The intake form for a new client
Goals, training, availability, daily life, health: the questions to ask before the first session, ready to copy into your form.
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Intake form
1. Your goals
What you want to achieve (tick all that apply)
Why now? What would change for you?
Any date or event coming up?
A race, a wedding, a season: give the date.
In three months, how will you know it worked?
2. Your training
Your level today
What you do now, and how many times a week
What you enjoy, and what you never want to do again
3. Your availability
Sessions possible per week
Session length
Where you can train (tick all that apply)
The equipment you have
4. Your daily life
Your job and your working hours
Your sleep
1 = very poor · 5 = excellent
Your stress level
1 = very calm · 5 = very stressed
What you eat on a typical day
5. Your health
Has a doctor ever told you to exercise only under medical supervision?
Do you feel pain in your chest when you exert yourself?
Have you ever fainted or felt faint during or after exercise?
Do you take any regular medication?
If yes, what for: your coach does not need the medical detail.
Do you have an injury or pain right now?
If yes, where, and since when.
Are you pregnant, or did you give birth less than a year ago?
Past surgery, injuries or health problems your coach should know about
A “yes” to any of these questions: ask a doctor’s advice before you start. This form does not replace medical advice.
6. Your consent
I agree that my coach keeps these answers, including those about my health, to adapt my training. I can withdraw this consent at any time.
Free template from Fitinova, fitinova.io. Adapt it to your practice.
- Six parts, from the most motivating to the most sensitive: goals come before health.
- The health questions spot what needs medical advice; they do not replace a doctor.
- Health answers are sensitive data: the client’s explicit consent is asked at the end, and they can withdraw it.
Frequently asked questions
It depends on your country and your clients. A “yes” to any health question always calls for a doctor’s advice before starting.
No: the PAR-Q+ is licensed and cannot be changed. These questions are our own, and shorter; have a health professional review them before you use them.
The form goes out after purchase, with the health consent, and the answers are filed in the client’s profile.
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