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PT Manager's Daily Check-In Turns A Passing Mood Into A Pattern, And It Pairs With Today's Two Posts On Reviewing Sessions And Reading Emotions
From the FASTER syllabus: this article is taught in full in PT Manager, free with any FASTER course →
In short: PT Manager's coaching room gives each client a quick daily check-in: one tap from 1 to 5 for mood, sleep and stress, plus a weekly 1 to 5 rating for how each open goal is going. Two or more taps draw a small trend line for the client, and the trainer reads the check-ins as the first step of the client record, next to the wheel of life and logged lifts. A two-way journal sits beside it. The result is that a passing mood becomes a pattern a trainer can review after each session.
The short version
PT Manager's coaching room lets a client tap a score from 1 to 5 for mood, sleep and stress each day, and rate how each of their goals is going that week. It takes seconds. The trainer reads the answers in the client record, so a passing mood becomes a pattern.
Key Takeaways
- Clients tap 1 to 5 for mood, sleep and stress, one tap each.
- Each open goal gets a weekly 1 to 5 rating.
- The trainer reads it all in the client record, and a two-way journal sits beside it.
What the client sees
On their own page, a client has a "My coaching" card. It opens with one line, "How's today? One tap each", and a row of 1 to 5 buttons for mood, sleep and stress. Below it sit their open goals, each with a "how's it going this week?" row of the same five buttons. Today's choice shows in yellow, so they can see what they tapped. After two or more taps, a small trend line appears for each score.
What the trainer sees
The client record is built as a guided loop. Its first step is "What happened", and it holds the data: the check-ins, the wheel of life and every logged lift. A two-way journal lets the trainer and client write to each other. The coaching card is on for a client unless the trainer hides it.
How it pairs with today's other two posts
Today's first post is about reflective practice, the habit of reviewing each session you deliver. A review needs something to look back at, and a week of check-ins tells you how the client arrived, not only what they did.
Today's second post comes from a FASTER specialist course. It teaches that emotions are short-lived predictions that you read from face, voice, eye contact and movement, and that the right reflection can change them. A daily check-in is the same idea on a longer timeline. One low mood is a passing state. Three in a row on the trend line is a pattern worth a kind word and a lighter session.
Where to start
PT Manager opens when you sign up and is free with any FASTER course. Adding clients unlocks when you pass a course.
If you are new to the industry, the Certified Personal Trainer course gives you PT Manager from the start of a career. If you already qualified, the specialist course where emotions are taught brings you in without repeating Level 2 and 3. The full list of rooms is on the PT Manager page.
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What does the client tap?
A score from 1 to 5 for mood, sleep and stress, once a day, and a 1 to 5 rating for how each open goal is going that week.
Can the trainer turn it off for a client?
Yes. The coaching card is on for a client unless the trainer hides it.
Where does the trainer see the answers?
In the client record, where the first step shows what happened: the check-ins, the wheel of life and logged lifts.
Is it free?
PT Manager is free with any FASTER course. It opens when you sign up with FASTER, and adding real clients unlocks the day you pass a course.
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