Module 5: Interpreting a Check-In

Interpreting a Check-In lessons

Module 5

Overview Start here✓5.1 Why the check-in is the job✓5.2 What makes a good check-in form✓5.3 Reading a check-in✓5.4 Photos and visual progress✓5.5 How do I want them to feel?✓5.6 Praise beats punishment✓5.7 The reply: be a tour guide✓5.8 Professionalism and your setup✓5.9 Common check-in mistakes✓Takeaways✓Module quiz✓

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Module 5 check questions

5 questions. Pass mark 100%. Retake it as many times as you need.

1. What should you read first in a check-in, and why?The scale weight, because it's the most objective data"How has your week been?", because it's the lens you read everything else throughThe photosTheir questions, so you can answer them quickly

2. There's no visible change in a client's photos this week. What do you do?Tell them they look leaner anyway, to keep motivation upIgnore the photosBe honest, and zoom out to compare over a longer timeframe and against their training logTell them the plan isn't working

3. A client mentions in their wins that they got a promotion. What's the move?Skip it. The check-in is about fitness.Mention it at the end if there's timeOpen the reply by acknowledging and celebrating itAsk if the new job will affect their training

4. Which order best matches the tour guide reply structure?Adjustments, progress, win, questionsWin, progress, questions and support, adjustments plus a mini objectiveQuestions, adjustments, winProgress, adjustments, sign-off

5. According to the books quoted in this module, what does criticism usually do?Motivates people to try harderPuts people on the defensive and makes them justify themselvesHas no effectBuilds trust faster than praise