance is
crucial with

With regular
cardio
exercises, this
will help
increase the
lung capacity
of client. This
will be
accomplished
by increasing
the duration of
the workout
time after a
warm up has
been
completed.
Beginning with
client doing 10

With
increasing the
frequency of
workouts as
well as the
resistance the
client has
(adjust
settings on
Airdyne bicycle
as well as
rowing
machine and
also increasing
weight on
barbells and
giving client
higher

Exercises
such as
stretching
with yoga
and doing tai
chi will help
with balance
training as
well as
improving
functional
ability.
Explain how
the
specificity
principle
applies to
each
component
of fitness in
your exercise
prescription.
With clients
with
pulmonary
disease,
strengthenin
g lungs is
important.
This is
accomplished
with a
combination
of cardio and
endurance
training with
resistance
performed
while doing
cardio

pulmonary
disease clients
to condition
lungs to have
stronger
endurance

Muscular
strength and
endurance

Flexibility

Muscular
strength and
cardio are
equally
important with
PD clients.
With
strengthening
the body and
large muscle
groups, this
allows for
increased
cardio capacity
Easing client
into flexibility
exercise such
as yoga and tai
chi. Taking
into
consideration
lack of
flexibility may

minutes of
vigorous
activity
followed with
a cool down is
a good
starting point
and then
moving up by
5 minutes
increments
each time
client does
more cardio
building up to
40 minutes.
Therefore, 6-8
minute warm
up, ideally 40
minutes of
vigorous
cardio,
followed by a
cool down of
6-8 minutes
Incorporating
muscular
strength along
with the cardio
work out 3-5
times per
week with the
Airdyne and
rowing being a
more vigorous
form of
exercise

resistance
bands) this will
allow client to
build up
strength in
large muscle
groups as well
as increasing
lung capacity

exercises.

Increasing the
resistance on
Airdyne and
rowing
machine when
doing large
muscle groups
as well as
increasing
weight with
dumbells and
resistance
bands

With doing
yoga and tai
chi, this will
allow client to
focus on
breathing
styles
(breathing in
and out

With flexibility
encouraging
client to
increase their
range of
motion with
yoga stretches
and to focus
on elongating

Cardio
endurance
and working
large muscle
groups
simultaneous
ly can allow
the client to
have a
productive
workout
session that
will also help
with their
every day life
and ADLs
While the
flexibility is
important
with client
and doing
yoga along
with tai chi, it
does serve
an additional

be cause for
modifications
for client
(using blocks
and belts for
yoga stretches
especially). Tai
chi is good for
controlled
breathing and
slowing
respirations
down as well
as increasing
lung capacity
with focused
breathing
exercises.

through nose)
to increase
lung capacity
as well as
focusing on
specific
regions of
body that may
be tight
(hamstrings,
hip flexors,
groin,
shoulders,
etc). Doing
yoga and tai
chi along with
dumbells and
resistance
bands will
allow for
optimum
flexibility as it
will be working
muscles in
different
formats

body while
stretching.
Using
modifications
with blocks
and straps
until hips open
up more will
help.
Eventually
removing the
blocks and
straps for
client to use
their own
strength and
flexibility.
Increasing
amount of
time in pose
will help as
well.
Eventually
holding pose
for a count of 6
full inhale and
exhales while
practicing
yoga.

purpose in
that it is
controlled
breathing
and is slow
and
deliberate
causing the
client to
simultaneous
ly increase
their lung
capacity in a
low impact
setting. It
would be
beneficial for
the client to
check out
Bikram yoga
which is
performed in
a hot humid
environment.

What time do
you suggest?

What type of
activity do
you suggest?
Moderate
walking pace
for client
along with
low impact
aerobic such
as Zumba
Gold or even
water
aerobics

CLIENT
ASSESSMENT
MATRIX

Name: Sally

FITT Principles

What
frequency do
you suggest?
Client should
partake in at
least 3-7 days
of exercise
with an
optimum of 7.

What intensity
do you
suggest?
Moderate
intensity is
recommended
. Since client
has no
endurance or
tolerance, this
is an adequate
threshold and
realistic

2-3 days per

Moderate

Cardiovascular
Activity

Muscular

Client should
partake in a
minimum of
150 minutes
per week with
increases of
150-300 more
minutes as
tolerance and
endurance
increases
Client should

Client would

strength and
endurance

week for
muscular
endurance.

intensity with
lower
resistance and
weight with 812 repetitions
and 2-3 sets
each time.
Increasing
weight as
client
becomes more
proficient with
initial weight

do 2-3 days
per week and
do 8-10
complex
multijoint
exercises with
major muscle
groups in
lower and
upper body

