Try TRX!
What is TRX?
TRX stands for Total (Body) Resistance eXercises and is a suspension training system which includes two thick straps with loops for your hands or feet that hangs from the ceiling. It was originally developed for Navy SEALS and allows you to train using your own body weight to fight gravity.
Benefits
TRX is great for developing strength as well as stability, balance, and flexibility, and it is a wonderful way to build amazing core strength. It also allows you to train your body in a more functional way, using many muscle groups simultaneously, rather than isolating one muscle group. This allows you to utilize more muscles and joints working together, just like in real life.
How to Use
There are tons of ways to use the TRX to train in ways that aren’t possible with traditional exercises. Below are just two examples of the numerous exercise options. TRX can be used by a person of any fitness level. Just remember that the steeper the angle of the body with the floor, the easier the exercise, and the more parallel the body is with the floor, the more challenging the exercise.
Our TRX is located in our Fitness Room - give it a try!
TRX Mountain Climbers
Place the feet into the TRX with both the knees and the hands on the floor, then crawl forward so your in the top of press up position with the legs straight and arms straight.
With the upper body remaining in a fixed position, slowly move one foot toward the chest, then move the same leg back to the starting position and bring the other knee to the chest, then alternate between the two for the prescribed number of repetition.
Tips:
Slowly bring the knee towards the elbow.
Keep elbows locked.
Move fluidly but not with speed, keeping the hips and shoulders inline.
TRX Row
Select a foot positioning based on how challenging you want the exercise to be (the closer you are to the attachment point the more challenging the exercise will be).
Slowly put your weight through the TRX, with straight arms and a tight core.
Pull your chest towards the straps maintaining a tight core throughout.
Perform a slight pause at the top, then slowly lower yourself to the starting point, straighten your arms fully at the end of each rep.
Tips:
Keep core tight and feet close to each other.
Modulate intensity by changing feet positioning.