This was the fourth week our intervention was put into place. So far our intervention has been quite successful. Our client feels like he is getting in lots of exercise and as a result is feeling a lot better about himself and his welbeing. Our client has responded to our reflection questions, and provided us with his current weight. Dennis now weighs 82.5 kg meaning he has already lost 1.5 kg while abiding to our program. This shows that our intervention i currently very effective and will only improve throughout the next couple of weeks.
Overview of week 4
Monday: Sort cattle – 2 hours of herding into crush (lot’s of running). Picked beans – lots of squatting for 1 hour.
Tuesday: Personal training session (bike 20 mins, cross trainer 10 mins, 40 lunges with 10kg weights and floor exercises for 10 mins).
Wednesday: Drive to Bryon Bay, to visit coffee plantation and attend meeting (lots of walking).
Thursday: Golf, then drive to farm.
Friday: Farm work – repairing cattle troughs (with shovel, crowbar, spanners, saw and hammer) 4 hours work.
Saturday: Build gabion for stone fence, 1 hour. Repaired more cattle troughs, 4 hours. Went for a walk to back paddock, 1 hour.
Sunday: Complete trench for electrical cable to dam for water pump (crowbar and shovel), 4 hours. Level area for cement slab, 1 hour.
Client Feedback
Q1. How intense was the workout? (rate 1-10)
A. Our client rated the workout from 5/10 to 10/10 (when digging trench).
Q.2 Are there any changes we need to make to the program?
A. ‘No changes are needed, just more time in the week.’
Q.3 Has this program effected your mental health?
A. ‘My mental health is fine however, I was a bit dizzy after digging the trench.’
Q.4 How do you think you have progressed throughout the week?
A. ‘Felt really well on Monday as a result of the exercise during the week.’
Q.5 What did you do in the 30 minutes of activity of your choice? Would you like to continue on with this for the following weeks?
A. ‘Yes, it was good for finishing jobs at the farm.’
Q6. How did our set walking/jogging/running sessions go?
A. ‘Walking, running, jogging got my heart rate up fairly high.’
Q7. Did you miss a training session this week? How do you think your mental health has been effected by this?
A. ‘My mental health is fine, I am doing the program as well as my usual exercise.’
Q8. Since you are now half way through the intervention, have you seen various changes to your mental health and do you feel as though you are making progress each week?
A. ‘Yes, I feel great, like I’m 10 years younger.’
Reflection
This week Dennis has lost 1.5 kg, making his overall weight 82.5 kg which is only 2.5 kg away from his goal. Dennis is feeling really good about his progress at this point in the intervention, and we expect for him to feel more confident throughout the rest of the intervention. Next week we are hoping to receive more positive feedback along with positive results.
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