Summarising Client Information for SISFFIT016 Online Theory Task 2 (Part 1)

SUMMARISING CLIENT INFORMATION SISFFIT016 ONLINE THEORY TASK 2 (PART 1)
TASK:
Part 1 of this task requires to summarise the information gathered from the Case Study about Leigh and
his overall attitude towards exercise using the template provided.
To complete this part of the task, please complete all questions in this template in as much detail as
possible.
*Your response (where possible) should be anywhere from 100-200 words in length
CASE STUDY: LEIGH
Background Information:
Leigh is a 32 years old male who is married with a son the age of 6. Growing up, Leigh was always into different
types of sports like swimming, football, basketball however his main focus was surfing. In his teenage days and up to
his early twenties, he had a reasonably slender/athletic build and a very fast metabolism, so excess weight was never
an issue for Leigh. He never put on weight and on most occasions would eat nearly all the food in the house – his
mother would complain about just how much food he ate, but loved the fact that her boy was active, fit & healthy!
Although Leigh has always had a passion for surfing and being active on a daily basis, throughout his mid-late
twenties his activity levels gradually began to decrease as his work and family commitments became more of a
priority – Since the birth of his son (Jack), Leigh found less time to focus on being active in general, being a young
dad he wanted to focus on the family and spent more quality time with his son.
The past 5-6 years, Leigh has stopped playing all his childhood sports, has stopped all physical activities and only
occasionally plays golf with his mates – but generally it is over a few drinks and there really isn’t much ‘exercise’
involved when they do so.
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ob e si t y bu t he wasn’t aware of putting on excess weight as he was just too busy providing for the family and making
living.
It wasn’t until Jack (his son who is now 6) wanted Leigh to take him surfing for the first time, when Leigh realised
afterwards that moving around, and being agile was such a struggle and a lot of effort for him. Leigh realised that if
he wanted to keep up with his son, he really needed to get back into some sort of training and exercise. He really was
not impressed with himself for letting himself get this out of shape compared to what he used to be like and he has
begun to feel quite embarrassed about it.
Leigh joined the local fitness centre where you are currently working as their Personal Trainer. He is nervous about
getting started however because he feels that he is too deconditioned to even make any changes in his physique. He
has approached you to help him achieve his goals, which you gladly took him on as a client.

Relevant information you have gathered from Leigh:
After conducting an initial consult with Leigh and completing all the necessary Health-Screen Forms, you were able
to get an idea of Leigh’s situation, goals, values and background information.
The additional information you found through consultation with Leigh are as follows:
Leighs expectations on himself as extremely high, his goal is to lose 20kg in 8 weeks
Leighs at times deals with anxiety and a lot of stress due to work commitments – he gets overwhelmed easy and has
told you he doesn’t manage stress very well.
Leigh is ready to make a change, and willing to do what it takes but is nervous about the journey
Leigh has a lot of self-doubt but really needs to do this for himself and his family
Leigh believes that the more exercise the better and if he really wants to lose weight he needs to eat minimal food,
and exercise for over 3 hours every day without resting.
He is worried that he won’t have enough time to devote to all the hours of training you are going to make him do
(even though you haven’t explained that hours on exercise per day isn’t always a good thing).
You also found out that both Leighs and his wife work full-time, so leigh will need childcare services for Jack
otherwise he can’t get to the gym.
Leigh and his wife have family that are willing to support Leigh and encouragement him to meet his goals. However,
there are a couple of family members that don’t believe he can achieve his goals.
After chatting to Leigh, you have a feeling that he is an emotional eater, and when things become overwhelming, he
will eat to make himself feel better.