PT Manager Shows The PAR-Q Flag Before The First Exercise Gets Demonstrated

The short version

Today's first post covered the eight steps for a client's first exercise. Today's second post covered exactly the kind of thing that needs ruling out before those eight steps start, a fall-risk activity or a contact exercise that's wrong for the stage a client is at. PT Manager's client record is where that gets held, checked and flagged, so it never has to live only in a trainer's memory.

Key Takeaways

• The client record holds each client's PAR-Q answers and any trainer-maintained exclusions, and shows whether the form is still outstanding.
• Programme Assist flags a contraindication when a programme gets built. It never adjusts the training itself.
• The decision always stays with the trainer. The record's job is making sure nothing gets missed before that decision gets made.

What the record holds

Open a client's record and it shows the PAR-Q status straight away, filled in or still outstanding, alongside the rooms switched on for that client: programmes, coaching map, nutrition and food diary, video analysis. Nothing about building a session starts until that form is in, which is the same order today's first post already runs in: find out what you're working with before you demonstrate a single exercise.

Where the flag comes in

Once the PAR-Q answers and any trainer-added exclusions are on the record, Programme Assist reads them when a programme gets built and flags anything that clashes, exactly the shape of the exclusions in today's second post: no high-fall-risk activity, no contact sport, for a client at a stage where those are ruled out. The flag surfaces the clash. It doesn't rewrite the programme. The trainer still chooses what replaces the flagged exercise, which keeps the judgement exactly where it belongs.

Why holding it in memory alone doesn't work

A trainer running the eight-step demonstration system from today's first post is already managing the introduction, the set-up, the coaching points and the silent rep. Adding "and remember every exclusion for this specific client" on top of that is where something gets dropped, not from carelessness, from having too much to hold in one head during one session. The record holds the exclusion so the trainer's attention can stay on the client in front of them.

What to do next

Today's first post covered showing a client their first exercise. The second covered which exercises suit each trimester. PT Manager is free the moment you sign up with any FASTER course, and its client record is where both of today's ideas turn into one flag a trainer sees before the session starts.

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