Flexibility

This could be
done on daily
basis and
should be to

Begin with
modified
stretches by
having the

Ideally having
client do
stretching for
10-15 minutes

benefit from
a structured
class at her
local YMCA or
working with
a personal
trainer.
Doing a class
such as Body
Pump that is
choreograph
ed to music
may
motivate
client more
as well as
possibly
doing a Silver
Sneakers
fitness group
that focuses
on doing
exercises in a
seated
position to
help build up
tolerance and
strength
eventually
moving on to
more intense
classes and
workouts.
Client would
also benefit
from water
resistance
workouts and
even deep
water
exercises
with foam
barbells in
the pool to
use for
resistance.
Having client
participate in
a low impact
yoga class at

help
encourage
good blood
flow to
extremities
accompanied
with aerobic
exercises and
resistance
training

client seated
and using a
strap or band
to help assist
with
stretching.

each morning
and evening
would be
optimal

Later
incorporating
Encourage
stretching in
client to do
with weight
yoga with
training would
blocks,
be ideal.
bolsters, and
Movements
straps to make such as dead
asanas (poses) lifts would help
easier to
strengthen
complete
back as well as
the back of
These would
hamstrings.
be relatively
Doing
low impact to
stretches after
begin with and workouts with
then move up weights and
to more
cardio is
intense yoga
important to
poses and
prevent injury.
stretches for
deeper
muscular and
soft tissue
stretching

her local
YMCA and
talking with
the instructor
ahead of
time would
be the best
environment
for her. This
would allow
the instructor
to modify
poses and to
realign client
into the
proper
position.
Also
participating
in a Silver
Sneakers
group for
seniors would
be an
excellent way
to meet new
people and to
have gentle
stretching
and
strengthenin
g poses to
ease into a
workout
routine.
Doing these
initially would
increase
confidence
hence
increasing
activity level.

PROS
Principles

Explain how
you will utilize
the principle of
progression for
each

Explain how
you will utilize
the principle
of regularity
for each

Explain how
you will utilize
the overload
principle for
each

Explain how
the
specificity
principle
applies to

component of
fitness in your
exercise
prescription.

component of
fitness in your
exercise
prescription.

component of
fitness in your
exercise
prescription.

Cardiovascular
Activity

With client
beginning with
lower sessions
of activity will
be beneficial
and not so
overwhelming.
Focusing on a
warm up along
with 10-15
minutes of
moderate to
slightly
vigorous
activity with an
adequate cool
down will help
increase
endurance and
caloric
expenditure.

By doing
cardio every
day working
up to 30
minutes daily
and some of
that being
vigorous, this
will increase
endurance
and allow for a
longer
duration of
exercise for
client

Muscular
strength and
endurance

Have client
start off with
lower weights
that are able
to allow her to
achieve a full
range of
motion with
some
resistance.
Have 8-10
specific
exercises and
have client to
8-12 reps.
Initially begin
with 1-2 sets

2-3 days per

week

Increasing the
workout time
each day for
client by as
little as 5
minutes can
have long term
outcomes.
Keeping the
warm up the
same (5-8
minutes) but
increasing the
time of
moderate to
vigorous
activity will
focus on
targeting the
heart rate and
burning
calories to help
lower weight
and possibly
lowering
symptoms of
Type II
Diabetes
When client
becomes
proficient in
lifting the
amount of
weight that
has been
increased by a
few pounds
over a period
of time
successfully
with an
increase in
weight and
resistance, add
more sets of

each
component
of fitness in
your exercise
prescription.
With clients
Type II
Diabetes
diagnosis, it
is important
to have a
workout that
will burn
calories for
client. This
will help
possibly
relieve the
symptoms of
her Diabetes.
Focusing on
weight loss
and diet will
most
certainly
attain this
goal.

With having
client do
muscle
strengthenin
g, this will
allow for
client to keep
burning fat
even after
she has
stopped
working out.
Focusing on
areas where
client carries
the most
weight

and increase
for a goal of 34 sets with 812 reps in each
set alternating
between
exercises for
that particular
muscle group.

Flexibility
Have client do
yoga classes
and begin with
modified poses
eventually
moving up to
not using any
adaptive
equipment
such as blocks,
bands, or
bolsters
Holding poses
for longer
breath cycle
will help as
well

CLIENT
ASSESSMENT
MATRIX

Name: Jennifer

FITT Principles

What
frequency do
you suggest?
5-7 days per
week for
moderate

Cardiovascular
Activity

Vigorous for at

Having client
do yoga
regularly will
not only help
with physical
but also with
mental and
emotional
wellbeing.
Doing yoga
will help client
become less
anxious about
her weight
loss journey
and will help
her with
increasing
flexibility and
make her
more stable as
she ages

What intensity
do you
suggest?
Moderate for
at least 3-4
days per week
with vigorous
for at least 3

repetitions.
When this is
achieved
successfully,
add more
weight and
continue with
lower amounts
of sets
increasing sets
to 3-4 with 812 reps
Having client
do more
intense poses
with deeper
stretching will
increase
flexibility as
well range of
motion and
stabilization of
core muscles.
When doing
yoga this will
also make
client more
mindful of her
diet and
lifestyle
choices

(waist, hips,
buttocks) and
coupling
cardio with
strengthenin
g will allow to
optimal fat
burning and
toning
simultaneous
ly

What time do
you suggest?

