A check-in only works if clients finish it. Keep it short and send it on the same day each week.
The six questions
- How did the week of training go, from 1 to 10?
- How did you sleep on most nights, from 1 to 10?
- Is anything sore or painful, and where?
- Did you miss any sessions? If so, why?
- What was your bodyweight on the same morning each week?
- What do you want me to know that I have not asked?
What each one tells you
- Question 1 shows how the plan feels. Compare it with the effort scores logged in the sessions.
- Question 2 explains a bad week before the client does.
- Question 3 is the early half of an injury. Ask it every week, not once.
- Question 4 separates a life problem from a programme problem.
- Question 5 gives a trend. One reading means little, four in a row mean something.
- Question 6 is where the useful answers arrive. Leave it open.
What to do with the answers
Reply within a day, even if only to say you read it. A client who gets no reply stops answering.
Look for change, not for a single score. A 6 for sleep means little. A drop from 8 to 5 over two weeks is worth a message.
Act on question 3 first. A sore knee reported in week two is a small change to the plan. The same knee reported in week six is a missed block.
Where the answers go
A spreadsheet works for five clients. Past that, answers get buried in messages and nobody sees the trend.
Trainersight records the weekly review against the sessions. Injuries stay open until the athlete marks them settled. Wearable recovery sits next to the logged effort.
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