Q: Your new book on beach training looks interesting, but I don't live on a beach and hate beach vacations. Is there any information at all that could be interesting for my training?

A: I understand your question, it's a valid concern. The book IS about beach training, but many of the strategies are applicable even though you are not on a beach.

The ad for Best Butt on the Beach lists all features/benefits. Below, I have picked out for you the information, that can benefit your training EVERYWHERE:

In Report #1:

• How to reap the all important health benefits of the healing sun – without getting your skin burned.
• The scientifically proven reasons that barefoot movements are superior to any sports shoes.

In Report #2:

• 2 distinctly different ways of using your breath during exercise and how to apply them for increased strength and flexibility.
• A flexible approach to sets and repetitions that TOTALLY matches your fitness level from day to day – this strategy can benefit you in the gym as well.

In Report #3:

• How to perform short or long sprints for optimal fat loss using another flexible training approach – simple to use, but very challenging.
• How to be stronger when you return from vacation compared to when you left – Experience the body’s survival mechanisms in action and surprise your training partner back home.

In Report #4:

• How to take your workout preparation beyond the boring “warming up” and accomplish several objectives simultaneously and improve performance.
• Learn when you need static stretching in your warm up and when you don’t – this knowledge can give you an important edge over many opponents.
• Learn two templates for a complete whole body warm up that I use with professional and Olympic athletes.
• The keys to effective exercise selection in your warm up.
• A classic strategy to improve variety and COVER ALL ANGLES in regular training programs, but rarely applied to a warm up.
• The best strategy for improving speed, endurance AND sport specific skills – 3 goals accomplished in the same workouts.
• How to make your training more demanding than your matches with a unique yet simple approach to progressing energy system work – done correctly this system is a vital confidence booster.
• Why training your stabilizer muscles are a key to improved performance during the season – and I am not talking about injury prevention.
• How to plan your strength training during the summer to peak when it counts – using a new principle used by many international level athletes.
• One principle that if applied to your sport specific training could save you lots of time, yet accelerate your progress (9 out of 10 will not have the courage to apply this principle – could it be the same “9 out 10” that don’t win tournaments?) 

In Report #5:

• An old strategy used by fighters to prepare for matches – this might be the VERY BEST strategy to improve strength and endurance at the same time.
• The shortest and most efficient fat loss strategy on the planet.

As you can see, Report #4 in particular includes strategies that pertain to the training of athletes that can be applied in any setting.

Committed to your uninterrupted success,
Karsten Jensen