What type of
activity do
you suggest?
Walking at a
moderate to
fast pace.

At least 30
minutes each
day
Ideally 60
minutes 3-5

Doing yoga
exercises will
help client
with her
flexibility and
core strength
to help deter
falls and
increase her
coordination.
As stated
earlier, yoga
will also help
client
become more
mindful of
her eating
and lifestyle
choices as
well. Also
gives a
relaxation
effect.

Zumba or

Muscular
strength and
endurance

Flexibility

least 3 days
per week

days

days

Incorporating
muscular
strength
training 3-4
days per week

Beginning with
lighter weights
and increasing
weight each
time stopping
with amount
that client
feels
comfortable
with the
frequency of
workouts and
what
outcomes she
wants to
achieve. If
she wants to
tone she can
focus on
moderate
amounts of
weight with
more
repetitions or
more weight
with fewer
repetitions for
building
muscle

Doing 8-10
different
exercises with
8-12 reps and
doing 3 sets or
reps for a total
of 24-36
repetitions
alternating
through
different
exercise
motions
specific to
each muscle
group she is
focusing on.

Begin with
easier poses
and stretches
increasing to
more intense
and
challenging
poses as
tolerated.

Setting aside
at least 15-30
minutes of
stretching
each day with
a yoga
practice would
be ideal.

Client should
do flexibility
exercises daily.
Strongly
encourage
yoga as this is
a relatively
inexpensive
way to get

other
structured
aerobic class
format
Client would
benefit from
taking a
structured
weight
training class
or working
with a
personal
trainer. If
this not
possible,
client can
use machines
at her local
gym after
she has
received a
tutorial on
how to use
them
correctly.
The benefit
of the
structured
class is that
it would allow
her to meet
new people
who could
become
peers to
motivate her
to attend
classes more
regularly.
Client has
multiple
stressors
with being a
single
mother.
Doing yoga
would help
her be more

flexible as well
as a good
stress reliever
which could be
causing client
to have an
increased
blood pressure
reading.

Follow with
mediation
time to reflect
on practice
and silence
any stressors
during
practice

mindful of
her choices
and situation
as well as be
a healthy
outlet to
stretch and
challenge
herself
physically.
The only
equipment
client would
need is a
yoga mat
which can be
purchased
inexpensively
. Attaining a
mind body
balance will
help
motivate
client as well
and this is
something
she could
also do with
her children
at home to
help them
with their
own mental
focus

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.

Cardiovascular
Activity

Having client
do a warm up
and cool down
with at least a
30 minute

By increasing
cardio time
and doing on a
regular basis,
this will help

Increasing
intensity of
clients cardio
over a period
of a week or

Explain how
the
specificity
principle
applies to
each
component
of fitness in
your exercise
prescription.
Increasing
cardio will in
turn burn
calories
which will

Muscular
strength and
endurance

Flexibility

period of
moderate to
vigorous
activity in
between. Also
increasing
exercise time
by 15-20
minutes would
help as well.
As client builds
up tolerance
and
endurance,
making
exercises more
vigorous would
help.
Doing muscle
strengthening
exercises at
least s days
per week,
ideally
alternating
with vigorous
cardio would
be ideal.
When doing
the muscular
strengthening,
starting off
with tolerable
weight and
increasing in
smaller
increments
would be
beneficial

maintain a
healthy weight
when
accompanied
with dietary
changes may
lower clients
blood pressure
readings and
possibly allow
client to wean
herself off of
her blood
pressure
medication

two to more
vigorous
activity level.
Warm up and
longer periods
of cardio in
between warm
up and cool
down

cause client
to lose
weight and
possibly
having to
take HBP
medication.

Having client
to
strengthening
regularly
during the
week will help
continue to
burn fat even
after client has
stopped
working out as
well as
strengthening
body over all

Increasing
weight and
resistance for
client each
time as
tolerated will
help build
muscle and
burn fat

By burning
fat by lifting
weights or
doing
resistance
training, the
body
continues to
burn calories
even after
the workout
is completed.
This will help
client burn
more fat and
possibly
lower
dependence
on HBP meds

Have client

Having client

Having client

Focusing on
larger muscle
groups will
help achieve
this. Having
8-10
exercises
with 8-12
reps each
time,
optimally.
With client,

start off with

stretching with
her level of
flexibility
currently.
Increase range
of stretch as
well as
duration in
that stretch.
With yoga
having client
partake in
more intense
poses for
longer breath
cycles would
be optimal

maintain a
regular
practice of
stretching for
flexibility will
increase range
of motion for
other
exercises

engage in
more intense
poses for
longer breath
cycles will help
with flexibility.
This will in turn
strengthen
body for other
exercises

finding an
exercise that
is
inexpensive
as well as
easily
accessible is
key. Having
client focus
on yoga will
help with
flexibility as
well weight
loss

What type of
activity do
you suggest?
More
structured
activities
such as
soccer,
football,
running,
cycling,
basketball,
tennis, or
racquetball
Lifting under
the
supervision
of a trained
adult.

