A Boy Finds His Unique Path
 Imagine a 7 year old boy hitting tennis balls on a wall for three hours - only stopping so as not to disturb the midday nap in the old folk's home next to the tennis court.
He wants to excel, he desires unlimited, superior performance.
The big names of that time were Swedish player Bjorn Borg and American players John McEnroe and Jimmy Connors.
During the next 12 years the boy plays a lot of tournaments, he never excels to the extent of his dreams, but occasionally shares the locker room with the biggest Danish talent of that time.
That guy grows to become the best Danish player in the past century.
The other boy, well, he is now a Strength and Conditioning Coach.
Karsten worked as the Danish player's Strength and Conditioning Coach from 2000 - 2007, during which time he has won two ATP tournaments.
Together with professors and Phd's like William Kraemer, Wladimir Issurin, Tudor Bompa, Michael Stone and Yuri Werkhoshansky, Karsten Jensen, MSc, belongs to a group of less than 10 people in the world who have created a unified periodization system.
His passion for strength and conditioning started in University.
He had a great track and field teacher, and sprinting intrigued him. He is naturally slow and was not very strong.
How do you get strong?
How do you create lightening speed?
Those were the questions Karsten wanted to answer.
He soon felt that "this is what I am supposed to do" and from the beginning, felt that he had something to contribute. His first jobs - while in university - involved world class athletes from triathlon and badminton.
 Location: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Occupation: Strength and Conditioning Coach
Education:
Certifications:
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Level 2 Chek Practitioner
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Level 3 Check Holistic Lifestyle Coach
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Certified Personal Trainer CPTN-CPT.M
History:
- 15 years experience as a Strength and Conditioning Coach
- Strength and Conditioning Coach for The Danish National Elite Sports Institution
- developed annual periodized training schedules for and trained Olympic and World class level athletes from:
- figure skating
- volleyball
- ju jitsu
- judo
- wrestling
- tennis
- badminton
- table tennis
- waterskiing
- equipment selection and facility design for athletes training centre
- Strength and Conditioning Coach for Kvik Triathlon Team in Copenhagen, Denmark
- Strength and Conditioning Coach for Danish Badminton Federation
- Strength and Conditioning Coach for Holte Volleyball Club, Holte Denmark
- Strength and Conditioning Coachc for Danish Volleyball Federation: Men's National Team
- Assistant teacher in 2nd Year Biomechanics Course - University of Copenhagen
- Member of the National Strength and Conditioning Association
- Member of the Certified Professional Trainers Network
Athletic Achievements
Competed in tennis, badminton, soccer, basketball, track and field and was nationally ranked as a junior tennis player.
Best lifts:
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1RM dead lift (no gear): 160 kg (double bodyweight)
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1RM parallel back squat (no gear): 140 kg
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3RM half squat (belt): 180 kg
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20RM parallel squat (no gear) : 100 kg (I was on the “Super squats” routine).
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500 bodyweight squats in 15 minutes.
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58 KB Snatches.
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1000 walking lunges in 1 hour (20 soccer fields)
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23 pistols on my right and 26 pistols on my left leg.
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10 Handstand Push ups.
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10 Strict chin ups on moving handles
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60 consecutive Hindu Push Ups
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Body fat around 7% for the last several years.
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A decent split (see photo)
The above listed lifts by no mean make Karsten a world class athlete. However, his own training gives him the personal experience of the movements – a personal experience that improves his ability to teach any lifts/movements to the athletes client in front of him.
Strength coaches do not need to be world class athletes in order to work with world class and Olympic athletes they need to be world class strength coaches.
- Karsten Jensen -
In well over a decade of serious training with various coaches and trainers, I must say that I was not only delighted but also extremely surprised and impressed when I began working with Karsten. I've found the methods employed by Karsten to be like nothing I'd ever experienced before. His scientifically backed scope and depth of knowledge regarding every facet and detail of strength and conditioning, coupled with his genuine care of my well being and performance is, in my experience, completely unparalleled. Karsten is MILES ahead of any trainers I've ever worked with, and I am so thankful for the opportunity to work with him.
Jessi Lelliot,
Professional Beach Volleyball Player
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