You are a personal trainer and nutritionist who just received a new client. The client has no knowledge on what to eat or how to exercise. The client has come with a baseline of their weight, BMI, eating habits, and an overall fitness goal. Your job is to create a month long nutrition and physical activity plan for your client that focuses on a nutritionally balanced diet and appropriate fitness recommendations to help your client reach their health and fitness goals.  

Detailed Student Task Directions

At the beginning of any nutrition and physical activity plan comes goals that guide and direct the overall vision. Your job is to research and develop 3-4 SMART goals for your client using their weight, BMI, eating habits, and overall fitness goal. Remember, use the SMART acronym to develop thorough and appropriate goals! 

Scoring Criteria

Advanced

☐  All “Goal” Criteria PLUS:

☐ Parts of all SMART goal are labeled

☐ Additional 1-2 SMART goals created based on the client’s weight, BMI, eating habits, and overall fitness goals

GOAL

☐  All goals are specific to the client (Be specific- add numbers, deadlines, etc.) 

☐ All goals are measurable for the client(How will you know if your client is hitting their goals?)

☐ All goals are attainable for the client (Client can reach goal)

☐ All goals are relevant for the client (Are goals related to nutrition and physical activity?)

☐ All goals are time-based for the client (How long will it take to meet goal?)

Developing

☐  Meets 3 of 5 “Goal” criteria

Beginning

☐  Meets fewer than 2 of “Goal” criteria

☐ Task to be repeated after re-teaching

Detailed Student Task Directions

Along with any great physical activity plan comes a great nutrition plan for clients to follow. Before creating a nutrition plan for your client, create a list of foods that your client should be focusing on to meet their nutrition goals. The food list should include: a variety of different foods, utilization of the SMART goals, current nutrition recommendations and guidelines, and suggested serving sizes. The food list can be shown as a Powerpoint slide, Poster, google doc, etc. Get creative and have fun with it! 

Scoring Criteria

Advanced

☐  All “Goal” Criteria PLUS:

☐ Student references current health guidelines and how it guided the creation of their food list for their client

☐ Student presents information to class

GOAL

☐  Student creates a food list for their client that references  the nutrition SMART goals

☐ Student has an array of foods the client should be focusing on (fruits, vegetables, protein, carbohydrates, grains, dairy, etc.)

☐ Student draws upon current health guidelines to formulate a food list for their client

☐ Constructs a food list that contains serving sizes 

 ☐ Creates a visual representation of the food list 

Developing

☐  Meets 3 of 5 “Goal” criteria

Beginning

☐  Meets fewer than 2  “Goal” criteria

☐ Task to be repeated after re-teaching 

Detailed Student Task Directions

Create a list of activities and exercises that your client should follow. The list should…

1. Follow current health and fitness recommendations (How long should they be working out? How often? What kind of exercises? etc.)

2. Contain exercises that target all components of health related fitness

3. Have pictures for your client to follow along

4. Integrate your client’s overall fitness goal

The activity and exercise  list can be shown as a Powerpoint slide, Poster, google doc, etc. Get creative and have fun with it! 

Scoring Criteria

Advanced

☐  All “Goal” Criteria PLUS:

☐ Utilizes nutrition list to maximize athletic performance 

☐ Cites relevant information from health and fitness recommendations

GOAL

☐  Draws on current health and fitness recommendations

☐ Constructs a list that contains all components of health- related fitness

☐ Integrate client’s overall fitness goal

☐ Incorporates appropriate pictures that align with exercises and activities 

☐ Creates a visual representation of the exercise and activity list 

Developing

☐  Meets 3 of 5 “Goal” criteria

Beginning

☐  Meets fewer than 2 of 5 “Goal” criteria

☐ Task to be repeated after re-teaching

Detailed Student Task Directions

Now is your time to show off what you learned! Using the SMART goals, Nutrition List, and Exercise and Activity List, you will create a month long plan for your client. This plan must contain the following…

1. 5 days of exercise each week utilizing the FITT principle 

2. Daily meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner 

3. Visual representation that shows both meals and exercises that is easy for client to follow

4. Cited research as to why you implement said meals and exercise

5. Cover letter explaining the plan to your client (research can be cited in this section)

Scoring Criteria

Advanced

☐  All “Goal” Criteria PLUS:

☐ Presentation of plan to class

☐ One page reflection on what went well, what can be improved on, and what was learned throughout the process

GOAL

☐  Creates weekly exercises (5 per week) and activities for client to complete using the FITT principle

☐ Creates daily meals (breakfast, lunch, and dinner) 

☐ Constructs a visual representation of the plan that is easy to follow

☐ Draws on cited research that helped guide nutrition and physical activity plan

☐ Creates a cover letter explaining the overall plan to client

Developing

☐  Meets 3 of 5 “Goal” criteria

Beginning

☐  Meets fewer than 2 of 5  “Goal” criteria

☐ Task to be repeated after re-teaching