CLIENT
ASSESSMENT
MATRIX

Name: Justin

FITT Principles

What
frequency do
you suggest?
Client would
benefit from 35 days of
cardio.
Optimally 5-7
days

What intensity
do you
suggest?
Moderate to
vigorous

What time do
you suggest?

2-3 days per

week with a
day of rest in
between
workouts

Moderate

Have client do
1 to 2 sets of
8-10 exercises
with 8-15
repetitions and
include major
muscle groups

Cardiovascular
Activity

Muscular
strength and
endurance

30-60 minutes

Individualize
exercises to
clients
ability

Flexibility

Daily
stretching
after workouts

Moderate
intensity

Warm up
stretches and
cool down
stretches

Flexibility is
important
with client
since he is
still growing.
Stretching
will help ease
discomfort of
exercise,
keep body
mechanics
pliable and
fluid, and
help possibly
with aches
and pains of
growing as a
teenager.
Doing total
body
stretches
before and
after playing
sports or
working out
will help.
Stretch
hamstrings
and calves
along with
hip flexors
and
shoulders
and arms
with cross
body arm
stretches and
lifted leg
quad
stretches.
Warrior poses
will help
stretch
calves and
lunge poses
will stretch
hip flexors

PROS
Principles

Explain how
you will utilize

Explain how
you will utilize

Explain how
you will utilize

Explain how
the

the principle of
progression for
each
component of
fitness in your
exercise
prescription.

the principle
of regularity
for each
component of
fitness in your
exercise
prescription.

the overload
principle for
each
component of
fitness in your
exercise
prescription.

Cardiovascular
Activity

Having client
join a sports
team other
than football to
something like
soccer or other
intense cardio
activity will
help him lose
weight and
increase his
cardio
endurance.
Increasing
playing time
will help with
this and
frequency of
days he will
play

Client will have

coaches who
would be
pushing him to
excel as well
as following a
weight training
and
conditioning
program
through that
respective
sports team.

Muscular
strength and
endurance

If client joins a
sports team,
this is his best
opportunity for
a structured

Having client
join another
sports team in
the off season
from football
will keep him
fit throughout
the year and
help with
endurance
and
conditioning.
This may also
give client a
chance to try
other sports
and may spark
interest with
different
teams.
Practicing
every day with
a team gives
the client
structure that
he needs and
will keep him
occupied thus
encouraging
him to be
surrounded
with a
healthier
group of peers
and making
better lifestyle
choices.
The regularity
of a team
sport and the
workouts will
help establish

The coaches
will push client
to be faster
and stronger.
If client does

specificity
principle
applies to
each
component
of fitness in
your exercise
prescription.
Client needs
to work on
weight loss
as well as
building
cardio
endurance,
by having
client join a
sports team
this will
accomplish
that goal. By
regularly
attending
practices and
structured
weight
training,
client will
lose that
weight and
build muscle
for future
sports that
he will need

Client wants
acceptance
from peers
and to be
part of a

Flexibility

weight training
program.
Client is young
and this is a
barrier to him.
He has no prior
experience
with strength
training other
than his one
experience
with his
football team.
Having client
do more sports
with different
types of
conditioning
will be
beneficial and
allow that
conditioning to
build off of
another and
another for
optimal results

a routine with
client and
have
consistency

not listen to
his coaches,
his playing
time will not
be what he
wants it to be.
This was a
source of
frustration for
client before
during football
so if client
does not put in
the time and
effort, he will
not play as
much as he
wants.

By joining a
sports team,
client will have
a structured
workout with
practice
several times
per week.
Having
flexibility will
help with his
calisthenics as
well during
practice

The regular
exposure to
the
calisthenics
will help client
be a better
player and
may help
deter any
growing pains
from his
changing
physique

With each
practice, client
is building up
endurance and
this makes him
a better player

team.
Playing team
sports is his
best option.
This is the
motivating
factor that
will almost
certainly set
client up for
success.
Client does
not have
positive role
models at
home so it is
better to
have client
out of his
home as
much as
possible
surrounded
by positive
peers in an
environment
that will allow
for him to
reach his full
potential at
his age
Again, client
wants to be
part of a
team. With
doing
calisthenics
and keeping
his body
flexible this
will help him
be a better
player and
more
effective
team mate.