One concept that every physical trainer should know is Self-Efficacy. By knowing this concept, personal trainers can help their clients achieve their full potentials. In the kinesiology realm, Self-Efficacy is a person’s perspective on their capability to successfully perform a certain task. There are six components to Self-efficacy: past performance, physiological state, emotional state, imaginal state, vicarious experience, and verbal persuasion. Even though there are six components of self-efficacy, goal setting and self-determination are crucial for my clients’ successes. Goal setting is a theory that focuses on identifying the types of goals that the clients want to achieve and helping them to become more effective in producing high levels of performance and to create motivation to better themselves. Self-Determination Theory is a theory that states that it is personal motivation which explains and determines an individual’s goal-directed behavior. Motivation is important to make client sessions more enjoyable, so they can complete and self-actualize their goals. With these two concepts, I am going to assist my client, Zaire Redd, to realize his fitness goals. Zaire Redd has looked for a personal trainer at various gyms in the Los Angeles area to help him lose weight. He came across my gym, which is called L.I.F.E Fitzness Gym, “where everyone can hire his or her own personal trainer.” Zaire is 5’9’’, and he currently weighs three hundred pounds. His goal is to eventually lose at least 150 pounds and lose 15% of his body mass by the end of 2015. He is twenty-three years old, and his fitness level is “one” because he has never exercised properly, if at all. In situations where the client never had any experience in exercising, the individual starts to build up a feeling of amotivation. Amotivation is a complete absence of motivation. In some cases, clients want to quit because it seem like the exercises are too difficult for them, and they eventually lose motivation after a couple of failed attempts. So, in order for me to motivate the client, I need to make Zaire understand the importance of the Goal Setting and Self-Determination Theories. Not only that, but I will help him adjust to the new lifestyle choices that he must make, so he can build self-confidence and experience success. The first thing a personal trainer should do when he or she meets the client for the first time is to see what goals the client wants to accomplish, and what is necessary to reach those goals. In meeting my client, I will set down and introduce myself, so Zaire can feel comfortable and confident to tell me what he expects from my service. In goal setting, there are three steps which are the planning phase, meeting phase, and the evaluation phase. Goal setting helps to focus attention on a specific goal, and it is critical to maintain and enhance motivation. People usually arrange their goals, from short-term to long-term goals. To prevent Zaire from being discouraged, I will try to make the goals realistic and obtainable, so he can see some actual changes and improvements after a couple of months. If Zaire achieves his short-term goals, this will increase his confidence, so he can eventually achieve his long-term goals. Then, I am going to look into three sources that effect Self-Efficacy, which are past experience, physiological state, and imaginal experience. These sources will help decide which procedures Zaire should follow, so he can efficiently reach his goals. In the planning phase, the fitness director must take into consideration the athletes’ long-range goals, the level of commitment, individual potential, and opportunity for fitness sessions, as well as defining possible strategize to help Zaire achieve his goals. Zaire and I are going to express the goals he wants to accomplish. My client’s biggest goal is to lose 150 pounds and decrease body fat to 15%. The small goal is to aim to lose 1 to 2 pounds per week. Zaire is going to keep the weight off until his big goal is achieved. To maintain my client confidence level, I must use past experience. Past experience is used to demonstrate a past, which ended with the performed task being mastered. Zaire has to look back in the beginning of our sessions, when he couldn’t perform an exercise task, and reflect back at it in order to continue his goal. For example, when Zaire and I started working on our sessions, he couldn’t run on the treadmill and constantly kept s