Consultant Summary
Sydney is a very busy college student. Between juggling school assignments and work, in the midst of all of her responsibilities she has always seen the importance of exercise. Sydney’s main issue with her exercise routine was that she felt she didn’t have a way to keep herself accountable for her workouts. She wanted to implement a workout log system that would motivate her to go to the gym at least four times a week.
Sydney already regularly exercised before the start of the project, but she wanted to be better about tracking her workouts and had a goal of going to the gym four days a week. She also wanted to work on her flexibility. She felt she was adequate in areas of fitness such as strength and cardio, but she really wanted to work on integrating a flexibility regimen into her routine. I have experience with palates and yoga and I suggested that Sydney replace one of her four workout days with a Pilates or yoga video.
When Sydney and I had our final meeting we assessed her progress by going through her workout logs. Sydney, overall, did really well in keeping up with her workouts. She worked out four days a week for five out of the eight weeks of …show more content…
The first lesson I learned was that it is not always the best choice to fully trust what the client tells you. Sometimes clients overestimate their abilities, and may actually need more input than they think. I also learned that it is easy to let a client do what they want without intervening because you don’t want to make them feel pressured. I now realize that sometimes you have to push a little to get the best outcome for a client. This project also taught me that it is easy to look at situations from only my viewpoint. I assumed Sydney had already had experience with yoga/Pilates videos because I had, when in fact she had, had no previous experience with
Sydney is a very busy college student. Between juggling school assignments and work, in the midst of all of her responsibilities she has always seen the importance of exercise. Sydney’s main issue with her exercise routine was that she felt she didn’t have a way to keep herself accountable for her workouts. She wanted to implement a workout log system that would motivate her to go to the gym at least four times a week.
Sydney already regularly exercised before the start of the project, but she wanted to be better about tracking her workouts and had a goal of going to the gym four days a week. She also wanted to work on her flexibility. She felt she was adequate in areas of fitness such as strength and cardio, but she really wanted to work on integrating a flexibility regimen into her routine. I have experience with palates and yoga and I suggested that Sydney replace one of her four workout days with a Pilates or yoga video.
When Sydney and I had our final meeting we assessed her progress by going through her workout logs. Sydney, overall, did really well in keeping up with her workouts. She worked out four days a week for five out of the eight weeks of …show more content…
The first lesson I learned was that it is not always the best choice to fully trust what the client tells you. Sometimes clients overestimate their abilities, and may actually need more input than they think. I also learned that it is easy to let a client do what they want without intervening because you don’t want to make them feel pressured. I now realize that sometimes you have to push a little to get the best outcome for a client. This project also taught me that it is easy to look at situations from only my viewpoint. I assumed Sydney had already had experience with yoga/Pilates videos because I had, when in fact she had, had no previous experience with