[MAXX]

I've got my first few athlete "clients" signed up for personal training over the summer. So, I'm looking for ideas to measure improvements in performance in athletes, especially females. In the past, with male athletes, I've typically used a timed sprint, a timed agility drill, vertical jump, body fat composition, and max on bench, deadlift, power clean, and squat using a 3-5 rep max (among other lifts).

My concern with females, is that it is difficult to measure 3-5 rep lifts, one, because they may not have good form, and two, it's difficult for novice female lifters to really challenge themselves (and difficult for me to gauge whether they can do a lot more without risking injury).

What can I do to gauge improvement in a summer training program, especially with the female athletes? I want the athletes to definitely be able to say "Hey, that program really worked and I want to continue training with MAXX!"

I thought about maybe doing pull-ups, dips, pushups, sit-ups, etc......but, some girls can't do any dips or pull-ups, and I don't like using exercises where you're doing really high reps like you'd find with push-ups and sit-ups.

Please post your thoughts.