Want to change up your workouts? Why not give TRX a try?
Way back in 1997, Navy Seal Randy Hetrick was stationed in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. While serving there, he was determined to maintain his workout schedule. With his ingenuity, he devised a system with some parachute webbing and a jujitsu belt and used it to augment his push-ups regimen. At the time there was no way of knowing that years later his invention would become not only a unique way to stay fit but also a world-wide business.
Enter the TRX system or Total Resistance Exercises (far more sophisticated than Randy’s rig!), It requires the use of the TRX Suspension Trainer, a performance tool that leverages gravity and the user’s body weight to complete the exercises. Supporters of this system say you can increase mobility and lean muscle mass—and fire up your core! Because this is a tool you can travel with, TRX offers a lot of versatility for use at home and away.
A note of caution: if you are not already reasonably fit, or are actually “de-conditioned,” these exercises may not be suitable for you. Work first on learning to support your body weight in various positions. Once you’re pretty good at that, then you can carefully try out TRX.
How to access the TRX system? It is available on Amazon, for example, with a wide range of prices. And some gyms offer classes, which at first might be preferable to going it alone at home.
Denise’s
2 Cents:
I frequently recommend TRX to my clients as a way to broaden their perspective when it comes to exercise and fitness. With a good instructor, the TRX moves are pretty basic and the variety of moves helps maintain one’s interest and motivation. TRX classes are not boring. Usually done to music, a class generates so much energy that time seems to fly by, while you’re working at squats, push-up, curls, and core moves. All very stimulating to your brain and body …