CLIENT

ASSESSMENT
MATRIX

Name:
JENNIFER

FITT Principles

What
frequency do
you suggest?
Jennifer will
conduct
Cardiovascular
activity should
3-4 days a
week.

What intensity
do you
suggest?
Intensity
should be
moderateintensity in
the beginning
stages and
blood pressure
should be
monitored due
to medication
dependent
high blood
pressure
control.

What time do
you suggest?

Muscular
strength and
endurance

At minimum
Jennifer will
perform
muscular
strength and
endurance
training 2 days
a week.

Intensity will
be dependent
upon Jennifers
comfort level
and ability
until able to
progress to
higher level.

Time will be
relevant to 8
exercises to
encompass
major muscle
groups, with a
repetition of
12 to 14.

Flexibility

Jennifer scored
in the good
area on the Sit
and reach test
so this area
will consist of
minor
improvement
standard but
will follow
frequency of 2
days a week.

Intensity will
be stretches
being held at
15-60 seconds
and 4
repetitions.

Time will be
stretches
being held at
15-60 seconds.

Cardiovascular
Activity

Time of
activity should
be 300
minutes a
weeks.

What type of
activity do
you suggest?
Based on
Jennifer
being
overweight
and having
high blood,
recommende
d activity will
start with
walking and
biking in
order to
regulate and
monitor
blood
pressure.
Types of
exercises
recommende
d will selfweight
induced such
as push-ups,
squats, pullups and curlups.
Do to Jennifer
having good
results in the
flexibility
test,
exercises will
be geared
towards
abdominal
endurance
with
Crunches,
partial curlups, and
cross curlups.

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

Progression
will be used by
introducing
new
cardiovascular
activities once
higher fitness
levels are
reached by
Jennifer.

Regularity will
be used by
introducing
activities that
Jennifer and
her child can
do together.
This will
ensure that
Jennifer will
not stray from
fitness plan.

Overload will
be used by
achieving THR
once blood
pressure is
under control
and
medication is
limited.

Muscular
strength and
endurance

Progression
will be used by
moving from
self-weight
exercises to
weighted with
such exercises
using a
medicine ball.

Overload will
be used by
achieving THR
once blood
pressure is
under control
and
medication is
limited.

Flexibility

Progression
will be used by
introducing
Yoga exercises
into routine.

Regularity will
be used by
providing
exercises and
activities that
can be
conducted at
home since
Jennifer is a
very busy
person with
work and
being a single
mom.
Regularity will
be used by
recommendin
g home
workouts.

Overload will
be used to
push Jennifer
to aim to
higher reps
and higher
hold times
during
exercises.

Explain how
the
specificity
principle
applies to
each
component
of fitness in
your exercise
prescription.
Specificity
will be used
in order to
target weight
loss with
choosing
activities
such as
swimming;
this will also
incorporate
Jennifers
children.
Specificity is
key and will
be used to
build
endurance
with building
more fast
twitch
muscle
fibers.

Specificity
will be used
to ensure the
correct
abdominal
muscles are
targeted and
the correct
exercises are
performed.