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	<description>Learn. Develop. Lead.</description>
	<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 09:11:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Why the best Strength Coaches aren’t “trendy”</title>
		<link>http://yestostrength.com/karstenjensenblog/?p=713</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 09:11:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The idea of having no emotional biases for any exercises was first presented to me by Paul Chek a long time ago. In case you are not sure what I mean, here is an example of “emotional biases” in action.

Until 2007 I lived in Denmark and between 1999-2007. I was the Head Strength Coach for Team Denmark, the Danish Equivalent of Sport Canada. I was very fortunate to have a job description that allowed me to focus on an exclusive group of athletes. One group of athletes I did not work with was the National Sailing Team, but I watched their strength and conditioning programs.

Initially, their program was created by a strength coach who used to be the Olympic Weightlifting Coach for the national team. During that time the first exercise in their strength training program was power cleans, because “power cleans are good for grip strength and sailors need grip strength.” (Those where the strength coach's exact words when I asked him why he started the training program with Power Cleans.)]]></description>
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		<title>When Michael Jordan Couldn’t Jump</title>
		<link>http://yestostrength.com/karstenjensenblog/?p=710</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 09:11:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[law of specificity]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[training principles]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What is a principle? A "principle" is a basic truth, law or assumption (thefreedictionary.com). A "principle" can also mean a "predetermined or fixed policy or mode of action."

"Predetermined or fixed policies or modes of action do not sound like concepts that enhance the quality and results of training programs. Predetermined or fixed policies may give association to political or public systems, where policies may be in action to adhere to dogma, save money or save time.]]></description>
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		<title>Bring Clarity to the Process of Choosing the Right Exercises for Your Athletes and Clients</title>
		<link>http://yestostrength.com/karstenjensenblog/?p=708</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 20:03:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Training]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[choosing exercises]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Think back to the last written program you created.

How did you choose the exercises for that program?

How did you choose the exercises for the program that followed and the program after that?

How well can you explain your choice of exercises to the athletes that you train?

How do you know that the exercises that you suggest for the athlete transfers to the athlete’s goal?

Maybe you have thought of these questions before, in which case, you probably will agree with me that they are good questions.]]></description>
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		<title>Are linear and non-linear periodization really that different?</title>
		<link>http://yestostrength.com/karstenjensenblog/?p=706</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 01:18:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Peak Performance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last fall I was commissioned to write “Performance Optimization with Periodization” for the Danish Federation of Sport.

“Performance Optimization with Periodization” is going to be a 100+ page book to be used in the education of coaches within the Danish Sport System.

I am currently investing most of my writing time in “Performance Optimization with Periodization” and thus, the blog posts in April are a break from “Beyond Functional Training.”]]></description>
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		<title>March is “Olympic Weightlifting Month”</title>
		<link>http://yestostrength.com/karstenjensenblog/?p=704</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 09:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Personal Training]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last fall I was commissioned to write “Performance Optimization with Periodization” for the Danish Federation of Sport.

“Performance Optimization with Periodization” will be a 100+ page book to be used in the education of coaches within the Danish Sport System.

I am currently investing most of my writing time in “Performance Optimization with Periodization” and thus, the blog posts in March is a break from “Beyond Functional Training”.]]></description>
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		<title>A Step-by-Step Completion of The Needs Analysis – Part IV</title>
		<link>http://yestostrength.com/karstenjensenblog/?p=702</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2013 09:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Personal Training]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[movement patterns]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is the 35th blog post dedicated to write my next book called “BEYOND Functional Training: Maximizing the Transfer of Training Effects Through Science-based Exercise Selection”

February’s blog posts include excerpts from Section 1.3: Step By Step Completion of The Needs Analysis

Step 3B: When a particular movement pattern is adapted to the constraints of a particular skill or sport it is called a skill.(15) The last component of step 2 is to identify specific sport specific constraints or tweaks to the fundamental movement pattern. The introduction to this chapter gave one such example that described the unique gripping conditions under which Mark was executing the squatting and bending patterns.]]></description>
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		<title>A Step-by-Step Completion of The Needs Analysis – Part III</title>
		<link>http://yestostrength.com/karstenjensenblog/?p=699</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 09:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the 35th blog post dedicated to write my next book called “BEYOND Functional Training: Maximizing the Transfer of Training Effects Through Science-based Exercise Selection”

February’s blog posts include excerpts from Section 1.3: Step By Step Completion of The Needs Analysis

Step 3: Describe briefly the movement pattern and its specific variation using mainly the Primal Pattern system

A movement pattern is a general series of anatomical movements that have common elements of spatial configuration, such as segmental movements occurring in the same plane of motion.(15) Movement patterns are also characterized by the same relative timing; the duration of the elements of the movement in relation to the total movement time remains the same under varying conditions.(16)]]></description>
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		<title>A Step-by-Step Completion of The Needs Analysis – Part II</title>
		<link>http://yestostrength.com/karstenjensenblog/?p=697</link>
		<comments>http://yestostrength.com/karstenjensenblog/?p=697#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2013 09:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the 34th blog post dedicated to write my next book called “BEYOND Functional Training: Maximizing the Transfer of Training Effects Through Science-based Exercise Selection”

February’s blog posts include excerpts from Section 1.3: Step By Step Completion of The Needs Analysis

Step 2: Describe whether the movement pattern/skill is open/closed, discrete/continuous or repeated discrete.

The definitions below are based on reference 17.

A closed skill is performed in a predictable environment, where the athlete is free to execute a skill without having to make quick decisions or react to the environment. ]]></description>
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		<title>A Step-by-Step Completion of The Needs Analysis – Part I</title>
		<link>http://yestostrength.com/karstenjensenblog/?p=695</link>
		<comments>http://yestostrength.com/karstenjensenblog/?p=695#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2013 09:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the 33rd blog post dedicated to write my next book called “BEYOND Functional Training:Maximizing the Transfer of Training Effects Through Science-based Exercise Selection”

February’s blog posts include excerpts from Section 1.3: Step By Step Completion of The Needs Analysis

In section 1.2 we looked at some of the elements in completing a needs analysis. In section 1.3 we build on the information and principles outlined in section 1.2 and become more specific as we look at a step by step process for completing a needs analysis.

The following chapters will make it clear how each piece of information gained in the step-by-step process supports the exercise selection process.

The step-by-step completion of the needs analysis focuses on ]]></description>
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		<title>Physiological and Anatomical Analysis – Part 32</title>
		<link>http://yestostrength.com/karstenjensenblog/?p=689</link>
		<comments>http://yestostrength.com/karstenjensenblog/?p=689#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 13:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the 32st blog post dedicated to write my next book called “BEYOND Functional Training: Maximizing the Transfer of Training Effects Through Science-based Exercise Selection.”

Based on requests, January’s blog posts focus on examples of the different types of needs analysis previously mentioned.

Example: A 2009 study shows that collegiate sprinters have longer toes than non-athletes of the same height. The longer toes support a greater angular displacement of the ankle joint (and thus the entire body) per unit of time for a given level of contractile force.(11) Greater angular displacement of the ankle joint (and thus the entire body) per unit of time for a given level of contractile force will result in greater horizontal speed and thus a better performance.]]></description>
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