by Karsten Jensen

Pages: 95
eBook size: 7.75 X 10
File size: 3.5 MB

I dare believe that we have at least two things in common: The love for the beach and the love and interest in exercising. Nothing can keep me away from the beach. The light, the wind, the cool or hot air - I love it. I also love the rougher, colder beach days. In general, the beach makes me either want to sit down and enjoy or it makes me want to move.

I have created this manual for you; someone who loves to move on the beach. Best Butt on the Beach is structured in 5 information packed chapters:

Chapter 1: The Unique Properties of the Beach - What you did not know about strength training with sand and water

Chapter 2: Exercises for the beach) – Strengthen your body from all angles!

Chapter 3: Vacation Beach Training - How to be stronger, when you return from vacation than when you left - Strategies to match any beach vacation.

Chapter 4: Supplementary Beach Training - How to make your conditioning level your best weapon and simultaneously improve your sport specific skills - High level training strategies for any beach athlete.

Chapter 5: Base Beach Training - Beach training strategies for serious trainees who live close to the beach.



About the author

In 1989 I started a basic 2-year education in math and physics at the University Centre of Roskilde, Denmark. Finishing that in 1991, I started on a Masters degree in Exercise Physiology at the University of Copenhagen. From 1994 to 1998 I studied part-time in order to complement my educational efforts with practical teaching experience in a high school (physical education). I completed my Masters degree in 1999, writing a thesis about "Weight Training and Plyometric Training to Improve Vertical Jumping".

With the help of one of my University teachers I made contact with one of the top Danish volleyball teams in 1997. About half a year later I started working with the National Men's And Women's Teams, a position I held until 2000.

In 1999, shortly after getting my Masters degree, I became the first full-time Strength and Conditioning Coach hired by the Danish National Elite Sports Institution (Team Danmark). I have worked with internationally ranked athletes from a variety of sports including volleyball, figure skating, judo, ju-jitsu, wrestling, fencing, waterskiing, tennis, table tennis and badminton. The accomplishments of those athletes include European Championships (waterskiing), World Championships (badminton), World Games win (ju-jitsu) and Olympic
medals (table tennis and badminton).