Too many assessments can bury the training process in screens, labels, and data points that do little to improve the program. Explore the biggest mistakes personal trainers make when assessing clients and how to keep evaluations practical, useful, and within scope.
Assessment is valuable, but not every client needs a full testing battery before training begins. John Paul challenges trainers to know when to assess, when to observe, and when experience beats overtesting.
Structural balance testing does not have to be a separate week of tedious assessments. This routine builds testing directly into training so coaches can spot weak links while still getting productive work done.